2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics season

2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bob Weiss (13–17) Bob Hill (22–30)
General manager	Rick Sund
Owner(s)	Howard Schultz
Arena	KeyArena at Seattle Center
Results
Record	35–47 (.427)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Local media
Television	FSN Northwest, KING, KONG
Radio	KPTK and KING Radio

The 2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics season was the team's 39th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 52-30 output from the previous season. However, they came seventeen games shy of tying it, finishing 35–47 and failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Draft picks

Main article: 2005 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	25	Johan Petro	C	France
2	48	Mickael Gelabale	SF	France
2	55	Lawrence Roberts	PF	United States	Mississippi State

Roster

2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From SG 34 Allen, Ray 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) July 20, 1975 Connecticut PG 24 Cleaves, Mateen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) September 7, 1977 Michigan State PF 4 Collison, Nick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) October 26, 1980 Kansas PF 16 Felix, Noel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) October 4, 1981 Fresno State SF 21 Fortson, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) March 27, 1976 Cincinnati SF 7 Lewis, Rashard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) August 8, 1979 Alief Elsik HS (Texas) PF 33 Moore, Mikki 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) November 4, 1975 Nebraska C 27 Petro, Johan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 247 lb (112 kg) January 27, 1986 France PG 8 Ridnour, Luke 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) February 13, 1981 Oregon PF 31 Swift, Robert 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) December 13, 1985 Bakersfield HS (CA) PG 25 Watson, Earl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) June 12, 1979 UCLA PF 54 Wilcox, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) September 3, 1982 Maryland PF 12 Wilkins, Damien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) January 11, 1980 Georgia PG 29 Wilks, Mike 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) May 7, 1979 Rice	Head coach Bob Hill Assistant coach(es) Gordon Chiesa Ralph Lewis Detlef Schrempf Jack Sikma Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	-	26–15	18–23	10–6
Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	3	22–19	19–22	11–5
Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	9	22–19	13–28	10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	11	24–17	9–32	6–10
Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	23	15–26	6–35	3–13

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
3	y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	19
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	18
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	19
9	Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	22
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
11	Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	29
13	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	30
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	42

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ray Allen
Rick Brunson
Mateen Cleaves
Nick Collison
Reggie Evans
Noel Felix
Danny Fortson
Rashard Lewis
Mikki Moore
Ronald Murray
Johan Petro
Vitaly Potapenko
Vladimir Radmanovic
Luke Ridnour
Robert Swift
Earl Watson
Chris Wilcox
Damien Wilkins
Mike Wilks