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1975-76 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Bill Russell (43-39)

Executive: Bill Russell

PTS/G: 106.4 (5th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 106.7 (16th of 18)

SRS: -0.14 (9th of 18) Pace: 107.7 (4th of 18)

Off Rtg: 98.3 (10th of 18) Def Rtg: 98.6 (11th of 18) Net Rtg: -0.3 (9th of 18)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (9th of 18)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum

NBA 1976 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Team Misc

Per Game

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

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

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Slick Watts	24	82	82	2776	433	1015	.427				433	1015	.427	.427	199	344	.578	112	253	365	661	261	16		270	1065
2	Tom Burleson	23	82	82	2647	496	1032	.481				496	1032	.481	.481	291	388	.750	258	484	742	180	70	150		273	1283
3	Fred Brown	27	76		2516	742	1522	.488				742	1522	.488	.488	273	314	.869	111	206	317	207	143	18		186	1757
4	Bruce Seals	22	81		2435	388	889	.436				388	889	.436	.436	181	267	.678	157	350	507	119	64	44		314	957
5	Leonard Gray	24	66		2139	394	831	.474				394	831	.474	.474	126	169	.746	109	289	398	203	75	36		260	914
6	Herm Gilliam	29	81		1644	299	676	.442				299	676	.442	.442	90	116	.776	56	164	220	202	82	12		139	688
7	Mike Bantom	24	66		1503	212	450	.471				212	450	.471	.471	131	194	.675	133	235	368	102	26	26		208	555
8	Tal Skinner	23	72		1224	132	285	.463				132	285	.463	.463	49	80	.613	89	175	264	67	50	7		116	313
9	Willie Norwood	28	64		1004	146	301	.485				146	301	.485	.485	152	203	.749	91	138	229	59	42	4		139	444
10	Frank Oleynick	20	52		650	127	316	.402				127	316	.402	.402	53	77	.688	10	35	45	53	21	6		62	307
11	John Hummer	27	29		364	32	67	.478				32	67	.478	.478	17	41	.415	21	56	77	25	6	9		71	81
12	Rod Derline	23	49		339	73	181	.403				73	181	.403	.403	45	56	.804	8	19	27	26	11	1		22	191
13	Al Carlson	24	28		279	27	79	.342				27	79	.342	.342	18	29	.621	30	43	73	13	7	11		39	72
14	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	27		223	35	75	.467				35	75	.467	.467	16	29	.552	30	46	76	16	8	15		29	86
15	Gene Short	22	7		37	6	11	.545				6	11	.545	.545	1	2	.500	2	5	7	2	0	0		5	13
			82		19780	3542	7730	.458				3542	7730	.458	.458	1642	2309	.711	1217	2498	3715	1935	866	355	1615	2133	8726

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

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Slick Watts	24	82	2776	17.2	.457		.339	4.1	9.6	6.8	32.2	4.2	0.3				0.9	3.8	4.7	.080		0.3	1.5	1.8	2.6
2	Tom Burleson	23	82	2647	17.8	.533		.376	9.8	19.4	14.5	9.6	1.2	3.0				5.0	3.2	8.2	.148		1.4	0.2	1.6	2.4
3	Fred Brown	27	76	2516	20.4	.529		.206	4.4	8.7	6.5	13.7	2.5	0.4				6.6	2.2	8.8	.167		3.5	0.0	3.5	3.5
4	Bruce Seals	22	81	2435	11.5	.475		.300	6.5	15.2	10.7	6.6	1.2	1.0				0.8	2.1	2.9	.057		-2.0	-0.9	-2.9	-0.5
5	Leonard Gray	24	66	2139	13.9	.505		.203	5.1	14.3	9.6	13.3	1.6	0.9				2.2	2.0	4.1	.092		-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.9
6	Herm Gilliam	29	81	1644	13.8	.473		.172	3.4	10.6	6.9	17.2	2.2	0.4				1.2	1.4	2.7	.078		-0.4	0.1	-0.3	0.7
7	Mike Bantom	24	66	1503	12.7	.518		.431	8.9	16.6	12.6	9.0	0.8	0.9				1.5	1.2	2.8	.088		-1.1	-0.8	-1.9	0.0
8	Tal Skinner	23	72	1224	10.2	.489		.281	7.3	15.1	11.1	7.0	1.8	0.3				0.7	1.2	1.9	.074		-1.1	0.2	-0.9	0.3
9	Willie Norwood	28	64	1004	15.4	.569		.674	9.1	14.6	11.8	7.8	1.9	0.2				2.0	0.9	3.0	.141		0.2	-0.4	-0.2	0.5
10	Frank Oleynick	20	52	650	10.9	.439		.244	1.5	5.7	3.6	11.6	1.4	0.5				-0.2	0.3	0.1	.005		-2.7	-1.7	-4.4	-0.4
11	John Hummer	27	29	364	7.6	.476		.612	5.8	16.3	10.9	8.5	0.7	1.3				-0.2	0.3	0.1	.019		-4.2	0.2	-4.1	-0.2
12	Rod Derline	23	49	339	13.7	.464		.309	2.4	5.9	4.1	11.3	1.4	0.2				0.2	0.2	0.3	.049		-1.2	-1.8	-2.9	-0.1
13	Al Carlson	24	28	279	9.0	.392		.367	10.8	16.3	13.5	5.8	1.1	2.1				-0.2	0.3	0.1	.012		-3.4	-0.6	-4.0	-0.2
14	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	27	223	16.4	.490		.387	13.5	21.8	17.6	9.7	1.6	3.6				0.2	0.3	0.6	.119		-0.8	0.5	-0.3	0.2
15	Gene Short	22	7	37	10.1	.547		.182	5.4	14.3	9.8	7.4	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.1	.080		-3.6	-0.3	-4.0	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Fred Brown	27	6	236	22.2	.561		.331	5.9	8.2	7.0	12.6	2.5	0.0				0.8	0.0	0.8	.159		2.8	0.0	2.8	0.3
2	Willie Norwood	28	6	215	9.0	.448		.310	10.8	10.1	10.4	5.0	1.5	0.3				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.003		-2.7	-1.0	-3.6	-0.1
3	Tom Burleson	23	6	208	22.4	.656		.613	8.3	24.3	16.2	7.5	1.3	2.1				0.7	0.1	0.8	.188		2.6	0.7	3.3	0.3
4	Slick Watts	24	6	197	15.0	.449		.333	2.9	8.0	5.4	35.3	2.8	0.6				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.015		-2.0	-0.2	-2.2	0.0
5	Bruce Seals	22	6	181	12.9	.491		.382	8.9	14.6	11.7	2.4	1.3	1.8				0.1	0.0	0.1	.031		-2.3	-0.9	-3.1	-0.1
6	Mike Bantom	24	6	114	17.1	.620		.526	9.1	14.8	11.9	10.6	1.6	1.0				0.2	0.0	0.2	.096		-1.7	0.5	-1.2	0.0
7	Herm Gilliam	29	6	86	6.7	.279		.296	4.0	11.2	7.5	17.7	3.2	0.0				-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.129		-6.4	0.5	-5.9	-0.1
8	Tal Skinner	23	6	86	10.8	.461		1.071	8.1	12.6	10.3	10.0	2.6	1.3				0.0	0.0	0.0	.000		-2.1	1.3	-0.8	0.0
9	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	29	5	60	25.2	.725		.550	7.7	34.1	20.7	5.3	0.0	4.6				0.3	0.0	0.3	.245		6.0	1.6	7.6	0.1
10	Rod Derline	23	4	41	1.7	.276		.200	2.8	8.8	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.111		-7.5	-1.3	-8.8	-0.1
11	John Hummer	27	3	16	5.9	.667		.000	7.2	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.006		-3.6	-2.0	-5.6	0.0

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