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1987-88 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats

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Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (44-38)

PTS/G: 111.4 (6th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.3 (17th of 23)
SRS: 1.29 (10th of 23) ▪ Pace: 100.2 (10th of 23)
Off Rtg: 110.2 (7th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 108.1 (16th of 23)
Expected W-L: 46-36 (10th of 23)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 492,312 (15th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Denver Nuggets

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Tom Chambers PF 6-10 220 June 21, 1959 6 University of Utah
3 Dale Ellis SG 6-7 205 August 6, 1960 4 University of Tennessee
45 Clemon Johnson C 6-10 240 September 12, 1956 9 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
53 Alton Lister C 7-0 240 October 1, 1958 6 Arizona State University
34 Xavier McDaniel SF 6-7 205 June 4, 1963 2 Wichita State University
31 Derrick McKey SF 6-9 205 October 10, 1966 R University of Alabama
10 Nate McMillan PG 6-5 195 August 3, 1964 1 North Carolina State University
23 Olden Polynice C 6-11 220 November 21, 1964 R University of Virginia
40 Russ Schoene PF 6-10 210 April 16, 1960 2 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
4 Sedale Threatt PG 6-2 175 September 10, 1961 4 West Virginia University Institute of Technology
11 Sam Vincent PG 6-2 185 May 18, 1963 2 Michigan State University
30 Kevin Williams SG 6-2 175 September 11, 1961 3 St. John's University
22 Danny Young PG 6-3 175 July 26, 1962 3 Wake Forest University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19855 3544 7443 .476 221 638 .346 1826 2442 .748 1313 2314 3627 2146 775 447 1376 2380 9135 111.4
Lg Rank 3 7 4 12 2 2 3 12 8 19 2 17 7 10 3 11 12 1 6 6
Opponent 82 19855 3298 6798 .485 130 400 .325 2240 2992 .749 1128 2306 3434 1964 606 423 1533 1963 8966 109.3
Lg Rank 3 5 2 16 13 12 17 23 23 2 6 9 8 3 2 9 3 10 17 17

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 46 36 2.06 -0.77 1.29 110.2 108.1 100.2 .491 13.9 36.3 .245 .495 15.9 67.2 .330 Seattle Center Coliseum 492,312
Lg Rank 10 10 10 20 10 7 16 10 11 8 2 13 16 3 14 23 15

Totals

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 Dale Ellis 27 75 73 2790 764 1519 .503 107 259 .413 303 395 .767 167 173 340 197 74 11 172 221 1938
2 Tom Chambers 28 82 82 2680 611 1364 .448 33 109 .303 419 519 .807 135 355 490 212 87 53 209 297 1674
3 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 77 2703 687 1407 .488 14 50 .280 281 393 .715 206 312 518 263 96 52 223 230 1669
4 Derrick McKey 21 82 4 1706 255 519 .491 11 30 .367 173 224 .772 115 213 328 107 70 63 108 237 694
5 Nate McMillan 23 82 82 2453 235 496 .474 9 24 .375 145 205 .707 117 221 338 702 169 47 189 238 624
6 Kevin Williams 26 80 9 1084 199 450 .442 1 7 .143 103 122 .844 61 66 127 96 62 7 68 207 502
7 Russ Schoene 27 81 2 973 208 454 .458 17 58 .293 51 63 .810 78 120 198 53 39 13 57 151 484
8 Alton Lister 29 82 55 1812 173 343 .504 1 2 .500 114 188 .606 200 427 627 58 27 140 90 319 461
9 Olden Polynice 23 82 0 1080 118 254 .465 0 2 .000 101 158 .639 122 208 330 33 32 26 81 215 337
10 Danny Young 25 77 0 949 89 218 .408 22 77 .286 43 53 .811 18 57 75 218 52 2 37 69 243
11 Sam Vincent 24 43 0 548 72 152 .474 5 13 .385 46 60 .767 17 32 49 137 21 4 52 63 195
12 Sedale Threatt 26 26 0 354 84 162 .519 1 7 .143 25 30 .833 11 22 33 53 33 5 19 29 194
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 26 723 49 105 .467 0 0 22 32 .688 66 108 174 17 13 24 29 104 120

Per Game

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 Dale Ellis 27 75 73 37.2 10.2 20.3 .503 1.4 3.5 .413 4.0 5.3 .767 2.2 2.3 4.5 2.6 1.0 0.1 2.3 2.9 25.8
2 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 77 34.7 8.8 18.0 .488 0.2 0.6 .280 3.6 5.0 .715 2.6 4.0 6.6 3.4 1.2 0.7 2.9 2.9 21.4
3 Tom Chambers 28 82 82 32.7 7.5 16.6 .448 0.4 1.3 .303 5.1 6.3 .807 1.6 4.3 6.0 2.6 1.1 0.6 2.5 3.6 20.4
4 Derrick McKey 21 82 4 20.8 3.1 6.3 .491 0.1 0.4 .367 2.1 2.7 .772 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.3 2.9 8.5
5 Nate McMillan 23 82 82 29.9 2.9 6.0 .474 0.1 0.3 .375 1.8 2.5 .707 1.4 2.7 4.1 8.6 2.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 7.6
6 Sedale Threatt 26 26 0 13.6 3.2 6.2 .519 0.0 0.3 .143 1.0 1.2 .833 0.4 0.8 1.3 2.0 1.3 0.2 0.7 1.1 7.5
7 Kevin Williams 26 80 9 13.6 2.5 5.6 .442 0.0 0.1 .143 1.3 1.5 .844 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.9 2.6 6.3
8 Russ Schoene 27 81 2 12.0 2.6 5.6 .458 0.2 0.7 .293 0.6 0.8 .810 1.0 1.5 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.9 6.0
9 Alton Lister 29 82 55 22.1 2.1 4.2 .504 0.0 0.0 .500 1.4 2.3 .606 2.4 5.2 7.6 0.7 0.3 1.7 1.1 3.9 5.6
10 Sam Vincent 24 43 0 12.7 1.7 3.5 .474 0.1 0.3 .385 1.1 1.4 .767 0.4 0.7 1.1 3.2 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.5 4.5
11 Olden Polynice 23 82 0 13.2 1.4 3.1 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .639 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 2.6 4.1
12 Danny Young 25 77 0 12.3 1.2 2.8 .408 0.3 1.0 .286 0.6 0.7 .811 0.2 0.7 1.0 2.8 0.7 0.0 0.5 0.9 3.2
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 26 9.8 0.7 1.4 .467 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .688 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.4 1.6

Per 36 Minutes

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 Dale Ellis 27 75 73 2790 9.9 19.6 .503 1.4 3.3 .413 3.9 5.1 .767 2.2 2.2 4.4 2.5 1.0 0.1 2.2 2.9 25.0
2 Tom Chambers 28 82 82 2680 8.2 18.3 .448 0.4 1.5 .303 5.6 7.0 .807 1.8 4.8 6.6 2.8 1.2 0.7 2.8 4.0 22.5
3 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 77 2703 9.1 18.7 .488 0.2 0.7 .280 3.7 5.2 .715 2.7 4.2 6.9 3.5 1.3 0.7 3.0 3.1 22.2
4 Sedale Threatt 26 26 0 354 8.5 16.5 .519 0.1 0.7 .143 2.5 3.1 .833 1.1 2.2 3.4 5.4 3.4 0.5 1.9 2.9 19.7
5 Russ Schoene 27 81 2 973 7.7 16.8 .458 0.6 2.1 .293 1.9 2.3 .810 2.9 4.4 7.3 2.0 1.4 0.5 2.1 5.6 17.9
6 Kevin Williams 26 80 9 1084 6.6 14.9 .442 0.0 0.2 .143 3.4 4.1 .844 2.0 2.2 4.2 3.2 2.1 0.2 2.3 6.9 16.7
7 Derrick McKey 21 82 4 1706 5.4 11.0 .491 0.2 0.6 .367 3.7 4.7 .772 2.4 4.5 6.9 2.3 1.5 1.3 2.3 5.0 14.6
8 Sam Vincent 24 43 0 548 4.7 10.0 .474 0.3 0.9 .385 3.0 3.9 .767 1.1 2.1 3.2 9.0 1.4 0.3 3.4 4.1 12.8
9 Olden Polynice 23 82 0 1080 3.9 8.5 .465 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 5.3 .639 4.1 6.9 11.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 2.7 7.2 11.2
10 Alton Lister 29 82 55 1812 3.4 6.8 .504 0.0 0.0 .500 2.3 3.7 .606 4.0 8.5 12.5 1.2 0.5 2.8 1.8 6.3 9.2
11 Nate McMillan 23 82 82 2453 3.4 7.3 .474 0.1 0.4 .375 2.1 3.0 .707 1.7 3.2 5.0 10.3 2.5 0.7 2.8 3.5 9.2
12 Danny Young 25 77 0 949 3.4 8.3 .408 0.8 2.9 .286 1.6 2.0 .811 0.7 2.2 2.8 8.3 2.0 0.1 1.4 2.6 9.2
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 26 723 2.4 5.2 .467 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .688 3.3 5.4 8.7 0.8 0.6 1.2 1.4 5.2 6.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Dale Ellis 27 75 2790 19.3 .572 .538 6.6 7.2 6.9 11.4 1.3 0.2 9.2 26.8 117 112 7.4 1.6 9.0 .155
2 Nate McMillan 23 82 2453 15.9 .532 .483 5.2 10.4 7.7 35.9 3.3 1.2 24.4 12.7 114 106 3.4 3.1 6.5 .127
3 Tom Chambers 28 82 2680 16.8 .526 .460 5.5 15.3 10.3 11.9 1.6 1.2 11.6 27.0 108 108 3.7 2.7 6.4 .114
4 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 2703 18.2 .528 .493 8.4 13.3 10.8 15.2 1.7 1.2 12.4 26.8 108 109 3.6 2.6 6.2 .110
5 Alton Lister 29 82 1812 12.0 .541 .506 12.1 27.2 19.5 4.0 0.7 4.8 17.5 11.4 110 104 1.4 2.8 4.1 .110
6 Derrick McKey 21 82 1706 13.8 .562 .502 7.4 14.4 10.8 8.4 2.0 2.3 14.9 17.1 112 107 2.1 2.0 4.1 .116
7 Danny Young 25 77 949 13.3 .503 .459 2.1 6.9 4.4 28.8 2.6 0.1 13.3 11.8 120 109 1.6 0.8 2.4 .122
8 Kevin Williams 26 80 1084 12.0 .498 .443 6.2 7.0 6.6 12.5 2.7 0.4 11.9 21.2 106 109 0.8 1.1 1.9 .084
9 Russ Schoene 27 81 973 13.5 .502 .477 8.8 14.2 11.4 8.0 1.9 0.8 10.6 22.2 106 108 0.7 1.0 1.8 .087
10 Olden Polynice 23 82 1080 9.8 .521 .465 12.4 22.2 17.2 3.9 1.4 1.5 20.0 15.0 101 106 0.2 1.4 1.6 .069
11 Sedale Threatt 26 26 354 20.7 .554 .522 3.4 7.2 5.2 22.9 4.5 0.9 9.8 22.0 117 105 0.8 0.5 1.3 .176
12 Sam Vincent 24 43 548 13.5 .547 .490 3.4 6.7 5.0 32.8 1.8 0.5 22.6 16.9 109 111 0.6 0.4 1.0 .089
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 723 7.1 .504 .467 10.0 17.2 13.5 2.9 0.9 2.1 19.6 8.2 105 108 0.2 0.7 0.9 .061

Playoffs Totals

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 Tom Chambers 28 5 5 168 50 91 .549 0 2 .000 29 35 .829 8 23 31 11 3 1 13 24 129
2 Xavier McDaniel 24 5 5 180 45 81 .556 4 8 .500 12 24 .500 14 34 48 25 3 1 11 15 106
3 Dale Ellis 27 5 5 172 40 83 .482 3 12 .250 21 29 .724 11 12 23 15 3 2 12 17 104
4 Derrick McKey 21 5 0 109 24 38 .632 2 6 .333 10 17 .588 7 13 20 8 3 5 5 12 60
5 Nate McMillan 23 5 5 127 12 35 .343 0 1 .000 9 14 .643 6 15 21 33 2 3 8 11 33
6 Sedale Threatt 26 5 0 80 14 34 .412 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 2 9 11 11 1 0 5 7 32
7 Danny Young 25 5 0 95 11 21 .524 0 3 .000 10 10 1.000 3 7 10 19 2 2 7 7 32
8 Alton Lister 29 5 5 77 12 17 .706 0 0 4 5 .800 9 20 29 5 1 5 4 17 28
9 Russ Schoene 27 5 0 39 7 12 .583 2 4 .500 0 0 1 6 7 2 1 0 2 8 16
10 Kevin Williams 26 5 0 70 7 16 .438 0 2 .000 0 0 6 2 8 9 3 0 4 15 14
11 Olden Polynice 23 5 0 44 5 11 .455 0 0 0 2 .000 2 6 8 0 3 0 1 6 10
12 Clemon Johnson 31 5 0 39 3 7 .429 0 0 1 2 .500 0 7 7 0 1 1 2 10 7

Playoffs Per Game

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 Tom Chambers 28 5 5 33.6 10.0 18.2 .549 0.0 0.4 .000 5.8 7.0 .829 1.6 4.6 6.2 2.2 0.6 0.2 2.6 4.8 25.8
2 Xavier McDaniel 24 5 5 36.0 9.0 16.2 .556 0.8 1.6 .500 2.4 4.8 .500 2.8 6.8 9.6 5.0 0.6 0.2 2.2 3.0 21.2
3 Dale Ellis 27 5 5 34.4 8.0 16.6 .482 0.6 2.4 .250 4.2 5.8 .724 2.2 2.4 4.6 3.0 0.6 0.4 2.4 3.4 20.8
4 Derrick McKey 21 5 0 21.8 4.8 7.6 .632 0.4 1.2 .333 2.0 3.4 .588 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.6 0.6 1.0 1.0 2.4 12.0
5 Nate McMillan 23 5 5 25.4 2.4 7.0 .343 0.0 0.2 .000 1.8 2.8 .643 1.2 3.0 4.2 6.6 0.4 0.6 1.6 2.2 6.6
6 Sedale Threatt 26 5 0 16.0 2.8 6.8 .412 0.0 0.2 .000 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.4 1.8 2.2 2.2 0.2 0.0 1.0 1.4 6.4
7 Danny Young 25 5 0 19.0 2.2 4.2 .524 0.0 0.6 .000 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.8 0.4 0.4 1.4 1.4 6.4
8 Alton Lister 29 5 5 15.4 2.4 3.4 .706 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .800 1.8 4.0 5.8 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.8 3.4 5.6
9 Russ Schoene 27 5 0 7.8 1.4 2.4 .583 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.6 3.2
10 Kevin Williams 26 5 0 14.0 1.4 3.2 .438 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.4 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.8 3.0 2.8
11 Olden Polynice 23 5 0 8.8 1.0 2.2 .455 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 .000 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.2 1.2 2.0
12 Clemon Johnson 31 5 0 7.8 0.6 1.4 .429 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 2.0 1.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 Tom Chambers 28 5 5 168 10.7 19.5 .549 0.0 0.4 .000 6.2 7.5 .829 1.7 4.9 6.6 2.4 0.6 0.2 2.8 5.1 27.6
2 Dale Ellis 27 5 5 172 8.4 17.4 .482 0.6 2.5 .250 4.4 6.1 .724 2.3 2.5 4.8 3.1 0.6 0.4 2.5 3.6 21.8
3 Xavier McDaniel 24 5 5 180 9.0 16.2 .556 0.8 1.6 .500 2.4 4.8 .500 2.8 6.8 9.6 5.0 0.6 0.2 2.2 3.0 21.2
4 Derrick McKey 21 5 0 109 7.9 12.6 .632 0.7 2.0 .333 3.3 5.6 .588 2.3 4.3 6.6 2.6 1.0 1.7 1.7 4.0 19.8
5 Russ Schoene 27 5 0 39 6.5 11.1 .583 1.8 3.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.9 5.5 6.5 1.8 0.9 0.0 1.8 7.4 14.8
6 Sedale Threatt 26 5 0 80 6.3 15.3 .412 0.0 0.5 .000 1.8 1.8 1.000 0.9 4.1 5.0 5.0 0.5 0.0 2.3 3.2 14.4
7 Alton Lister 29 5 5 77 5.6 7.9 .706 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.3 .800 4.2 9.4 13.6 2.3 0.5 2.3 1.9 7.9 13.1
8 Danny Young 25 5 0 95 4.2 8.0 .524 0.0 1.1 .000 3.8 3.8 1.000 1.1 2.7 3.8 7.2 0.8 0.8 2.7 2.7 12.1
9 Nate McMillan 23 5 5 127 3.4 9.9 .343 0.0 0.3 .000 2.6 4.0 .643 1.7 4.3 6.0 9.4 0.6 0.9 2.3 3.1 9.4
10 Olden Polynice 23 5 0 44 4.1 9.0 .455 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 .000 1.6 4.9 6.5 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.8 4.9 8.2
11 Kevin Williams 26 5 0 70 3.6 8.2 .438 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 3.1 1.0 4.1 4.6 1.5 0.0 2.1 7.7 7.2
12 Clemon Johnson 31 5 0 39 2.8 6.5 .429 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.8 .500 0.0 6.5 6.5 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.8 9.2 6.5

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Tom Chambers 28 5 168 20.8 .606 .549 5.7 14.7 10.4 9.9 0.9 0.4 10.9 29.1 119 116 0.5 0.1 0.5 .149
2 Xavier McDaniel 24 5 180 20.5 .579 .580 9.3 20.3 15.1 19.6 0.8 0.3 10.7 23.4 119 115 0.4 0.1 0.5 .140
3 Derrick McKey 21 5 109 20.1 .660 .658 7.7 12.8 10.4 9.9 1.3 2.8 9.9 19.0 129 114 0.3 0.1 0.4 .169
4 Alton Lister 29 5 77 17.4 .729 .706 14.0 28.0 21.3 8.1 0.6 4.0 17.2 12.4 134 110 0.2 0.1 0.3 .177
5 Dale Ellis 27 5 172 15.8 .543 .500 7.6 7.5 7.6 12.0 0.8 0.7 11.1 25.7 112 119 0.3 0.0 0.3 .073
6 Danny Young 25 5 95 14.3 .630 .524 3.8 7.9 6.0 23.7 1.0 1.3 21.6 14.0 122 118 0.2 0.0 0.2 .099
7 Russ Schoene 27 5 39 11.4 .667 .667 3.1 16.6 10.2 6.6 1.2 0.0 14.3 14.7 119 115 0.1 0.0 0.1 .090
8 Nate McMillan 23 5 127 11.4 .401 .343 5.6 12.7 9.4 30.1 0.8 1.5 16.3 15.9 103 117 0.0 0.0 0.1 .022
9 Olden Polynice 23 5 44 6.7 .421 .455 5.4 14.7 10.3 0.0 3.3 0.0 7.8 12.0 90 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 .005
10 Sedale Threatt 26 5 80 9.6 .447 .412 3.0 12.1 7.8 17.6 0.6 0.0 12.3 20.9 98 118 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.012
11 Kevin Williams 26 5 70 6.0 .438 .438 10.2 3.1 6.5 15.0 2.1 0.0 20.0 11.7 101 118 0.0 0.0 0.0 .006
12 Clemon Johnson 31 5 39 1.2 .444 .429 0.0 19.3 10.2 0.0 1.2 1.6 20.2 10.4 74 113 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.039

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Tom Chambers $950,000
2 Xavier McDaniel $875,000
3 Alton Lister $835,000
4 Clemon Johnson $502,000
5 Derrick McKey $355,000
6 Olden Polynice $350,000
7 Dale Ellis $325,000
8 Sedale Threatt $270,000
9 Russ Schoene $250,000
10 Danny Young $130,000
11 Nate McMillan $129,000
12 Kevin Williams $125,000