1975-76 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats

Record: 43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Russell (43-39)

PTS/G: 106.4 (5th of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 106.7 (16th of 18)
SRS: -0.15 (9th of 18) ▪ Pace: 107.7 (4th of 18)
Off Rtg: 98.3 (10th of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.6 (11th of 18)
Expected W-L: 40-42 (9th of 18)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 557,304 (2nd of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
35	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	C	6-9	235	April 7, 1946	7	Iowa State University
40	Mike Bantom	SF	6-9	200	December 3, 1951	2	Saint Joseph's University
32	Fred Brown	SG	6-3	182	August 7, 1948	4	University of Iowa
16	Tom Burleson	C	7-2	225	February 24, 1952	1	North Carolina State University
35	Al Carlson	C	6-11	235	September 17, 1951	R	University of Oregon
25	Rod Derline	SG	6-0	175	March 11, 1952	1	Seattle University
3	Herm Gilliam	SG	6-3	190	May 5, 1946	6	Purdue University
11	Leonard Gray	PF	6-8	240	December 19, 1951	1	California State University, Long Beach
42	John Hummer	PF	6-9	230	May 4, 1948	5	Princeton University
15	Willie Norwood	SF	6-7	220	August 8, 1947	4	Alcorn State University
44	Frank Oleynick	SG	6-2	185	February 20, 1955	R	Seattle University
45	Bruce Seals	SF	6-8	210	June 18, 1953	2	Xavier University of Louisiana
20	Gene Short	SF	6-6	200	August 7, 1953	R	Jackson State University
22	Tal Skinner	SF	6-5	195	September 10, 1952	1	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
13	Slick Watts	PG	6-1	175	July 22, 1951	2	Xavier University of Louisiana

Team and Opponent Stats

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19780	3542	7730	.458	1642	2309	.711	1217	2498	3715	1935	866	355	1615	2133	8726	106.4
Lg Rank		10	4	4	10	11	8	18	6	18	16	8	2	10	9	3	5	5
Opponent	82	19780	3486	7464	.467	1777	2407	.738	1239	2713	3952	2109	745	388	1852	2111	8749	106.7
Lg Rank		10	12	8	14	15	17	4	15	9	13	18	12	13	1	11	16	16

Team Miscellaneous

									Offense Four Factors				Defense Four Factors
	PW	PL	MOV	SOS	SRS	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA	Arena	Attendance
Team	40	42	-0.28	0.13	-0.15	98.3	98.6	107.7	.458	15.6	31.0	.212	.467	17.9	66.8	.238	Seattle Center Coliseum	557,304
Lg Rank	9	9	9	4	9	10	11	4	10	7	6	12	14	1	17	16		2

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Fred Brown	27	76	2516	742	1522	.488	273	314	.869	111	206	317	207	143	18	186	1757
2	Tom Burleson	23	82	2647	496	1032	.481	291	388	.750	258	484	742	180	70	150	273	1283
3	Slick Watts	24	82	2776	433	1015	.427	199	344	.578	112	253	365	661	261	16	270	1065
4	Bruce Seals	22	81	2435	388	889	.436	181	267	.678	157	350	507	119	64	44	314	957
5	Leonard Gray	24	66	2139	394	831	.474	126	169	.746	109	289	398	203	75	36	260	914
6	Herm Gilliam	29	81	1644	299	676	.442	90	116	.776	56	164	220	202	82	12	139	688
7	Mike Bantom	24	66	1503	212	450	.471	131	194	.675	133	235	368	102	26	26	208	555
8	Willie Norwood	28	64	1004	146	301	.485	152	203	.749	91	138	229	59	42	4	139	444
9	Tal Skinner	23	72	1224	132	285	.463	49	80	.613	89	175	264	67	50	7	116	313
10	Frank Oleynick	20	52	650	127	316	.402	53	77	.688	10	35	45	53	21	6	62	307
11	Rod Derline	23	49	339	73	181	.403	45	56	.804	8	19	27	26	11	1	22	191
12	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	27	223	35	75	.467	16	29	.552	30	46	76	16	8	15	29	86
13	John Hummer	27	29	364	32	67	.478	17	41	.415	21	56	77	25	6	9	71	81
14	Al Carlson	24	28	279	27	79	.342	18	29	.621	30	43	73	13	7	11	39	72
15	Gene Short	22	7	37	6	11	.545	1	2	.500	2	5	7	2	0	0	5	13

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Fred Brown	27	76	33.1	9.8	20.0	.488	3.6	4.1	.869	1.5	2.7	4.2	2.7	1.9	0.2	2.4	23.1
2	Tom Burleson	23	82	32.3	6.0	12.6	.481	3.5	4.7	.750	3.1	5.9	9.0	2.2	0.9	1.8	3.3	15.6
3	Leonard Gray	24	66	32.4	6.0	12.6	.474	1.9	2.6	.746	1.7	4.4	6.0	3.1	1.1	0.5	3.9	13.8
4	Slick Watts	24	82	33.9	5.3	12.4	.427	2.4	4.2	.578	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.1	3.2	0.2	3.3	13.0
5	Bruce Seals	22	81	30.1	4.8	11.0	.436	2.2	3.3	.678	1.9	4.3	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	3.9	11.8
6	Herm Gilliam	29	81	20.3	3.7	8.3	.442	1.1	1.4	.776	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.5	1.0	0.1	1.7	8.5
7	Mike Bantom	24	66	22.8	3.2	6.8	.471	2.0	2.9	.675	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.5	0.4	0.4	3.2	8.4
8	Willie Norwood	28	64	15.7	2.3	4.7	.485	2.4	3.2	.749	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.9	0.7	0.1	2.2	6.9
9	Frank Oleynick	20	52	12.5	2.4	6.1	.402	1.0	1.5	.688	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.2	5.9
10	Tal Skinner	23	72	17.0	1.8	4.0	.463	0.7	1.1	.613	1.2	2.4	3.7	0.9	0.7	0.1	1.6	4.3
11	Rod Derline	23	49	6.9	1.5	3.7	.403	0.9	1.1	.804	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	3.9
12	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	27	8.3	1.3	2.8	.467	0.6	1.1	.552	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.1	3.2
13	John Hummer	27	29	12.6	1.1	2.3	.478	0.6	1.4	.415	0.7	1.9	2.7	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.4	2.8
14	Al Carlson	24	28	10.0	1.0	2.8	.342	0.6	1.0	.621	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.6
15	Gene Short	22	7	5.3	0.9	1.6	.545	0.1	0.3	.500	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.9

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Fred Brown	27	76	2516	10.6	21.8	.488	3.9	4.5	.869	1.6	2.9	4.5	3.0	2.0	0.3	2.7	25.1
2	Rod Derline	23	49	339	7.8	19.2	.403	4.8	5.9	.804	0.8	2.0	2.9	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.3	20.3
3	Tom Burleson	23	82	2647	6.7	14.0	.481	4.0	5.3	.750	3.5	6.6	10.1	2.4	1.0	2.0	3.7	17.4
4	Frank Oleynick	20	52	650	7.0	17.5	.402	2.9	4.3	.688	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.9	1.2	0.3	3.4	17.0
5	Willie Norwood	28	64	1004	5.2	10.8	.485	5.5	7.3	.749	3.3	4.9	8.2	2.1	1.5	0.1	5.0	15.9
6	Leonard Gray	24	66	2139	6.6	14.0	.474	2.1	2.8	.746	1.8	4.9	6.7	3.4	1.3	0.6	4.4	15.4
7	Herm Gilliam	29	81	1644	6.5	14.8	.442	2.0	2.5	.776	1.2	3.6	4.8	4.4	1.8	0.3	3.0	15.1
8	Bruce Seals	22	81	2435	5.7	13.1	.436	2.7	3.9	.678	2.3	5.2	7.5	1.8	0.9	0.7	4.6	14.1
9	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	27	223	5.7	12.1	.467	2.6	4.7	.552	4.8	7.4	12.3	2.6	1.3	2.4	4.7	13.9
10	Slick Watts	24	82	2776	5.6	13.2	.427	2.6	4.5	.578	1.5	3.3	4.7	8.6	3.4	0.2	3.5	13.8
11	Mike Bantom	24	66	1503	5.1	10.8	.471	3.1	4.6	.675	3.2	5.6	8.8	2.4	0.6	0.6	5.0	13.3
12	Gene Short	22	7	37	5.8	10.7	.545	1.0	1.9	.500	1.9	4.9	6.8	1.9	0.0	0.0	4.9	12.6
13	Al Carlson	24	28	279	3.5	10.2	.342	2.3	3.7	.621	3.9	5.5	9.4	1.7	0.9	1.4	5.0	9.3
14	Tal Skinner	23	72	1224	3.9	8.4	.463	1.4	2.4	.613	2.6	5.1	7.8	2.0	1.5	0.2	3.4	9.2
15	John Hummer	27	29	364	3.2	6.6	.478	1.7	4.1	.415	2.1	5.5	7.6	2.5	0.6	0.9	7.0	8.0

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Fred Brown	27	76	2516	20.4	.529	.488	4.4	8.7	6.5	13.7	2.5	0.4	99	6.6	2.2	8.8	.167
2	Tom Burleson	23	82	2647	17.8	.533	.481	9.8	19.4	14.5	9.6	1.2	3.0	97	5.0	3.2	8.2	.148
3	Slick Watts	24	82	2776	17.2	.457	.427	4.1	9.6	6.8	32.2	4.2	0.3	96	0.9	3.8	4.7	.080
4	Leonard Gray	24	66	2139	13.9	.505	.474	5.1	14.3	9.6	13.3	1.6	0.9	99	2.2	2.0	4.1	.092
5	Willie Norwood	28	64	1004	15.4	.569	.485	9.1	14.6	11.8	7.8	1.9	0.2	99	2.0	0.9	3.0	.141
6	Bruce Seals	22	81	2435	11.5	.475	.436	6.5	15.2	10.7	6.6	1.2	1.0	100	0.8	2.1	2.9	.057
7	Mike Bantom	24	66	1503	12.7	.518	.471	8.9	16.6	12.6	9.0	0.8	0.9	100	1.5	1.2	2.8	.088
8	Herm Gilliam	29	81	1644	13.8	.473	.442	3.4	10.6	6.9	17.2	2.2	0.4	99	1.2	1.4	2.7	.078
9	Tal Skinner	23	72	1224	10.2	.489	.463	7.3	15.1	11.1	7.0	1.8	0.3	99	0.7	1.2	1.9	.074
10	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	27	223	16.4	.490	.467	13.5	21.8	17.6	9.7	1.6	3.6	95	0.2	0.3	0.6	.119
11	Rod Derline	23	49	339	13.7	.464	.403	2.4	5.9	4.1	11.3	1.4	0.2	103	0.2	0.2	0.3	.049
12	John Hummer	27	29	364	7.6	.476	.478	5.8	16.3	10.9	8.5	0.7	1.3	100	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.019
13	Al Carlson	24	28	279	9.0	.392	.342	10.8	16.3	13.5	5.8	1.1	2.1	99	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.012
14	Gene Short	22	7	37	10.1	.547	.545	5.4	14.3	9.8	7.4	0.0	0.0	103	0.0	0.0	0.1	.080
15	Frank Oleynick	20	52	650	10.9	.439	.402	1.5	5.7	3.6	11.6	1.4	0.5	102	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.005

Playoffs Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Fred Brown	27	6	236	68	133	.511	35	44	.795	12	16	28	17	13	0	20	171
2	Tom Burleson	23	6	208	45	75	.600	35	46	.761	15	42	57	10	6	8	25	125
3	Bruce Seals	22	6	181	30	68	.441	18	26	.692	14	22	36	3	5	6	22	78
4	Slick Watts	24	6	197	30	69	.435	11	23	.478	5	13	18	49	12	2	28	71
5	Willie Norwood	28	6	215	24	58	.414	11	18	.611	20	18	38	8	7	1	25	59
6	Mike Bantom	24	6	114	22	38	.579	14	20	.700	9	14	23	8	4	2	27	58
7	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	5	60	14	20	.700	8	11	.727	4	17	21	2	0	5	2	36
8	Tal Skinner	23	6	86	4	14	.286	11	15	.733	6	9	15	7	5	2	9	19
9	Herm Gilliam	29	6	86	6	27	.222	5	8	.625	3	8	11	12	6	0	10	17
10	Rod Derline	23	4	41	2	10	.200	2	2	1.000	1	3	4	1	1	0	4	6
11	John Hummer	27	3	16	2	3	.667	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	3	4

Playoffs Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Fred Brown	27	6	39.3	11.3	22.2	.511	5.8	7.3	.795	2.0	2.7	4.7	2.8	2.2	0.0	3.3	28.5
2	Tom Burleson	23	6	34.7	7.5	12.5	.600	5.8	7.7	.761	2.5	7.0	9.5	1.7	1.0	1.3	4.2	20.8
3	Bruce Seals	22	6	30.2	5.0	11.3	.441	3.0	4.3	.692	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	3.7	13.0
4	Slick Watts	24	6	32.8	5.0	11.5	.435	1.8	3.8	.478	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.0	0.3	4.7	11.8
5	Willie Norwood	28	6	35.8	4.0	9.7	.414	1.8	3.0	.611	3.3	3.0	6.3	1.3	1.2	0.2	4.2	9.8
6	Mike Bantom	24	6	19.0	3.7	6.3	.579	2.3	3.3	.700	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	4.5	9.7
7	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	5	12.0	2.8	4.0	.700	1.6	2.2	.727	0.8	3.4	4.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.4	7.2
8	Tal Skinner	23	6	14.3	0.7	2.3	.286	1.8	2.5	.733	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.5	3.2
9	Herm Gilliam	29	6	14.3	1.0	4.5	.222	0.8	1.3	.625	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	2.8
10	Rod Derline	23	4	10.3	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.5
11	John Hummer	27	3	5.3	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Fred Brown	27	6	236	10.4	20.3	.511	5.3	6.7	.795	1.8	2.4	4.3	2.6	2.0	0.0	3.1	26.1
2	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	5	60	8.4	12.0	.700	4.8	6.6	.727	2.4	10.2	12.6	1.2	0.0	3.0	1.2	21.6
3	Tom Burleson	23	6	208	7.8	13.0	.600	6.1	8.0	.761	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.7	1.0	1.4	4.3	21.6
4	Mike Bantom	24	6	114	6.9	12.0	.579	4.4	6.3	.700	2.8	4.4	7.3	2.5	1.3	0.6	8.5	18.3
5	Bruce Seals	22	6	181	6.0	13.5	.441	3.6	5.2	.692	2.8	4.4	7.2	0.6	1.0	1.2	4.4	15.5
6	Slick Watts	24	6	197	5.5	12.6	.435	2.0	4.2	.478	0.9	2.4	3.3	9.0	2.2	0.4	5.1	13.0
7	Willie Norwood	28	6	215	4.0	9.7	.414	1.8	3.0	.611	3.3	3.0	6.4	1.3	1.2	0.2	4.2	9.9
8	John Hummer	27	3	16	4.5	6.8	.667	0.0	0.0		2.3	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	9.0
9	Tal Skinner	23	6	86	1.7	5.9	.286	4.6	6.3	.733	2.5	3.8	6.3	2.9	2.1	0.8	3.8	8.0
10	Herm Gilliam	29	6	86	2.5	11.3	.222	2.1	3.3	.625	1.3	3.3	4.6	5.0	2.5	0.0	4.2	7.1
11	Rod Derline	23	4	41	1.8	8.8	.200	1.8	1.8	1.000	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.9	0.9	0.0	3.5	5.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Fred Brown	27	6	236	22.2	.561	.511	5.9	8.2	7.0	12.6	2.5	0.0	108	0.8	0.0	0.8	.159
2	Tom Burleson	23	6	208	22.4	.656	.600	8.3	24.3	16.2	7.5	1.3	2.1	105	0.7	0.1	0.8	.188
3	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	5	60	25.2	.725	.700	7.7	34.1	20.7	5.3	0.0	4.6	103	0.3	0.0	0.3	.245
4	Mike Bantom	24	6	114	17.1	.620	.579	9.1	14.8	11.9	10.6	1.6	1.0	107	0.2	0.0	0.2	.096
5	Bruce Seals	22	6	181	12.9	.491	.441	8.9	14.6	11.7	2.4	1.3	1.8	107	0.1	0.0	0.1	.031
6	Tal Skinner	23	6	86	10.8	.461	.286	8.1	12.6	10.3	10.0	2.6	1.3	106	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000
7	Willie Norwood	28	6	215	9.0	.448	.414	10.8	10.1	10.4	5.0	1.5	0.3	109	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.003
8	John Hummer	27	3	16	5.9	.667	.667	7.2	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	115	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.006
9	Rod Derline	23	4	41	1.7	.276	.200	2.8	8.8	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.0	111	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.111
10	Slick Watts	24	6	197	15.0	.449	.435	2.9	8.0	5.4	35.3	2.8	0.6	107	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.015
11	Herm Gilliam	29	6	86	6.7	.279	.222	4.0	11.2	7.5	17.7	3.2	0.0	106	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.129

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