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1981-82 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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52-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Lenny Wilkens (52-30)

Points Per Game: 107.3 (12th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.1 (5th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 52-30 (5th of 23)

Arena: King County Domed Stadium ▪ Attendance: 750,059 (1st of 23)

SRS: 3.69 (5th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.0 (13th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.4 (12th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.3 (3rd of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Houston Rockets

1981-82 Seattle Supersonics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 James Bailey F-C 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 2 Rutgers University
32 Fred Brown G 6-3 182 August 7, 1948 10 University of Iowa
40 James Donaldson C 7-2 275 August 16, 1957 1 Washington State University
22 Bill Hanzlik G-F 6-7 185 December 6, 1957 1 University of Notre Dame
24 Armond Hill G 6-4 190 March 31, 1953 5 Princeton University
27 John Johnson F 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 11 University of Iowa
15 Vinnie Johnson G 6-2 200 September 1, 1956 2 Baylor University
3 Greg Kelser F 6-7 190 September 17, 1957 2 Michigan State University
30 Mark Radford G 6-4 190 July 5, 1959 R Oregon State University
8 Lonnie Shelton F-C 6-8 240 October 19, 1955 5 Oregon State University
43 Jack Sikma C-F 6-11 230 November 14, 1955 4 Illinois Wesleyan University
20 Phil Smith G 6-4 185 April 22, 1952 7 University of San Francisco
33 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 September 10, 1958 R Indiana University
23 Danny Vranes F 6-7 210 October 29, 1958 R University of Utah
42 Wally Walker F 6-7 190 July 18, 1954 5 University of Virginia
1 Gus Williams G 6-2 175 October 10, 1953 5 University of Southern California

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19830 3505 7178 .488 38 153 .248 1747 2362 .740 1103 2544 3647 2103 691 460 1351 2057 8795 107.3
Opponent 82 19830 3411 7407 .461 48 201 .239 1586 2183 .727 1241 2420 3661 1994 660 311 1405 2150 8456 103.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Gus Williams 28 80 80 2876 773 1592 .486 9 40 .225 320 436 .734 92 152 244 549 172 36 197 163 1875
2 Jack Sikma 26 82 82 3049 581 1212 .479 2 13 .154 447 523 .855 223 815 1038 277 102 107 213 268 1611
3 Lonnie Shelton 26 81 81 2667 508 1046 .486 0 8 .000 188 240 .783 161 348 509 252 99 43 199 317 1204
4 Fred Brown 33 82 2 1785 393 863 .455 25 77 .325 111 129 .860 42 98 140 238 69 4 96 111 922
5 Wally Walker 27 70 70 1965 302 629 .480 0 2 .000 90 134 .672 108 197 305 218 36 28 111 215 694
6 James Donaldson 24 82 1 1710 255 419 .609 0 0 151 240 .629 138 352 490 51 27 139 115 186 661
7 Bill Hanzlik 24 81 76 1974 167 357 .468 0 4 .000 138 176 .784 99 167 266 183 81 30 106 250 472
8 Danny Vranes 23 77 1 1075 143 262 .546 0 1 .000 89 148 .601 71 127 198 56 28 21 68 150 375
9 Greg Kelser 24 49 10 558 81 185 .438 0 0 78 119 .655 67 87 154 45 13 14 62 99 240
10 Phil Smith 29 26 2 596 87 186 .468 0 3 .000 40 55 .727 17 52 69 74 22 8 39 62 214
11 Ray Tolbert 23 52 0 492 80 158 .506 0 1 .000 15 27 .556 39 60 99 25 8 14 33 64 175
12 Mark Radford 22 43 0 369 54 100 .540 2 3 .667 35 69 .507 13 16 29 57 16 2 42 65 145
13 James Bailey 24 10 0 180 31 65 .477 0 0 4 11 .364 17 31 48 13 3 7 19 42 66
14 John Johnson 34 14 1 187 22 45 .489 0 0 15 20 .750 3 15 18 29 4 3 17 20 59
15 Armond Hill 28 21 4 243 19 37 .514 0 0 17 23 .739 6 19 25 25 5 2 14 37 55
16 Vinnie Johnson 25 7 104 9 22 .409 0 1 .000 9 12 .750 7 8 15 11 6 2 5 8 27

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Gus Williams 28 80 80 36.0 9.7 19.9 .486 0.1 0.5 .225 4.0 5.5 .734 1.2 1.9 3.1 6.9 2.2 0.5 2.5 2.0 23.4
2 Jack Sikma 26 82 82 37.2 7.1 14.8 .479 0.0 0.2 .154 5.5 6.4 .855 2.7 9.9 12.7 3.4 1.2 1.3 2.6 3.3 19.6
3 Lonnie Shelton 26 81 81 32.9 6.3 12.9 .486 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .783 2.0 4.3 6.3 3.1 1.2 0.5 2.5 3.9 14.9
4 Fred Brown 33 82 2 21.8 4.8 10.5 .455 0.3 0.9 .325 1.4 1.6 .860 0.5 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.8 0.0 1.2 1.4 11.2
5 Wally Walker 27 70 70 28.1 4.3 9.0 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.9 .672 1.5 2.8 4.4 3.1 0.5 0.4 1.6 3.1 9.9
6 Phil Smith 29 26 2 22.9 3.3 7.2 .468 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.1 .727 0.7 2.0 2.7 2.8 0.8 0.3 1.5 2.4 8.2
7 James Donaldson 24 82 1 20.9 3.1 5.1 .609 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.9 .629 1.7 4.3 6.0 0.6 0.3 1.7 1.4 2.3 8.1
8 James Bailey 24 10 0 18.0 3.1 6.5 .477 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 .364 1.7 3.1 4.8 1.3 0.3 0.7 1.9 4.2 6.6
9 Bill Hanzlik 24 81 76 24.4 2.1 4.4 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.2 .784 1.2 2.1 3.3 2.3 1.0 0.4 1.3 3.1 5.8
10 Danny Vranes 23 77 1 14.0 1.9 3.4 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .601 0.9 1.6 2.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.9 4.9
11 Greg Kelser 24 49 10 11.4 1.7 3.8 .438 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.4 .655 1.4 1.8 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 1.3 2.0 4.9
12 John Johnson 34 14 1 13.4 1.6 3.2 .489 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.4 .750 0.2 1.1 1.3 2.1 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.4 4.2
13 Vinnie Johnson 25 7 14.9 1.3 3.1 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.7 .750 1.0 1.1 2.1 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.1 3.9
14 Mark Radford 22 43 0 8.6 1.3 2.3 .540 0.0 0.1 .667 0.8 1.6 .507 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.5 3.4
15 Ray Tolbert 23 52 0 9.5 1.5 3.0 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .556 0.8 1.2 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.2 3.4
16 Armond Hill 28 21 4 11.6 0.9 1.8 .514 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .739 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.8 2.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Gus Williams 28 80 80 2876 9.7 19.9 .486 0.1 0.5 .225 4.0 5.5 .734 1.2 1.9 3.1 6.9 2.2 0.5 2.5 2.0 23.5
2 Jack Sikma 26 82 82 3049 6.9 14.3 .479 0.0 0.2 .154 5.3 6.2 .855 2.6 9.6 12.3 3.3 1.2 1.3 2.5 3.2 19.0
3 Fred Brown 33 82 2 1785 7.9 17.4 .455 0.5 1.6 .325 2.2 2.6 .860 0.8 2.0 2.8 4.8 1.4 0.1 1.9 2.2 18.6
4 Lonnie Shelton 26 81 81 2667 6.9 14.1 .486 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.2 .783 2.2 4.7 6.9 3.4 1.3 0.6 2.7 4.3 16.3
5 Greg Kelser 24 49 10 558 5.2 11.9 .438 0.0 0.0 5.0 7.7 .655 4.3 5.6 9.9 2.9 0.8 0.9 4.0 6.4 15.5
6 Mark Radford 22 43 0 369 5.3 9.8 .540 0.2 0.3 .667 3.4 6.7 .507 1.3 1.6 2.8 5.6 1.6 0.2 4.1 6.3 14.1
7 James Donaldson 24 82 1 1710 5.4 8.8 .609 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.1 .629 2.9 7.4 10.3 1.1 0.6 2.9 2.4 3.9 13.9
8 James Bailey 24 10 0 180 6.2 13.0 .477 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.2 .364 3.4 6.2 9.6 2.6 0.6 1.4 3.8 8.4 13.2
9 Phil Smith 29 26 2 596 5.3 11.2 .468 0.0 0.2 .000 2.4 3.3 .727 1.0 3.1 4.2 4.5 1.3 0.5 2.4 3.7 12.9
10 Ray Tolbert 23 52 0 492 5.9 11.6 .506 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 2.0 .556 2.9 4.4 7.2 1.8 0.6 1.0 2.4 4.7 12.8
11 Wally Walker 27 70 70 1965 5.5 11.5 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.5 .672 2.0 3.6 5.6 4.0 0.7 0.5 2.0 3.9 12.7
12 Danny Vranes 23 77 1 1075 4.8 8.8 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 5.0 .601 2.4 4.3 6.6 1.9 0.9 0.7 2.3 5.0 12.6
13 John Johnson 34 14 1 187 4.2 8.7 .489 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 .750 0.6 2.9 3.5 5.6 0.8 0.6 3.3 3.9 11.4
14 Vinnie Johnson 25 7 104 3.1 7.6 .409 0.0 0.3 .000 3.1 4.2 .750 2.4 2.8 5.2 3.8 2.1 0.7 1.7 2.8 9.3
15 Bill Hanzlik 24 81 76 1974 3.0 6.5 .468 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.2 .784 1.8 3.0 4.9 3.3 1.5 0.5 1.9 4.6 8.6
16 Armond Hill 28 21 4 243 2.8 5.5 .514 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.4 .739 0.9 2.8 3.7 3.7 0.7 0.3 2.1 5.5 8.1

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jack Sikma 26 82 3049 20.6 .559 .480 8.2 28.0 18.5 13.1 1.6 1.9 12.9 22.5 113 97 5.9 6.7 12.6
2 Gus Williams 28 80 2876 21.8 .526 .488 3.6 5.5 4.6 31.0 2.9 0.7 9.9 28.5 111 103 5.9 4.3 10.2
3 Lonnie Shelton 26 81 2667 14.2 .523 .486 6.8 13.7 10.4 13.6 1.8 0.9 14.7 21.0 103 102 1.6 4.3 5.8
4 James Donaldson 24 82 1710 16.0 .630 .609 9.1 21.6 15.6 4.1 0.8 4.5 18.0 15.5 112 99 2.2 3.4 5.6
5 Bill Hanzlik 24 81 1974 9.6 .543 .468 5.6 8.9 7.3 11.6 2.0 0.8 19.6 11.3 107 104 1.3 2.9 4.1
6 Fred Brown 33 82 1785 15.2 .501 .470 2.6 5.8 4.3 20.1 1.9 0.1 9.5 23.6 105 106 1.7 2.2 3.9
7 Wally Walker 27 70 1965 11.4 .504 .480 6.2 10.5 8.4 15.2 0.9 0.8 13.9 16.9 104 105 1.1 2.4 3.5
8 Danny Vranes 23 77 1075 11.2 .573 .546 7.4 12.4 10.0 6.9 1.3 1.1 17.2 15.2 107 104 0.8 1.5 2.4
9 Phil Smith 29 26 596 11.5 .509 .468 3.2 9.1 6.3 16.8 1.8 0.7 15.7 17.3 102 104 0.2 0.8 1.0
10 Greg Kelser 24 49 558 12.2 .506 .438 13.5 16.3 15.0 10.9 1.1 1.4 20.7 22.2 97 102 -0.1 0.9 0.8
11 Ray Tolbert 23 52 492 10.5 .515 .506 8.9 12.8 10.9 7.0 0.8 1.6 16.3 17.1 99 104 0.0 0.7 0.7
12 Armond Hill 28 21 243 7.4 .584 .514 2.8 8.2 5.6 12.8 1.0 0.5 22.9 10.4 107 106 0.1 0.3 0.4
13 Mark Radford 22 43 369 10.3 .556 .550 4.0 4.5 4.3 20.9 2.1 0.3 24.4 19.4 97 105 -0.1 0.5 0.4
14 Vinnie Johnson 25 7 104 12.0 .495 .409 7.6 8.1 7.8 13.3 2.8 1.1 15.5 12.9 108 102 0.1 0.2 0.2
15 John Johnson 34 14 187 9.8 .548 .489 1.8 8.4 5.2 20.2 1.0 0.9 24.0 15.7 99 106 0.0 0.2 0.2
16 James Bailey 24 10 180 8.7 .473 .477 10.6 18.0 14.5 10.2 0.8 2.1 21.4 20.5 88 102 -0.2 0.3 0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Gus Williams 28 8 315 82 186 2 6 44 56 12 26 65 13 5 18 13 210 .441 .333 .786 39.4 26.3 3.3 8.1
2 Jack Sikma 26 8 315 57 128 0 0 50 58 21 97 24 9 8 16 34 164 .445 .862 39.4 20.5 12.1 3.0
3 Lonnie Shelton 26 8 266 40 85 0 0 22 32 24 59 16 5 7 20 38 102 .471 .688 33.3 12.8 7.4 2.0
4 Fred Brown 33 8 158 43 89 2 5 7 10 6 15 18 5 0 9 5 95 .483 .400 .700 19.8 11.9 1.9 2.3
5 James Donaldson 24 8 189 18 43 0 0 18 24 25 74 7 2 5 10 16 54 .419 .750 23.6 6.8 9.3 0.9
6 Bill Hanzlik 24 8 203 16 34 0 1 20 22 10 32 20 6 5 13 26 52 .471 .000 .909 25.4 6.5 4.0 2.5
7 Wally Walker 27 8 157 19 45 0 0 1 4 12 32 15 4 4 7 26 39 .422 .250 19.6 4.9 4.0 1.9
8 John Johnson 34 7 159 15 38 0 0 8 11 7 14 34 6 0 11 17 38 .395 .727 22.7 5.4 2.0 4.9
9 Phil Smith 29 8 92 12 30 0 1 1 3 3 8 7 5 1 4 11 25 .400 .000 .333 11.5 3.1 1.0 0.9
10 Ray Tolbert 23 4 31 3 5 0 0 4 8 1 5 1 4 0 0 7 10 .600 .500 7.8 2.5 1.3 0.3
11 Greg Kelser 24 3 6 0 2 0 0 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 4 .000 1.000 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.3
12 Danny Vranes 23 6 29 1 5 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 3 .200 .500 4.8 0.5 0.3 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jack Sikma 26 8 315 19.5 .534 .445 7.1 24.6 16.0 12.4 1.4 1.4 9.4 22.8 113 98 0.7 0.6 1.3
2 Gus Williams 28 8 315 22.3 .498 .446 4.1 4.5 4.3 38.5 2.1 0.9 7.9 30.7 111 106 0.7 0.4 1.1
3 James Donaldson 24 8 189 13.8 .504 .419 14.1 26.5 20.4 5.3 0.5 1.5 15.7 14.2 107 99 0.2 0.4 0.5
4 Bill Hanzlik 24 8 203 10.8 .595 .471 5.2 11.1 8.2 13.7 1.5 1.4 22.9 11.8 110 104 0.2 0.3 0.5
5 Lonnie Shelton 26 8 266 11.8 .515 .471 9.6 13.4 11.6 9.3 1.0 1.5 16.8 18.9 100 104 0.1 0.4 0.4
6 Fred Brown 33 8 158 17.6 .509 .494 4.0 5.8 4.9 21.7 1.6 0.0 8.8 27.4 104 107 0.2 0.2 0.3
7 John Johnson 34 7 159 10.1 .444 .395 4.7 4.5 4.6 30.4 1.9 0.0 20.4 14.3 98 106 0.0 0.2 0.2
8 Wally Walker 27 8 157 8.9 .417 .422 8.1 13.0 10.6 14.1 1.3 1.4 13.0 14.5 94 103 -0.1 0.2 0.2
9 Ray Tolbert 23 4 31 15.6 .587 .600 3.4 13.2 8.4 4.6 6.5 0.0 0.0 11.6 129 93 0.1 0.1 0.1
10 Phil Smith 29 8 92 7.2 .399 .400 3.5 5.6 4.5 11.4 2.8 0.6 11.3 16.2 86 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Greg Kelser 24 3 6 12.5 .532 .000 17.7 34.0 26.1 20.9 0.0 0.0 34.7 40.6 89 98 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Danny Vranes 23 6 29 -1.9 .255 .200 3.7 3.5 3.6 0.0 1.7 0.0 25.4 11.5 49 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Gus Williams *$580,000
2 Jack Sikma *$549,600
3 Lonnie Shelton *$286,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)