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1996-97 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Statistics

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57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: George Karl (57-25)

PTS/G: 100.9 (4th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 93.2 (7th of 29)
SRS: 6.91 (3rd of 29) ▪ Pace: 90.3 (16th of 29)
Off Rtg: 111.2 (3rd of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.7 (6th of 29)
Expected W-L: 62-20 (3rd of 29)

Arena: KeyArena at Seattle Center ▪ Attendance: 699,952 (12th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Phoenix Suns

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Terry Cummings F 6-9 220 March 15, 1961 14 DePaul University
3 Craig Ehlo G-F 6-6 180 August 11, 1961 13 Washington State University
21 Greg Graham G 6-4 174 November 26, 1970 3 Indiana University
24 Antonio Harvey F-C 6-11 225 July 6, 1970 3 Pfeiffer University
33 Hersey Hawkins G 6-3 190 September 29, 1966 8 Bradley University
40 Shawn Kemp F-C 6-10 230 November 26, 1969 7 Trinity Valley Community College
22 Jim McIlvaine C 7-1 240 July 30, 1972 2 Marquette University
10 Nate McMillan G-F 6-5 195 August 3, 1964 10 North Carolina State University
20 Gary Payton G 6-4 180 July 23, 1968 6 Oregon State University
14 Sam Perkins F-C 6-9 235 June 14, 1961 12 University of North Carolina
55 Steve Scheffler C-F 6-9 250 September 3, 1967 6 Purdue University
11 Detlef Schrempf F-C 6-9 214 January 21, 1963 11 University of Washington
13 Eric Snow G 6-3 190 April 24, 1973 1 Michigan State University
27 Elmore Spencer C 7-0 270 December 6, 1969 4 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
23 Larry Stewart F 6-8 220 September 21, 1968 4 Coppin State University
25 David Wingate G-F 6-5 185 December 15, 1963 10 Georgetown University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19780 2995 6415 .467 559 1583 .353 1725 2295 .752 1010 2271 3281 1931 904 388 1231 1803 8274 100.9
Lg Rank 22 12 19 8 9 7 18 3 5 8 17 19 22 6 1 16 8 16 4 4
Opponent 82 19780 2759 6259 .441 613 1644 .373 1513 2042 .741 1015 2256 3271 1751 634 423 1535 1927 7644 93.2
Lg Rank 22 5 5 8 29 29 25 13 12 19 10 7 9 11 7 18 1 25 7 7

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 Gary Payton 28 82 82 3213 706 1482 .476 119 380 .313 254 355 .715 106 272 378 583 197 13 215 208 1785
2 Shawn Kemp 27 81 75 2750 526 1032 .510 12 33 .364 452 609 .742 275 532 807 156 125 81 280 320 1516
3 Hersey Hawkins 30 82 82 2755 369 795 .464 143 355 .403 258 295 .875 92 228 320 250 159 12 130 146 1139
4 Detlef Schrempf 34 61 60 2192 356 724 .492 57 161 .354 253 316 .801 87 307 394 266 63 16 150 151 1022
5 Sam Perkins 35 81 4 1976 290 661 .439 122 309 .395 187 229 .817 74 226 300 103 69 49 77 134 889
6 Terry Cummings 35 45 3 828 155 319 .486 3 5 .600 57 82 .695 70 113 183 39 33 7 45 113 370
7 Jim McIlvaine 24 82 79 1477 130 276 .471 1 7 .143 53 107 .495 132 198 330 23 39 164 62 247 314
8 Larry Stewart 28 70 21 982 112 252 .444 9 37 .243 67 93 .720 75 96 171 52 31 23 63 108 300
9 David Wingate 33 65 2 929 89 214 .416 25 71 .352 33 40 .825 23 51 74 80 44 5 37 108 236
10 Craig Ehlo 35 62 0 848 87 248 .351 27 95 .284 13 26 .500 39 71 110 68 36 4 45 71 214
11 Eric Snow 23 67 0 775 74 164 .451 4 15 .267 47 66 .712 17 53 70 159 37 3 48 94 199
12 Nate McMillan 32 37 2 798 61 149 .409 28 84 .333 19 29 .655 15 103 118 140 58 6 32 78 169
13 Greg Graham 26 28 0 197 29 80 .363 9 31 .290 26 40 .650 2 11 13 11 12 1 10 12 93
14 Antonio Harvey 26 6 0 26 5 11 .455 0 0 5 6 .833 2 8 10 1 0 4 1 8 15
15 Steve Scheffler 29 7 0 29 6 7 .857 0 0 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0 0 0 5 5 13
16 Elmore Spencer 27 1 0 5 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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 Gary Payton 28 82 82 39.2 8.6 18.1 .476 1.5 4.6 .313 3.1 4.3 .715 1.3 3.3 4.6 7.1 2.4 0.2 2.6 2.5 21.8
2 Shawn Kemp 27 81 75 34.0 6.5 12.7 .510 0.1 0.4 .364 5.6 7.5 .742 3.4 6.6 10.0 1.9 1.5 1.0 3.5 4.0 18.7
3 Detlef Schrempf 34 61 60 35.9 5.8 11.9 .492 0.9 2.6 .354 4.1 5.2 .801 1.4 5.0 6.5 4.4 1.0 0.3 2.5 2.5 16.8
4 Hersey Hawkins 30 82 82 33.6 4.5 9.7 .464 1.7 4.3 .403 3.1 3.6 .875 1.1 2.8 3.9 3.0 1.9 0.1 1.6 1.8 13.9
5 Sam Perkins 35 81 4 24.4 3.6 8.2 .439 1.5 3.8 .395 2.3 2.8 .817 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.3 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.7 11.0
6 Terry Cummings 35 45 3 18.4 3.4 7.1 .486 0.1 0.1 .600 1.3 1.8 .695 1.6 2.5 4.1 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.0 2.5 8.2
7 Nate McMillan 32 37 2 21.6 1.6 4.0 .409 0.8 2.3 .333 0.5 0.8 .655 0.4 2.8 3.2 3.8 1.6 0.2 0.9 2.1 4.6
8 Larry Stewart 28 70 21 14.0 1.6 3.6 .444 0.1 0.5 .243 1.0 1.3 .720 1.1 1.4 2.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.5 4.3
9 Jim McIlvaine 24 82 79 18.0 1.6 3.4 .471 0.0 0.1 .143 0.6 1.3 .495 1.6 2.4 4.0 0.3 0.5 2.0 0.8 3.0 3.8
10 David Wingate 33 65 2 14.3 1.4 3.3 .416 0.4 1.1 .352 0.5 0.6 .825 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.7 3.6
11 Craig Ehlo 35 62 0 13.7 1.4 4.0 .351 0.4 1.5 .284 0.2 0.4 .500 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.1 3.5
12 Greg Graham 26 28 0 7.0 1.0 2.9 .363 0.3 1.1 .290 0.9 1.4 .650 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 3.3
13 Eric Snow 23 67 0 11.6 1.1 2.4 .451 0.1 0.2 .267 0.7 1.0 .712 0.3 0.8 1.0 2.4 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.4 3.0
14 Antonio Harvey 26 6 0 4.3 0.8 1.8 .455 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .833 0.3 1.3 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.2 1.3 2.5
15 Steve Scheffler 29 7 0 4.1 0.9 1.0 .857 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.9
16 Elmore Spencer 27 1 0 5.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

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 Antonio Harvey 26 6 0 26 6.9 15.2 .455 0.0 0.0 6.9 8.3 .833 2.8 11.1 13.8 1.4 0.0 5.5 1.4 11.1 20.8
2 Gary Payton 28 82 82 3213 7.9 16.6 .476 1.3 4.3 .313 2.8 4.0 .715 1.2 3.0 4.2 6.5 2.2 0.1 2.4 2.3 20.0
3 Shawn Kemp 27 81 75 2750 6.9 13.5 .510 0.2 0.4 .364 5.9 8.0 .742 3.6 7.0 10.6 2.0 1.6 1.1 3.7 4.2 19.8
4 Greg Graham 26 28 0 197 5.3 14.6 .363 1.6 5.7 .290 4.8 7.3 .650 0.4 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.2 0.2 1.8 2.2 17.0
5 Detlef Schrempf 34 61 60 2192 5.8 11.9 .492 0.9 2.6 .354 4.2 5.2 .801 1.4 5.0 6.5 4.4 1.0 0.3 2.5 2.5 16.8
6 Sam Perkins 35 81 4 1976 5.3 12.0 .439 2.2 5.6 .395 3.4 4.2 .817 1.3 4.1 5.5 1.9 1.3 0.9 1.4 2.4 16.2
7 Steve Scheffler 29 7 0 29 7.4 8.7 .857 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.5 .500 1.2 2.5 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 6.2 16.1
8 Terry Cummings 35 45 3 828 6.7 13.9 .486 0.1 0.2 .600 2.5 3.6 .695 3.0 4.9 8.0 1.7 1.4 0.3 2.0 4.9 16.1
9 Hersey Hawkins 30 82 82 2755 4.8 10.4 .464 1.9 4.6 .403 3.4 3.9 .875 1.2 3.0 4.2 3.3 2.1 0.2 1.7 1.9 14.9
10 Larry Stewart 28 70 21 982 4.1 9.2 .444 0.3 1.4 .243 2.5 3.4 .720 2.7 3.5 6.3 1.9 1.1 0.8 2.3 4.0 11.0
11 Eric Snow 23 67 0 775 3.4 7.6 .451 0.2 0.7 .267 2.2 3.1 .712 0.8 2.5 3.3 7.4 1.7 0.1 2.2 4.4 9.2
12 David Wingate 33 65 2 929 3.4 8.3 .416 1.0 2.8 .352 1.3 1.6 .825 0.9 2.0 2.9 3.1 1.7 0.2 1.4 4.2 9.1
13 Craig Ehlo 35 62 0 848 3.7 10.5 .351 1.1 4.0 .284 0.6 1.1 .500 1.7 3.0 4.7 2.9 1.5 0.2 1.9 3.0 9.1
14 Jim McIlvaine 24 82 79 1477 3.2 6.7 .471 0.0 0.2 .143 1.3 2.6 .495 3.2 4.8 8.0 0.6 1.0 4.0 1.5 6.0 7.7
15 Nate McMillan 32 37 2 798 2.8 6.7 .409 1.3 3.8 .333 0.9 1.3 .655 0.7 4.6 5.3 6.3 2.6 0.3 1.4 3.5 7.6
16 Elmore Spencer 27 1 0 5 0.0 7.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0

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 Gary Payton 28 82 3213 21.8 .545 .517 4.0 10.2 7.1 33.8 3.3 0.3 11.6 26.4 114 103 8.2 4.7 12.9 .193
2 Hersey Hawkins 30 82 2755 17.6 .616 .554 4.0 10.0 7.0 14.6 3.1 0.4 12.3 17.5 123 104 7.0 3.9 10.9 .190
3 Shawn Kemp 27 81 2750 20.7 .583 .516 12.1 23.3 17.7 10.0 2.4 2.5 17.7 26.3 109 99 4.6 5.4 10.0 .174
4 Detlef Schrempf 34 61 2192 18.3 .592 .531 4.8 16.9 10.9 20.4 1.5 0.6 14.8 21.1 116 104 5.1 2.9 8.0 .174
5 Sam Perkins 35 81 1976 17.0 .584 .531 4.5 13.8 9.2 8.5 1.9 2.1 9.2 19.4 119 104 4.4 2.7 7.1 .173
6 Jim McIlvaine 24 82 1477 11.1 .486 .473 10.8 16.1 13.5 2.3 1.4 9.5 16.1 11.9 100 99 0.2 2.8 3.0 .098
7 Nate McMillan 32 37 798 14.1 .522 .503 2.3 15.5 8.9 25.8 3.9 0.6 16.5 11.1 117 100 1.1 1.5 2.6 .158
8 Terry Cummings 35 45 828 15.2 .521 .491 10.2 16.4 13.3 8.3 2.1 0.7 11.2 22.1 106 103 0.9 1.2 2.1 .121
9 Eric Snow 23 67 775 12.5 .515 .463 2.7 8.2 5.5 31.0 2.5 0.3 19.9 14.2 111 105 1.0 0.9 1.9 .117
10 David Wingate 33 65 929 9.3 .509 .474 3.0 6.6 4.8 13.0 2.5 0.5 13.8 13.2 106 106 0.6 1.1 1.7 .087
11 Larry Stewart 28 70 982 10.8 .512 .462 9.3 11.8 10.5 8.2 1.7 2.0 17.7 16.6 101 105 0.3 1.2 1.6 .076
12 Greg Graham 26 28 197 12.6 .476 .419 1.2 6.7 4.0 9.2 3.2 0.4 9.3 25.0 98 104 0.0 0.3 0.3 .065
13 Craig Ehlo 35 62 848 7.6 .412 .405 5.6 10.1 7.8 12.3 2.3 0.4 14.8 16.4 90 105 -0.7 1.0 0.3 .018
14 Antonio Harvey 26 6 26 23.2 .550 .455 9.3 37.0 23.2 6.8 0.0 13.2 6.8 25.7 118 93 0.1 0.1 0.1 .270
15 Elmore Spencer 27 1 5 -7.3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.6 0.0 50.0 18.3 0 91 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.366
16 Steve Scheffler 29 7 29 7.2 .825 .857 4.2 8.3 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.8 20.3 83 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.056

Playoffs

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 Gary Payton 28 12 546 105 255 25 75 50 61 20 65 104 26 4 35 26 285 .412 .333 .820 45.5 23.8 5.4 8.7
2 Shawn Kemp 27 12 442 85 175 2 10 87 105 52 148 36 14 16 47 55 259 .486 .200 .829 36.8 21.6 12.3 3.0
3 Detlef Schrempf 34 12 459 67 142 16 29 53 65 20 69 41 13 1 18 40 203 .472 .552 .815 38.3 16.9 5.8 3.4
4 Hersey Hawkins 30 12 483 62 132 27 59 32 35 17 54 34 30 4 21 32 183 .470 .458 .914 40.3 15.3 4.5 2.8
5 Terry Cummings 35 12 292 45 92 0 0 16 24 28 72 14 11 6 14 39 106 .489 .667 24.3 8.8 6.0 1.2
6 Sam Perkins 35 12 340 31 92 14 45 25 29 15 53 15 12 12 13 34 101 .337 .311 .862 28.3 8.4 4.4 1.3
7 David Wingate 33 12 192 28 66 12 31 9 13 13 37 14 5 3 9 22 77 .424 .387 .692 16.0 6.4 3.1 1.2
8 Larry Stewart 28 4 16 5 6 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 13 .833 .500 1.000 4.0 3.3 0.3 0.5
9 Eric Snow 23 8 48 5 11 2 4 1 2 0 2 12 4 0 0 7 13 .455 .500 .500 6.0 1.6 0.3 1.5
10 Greg Graham 26 6 43 4 14 1 4 3 4 0 5 6 2 0 1 5 12 .286 .250 .750 7.2 2.0 0.8 1.0
11 Jim McIlvaine 24 5 28 4 7 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 7 9 .571 .500 5.6 1.8 0.4 0.0
12 Nate McMillan 32 3 41 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 2 11 0 .000 .000 13.7 0.0 1.7 1.0

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 Shawn Kemp 27 12 442 23.0 .585 .491 13.2 25.5 19.2 14.5 1.7 3.3 17.5 27.2 113 104 1.0 0.6 1.7 .181
2 Detlef Schrempf 34 12 459 17.2 .595 .528 4.9 12.5 8.6 14.7 1.5 0.2 9.5 18.4 125 111 1.3 0.3 1.6 .163
3 Gary Payton 28 12 546 19.8 .506 .461 4.1 9.7 6.8 34.0 2.5 0.7 11.0 26.0 112 110 1.1 0.4 1.5 .136
4 Hersey Hawkins 30 12 483 16.3 .621 .572 4.0 9.0 6.4 11.3 3.3 0.7 12.5 15.6 122 108 1.0 0.4 1.5 .147
5 Terry Cummings 35 12 292 14.5 .517 .489 10.8 17.7 14.2 8.0 2.0 1.9 12.0 17.9 109 107 0.3 0.3 0.6 .101
6 Sam Perkins 35 12 340 10.6 .482 .413 5.0 13.1 8.9 6.7 1.9 3.2 11.0 15.5 104 109 0.2 0.3 0.5 .066
7 David Wingate 33 12 192 14.3 .537 .515 7.6 14.7 11.1 12.0 1.4 1.4 11.1 18.8 112 110 0.3 0.1 0.4 .105
8 Eric Snow 23 8 48 18.0 .547 .545 0.0 4.9 2.4 38.6 4.4 0.0 0.0 11.1 146 108 0.2 0.0 0.2 .222
9 Larry Stewart 28 4 16 36.4 .945 .917 0.0 7.3 3.6 28.4 6.6 5.7 22.5 24.9 137 99 0.1 0.0 0.1 .346
10 Greg Graham 26 6 43 8.8 .381 .321 0.0 13.7 6.7 21.2 2.4 0.0 6.0 17.5 97 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 .033
11 Nate McMillan 32 3 41 -3.0 .000 .000 2.7 11.5 7.0 9.7 1.3 0.0 50.0 4.4 50 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.053
12 Jim McIlvaine 24 5 28 9.2 .571 .571 4.0 4.2 4.1 0.0 1.9 6.5 11.3 14.2 106 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 .063

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Gary Payton $10,212,000
2 Detlef Schrempf $3,333,000
3 Shawn Kemp $3,300,000
4 Jim McIlvaine $3,000,000
5 Sam Perkins $2,730,000
6 Hersey Hawkins $2,604,000
7 Nate McMillan $1,355,000
8 Greg Graham $1,330,000
9 David Wingate $560,000
10 Sherell Ford $500,000
11 Craig Ehlo $360,000
12 Steve Scheffler $275,000
13 Antonio Harvey $247,500
14 Eric Snow $247,500
15 Larry Stewart $247,500