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1987-88 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (44-38)

Executive: Bob Whitsitt

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) Net Rtg: +2.0 (10th of 23)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (10th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +2500

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum Attendance: 475,983 (16th of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-3) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

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	Dale Ellis	27	75	73	37.2	10.2	20.3	.503	1.4	3.5	.413	8.8	16.8	.521	.538	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	8.6	17.4	.496	.493	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	7.0	15.3	.461	.460	5.1	6.3	.807	1.6	4.3	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.5	3.6	20.4
4	Nate McMillan	23	82	82	29.9	2.9	6.0	.474	0.1	0.3	.375	2.8	5.8	.479	.483	1.8	2.5	.707	1.4	2.7	4.1	8.6	2.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.6
5	Alton Lister	29	82	55	22.1	2.1	4.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.500	2.1	4.2	.504	.506	1.4	2.3	.606	2.4	5.2	7.6	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.1	3.9	5.6
6	Derrick McKey	21	82	4	20.8	3.1	6.3	.491	0.1	0.4	.367	3.0	6.0	.499	.502	2.1	2.7	.772	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	8.5
7	Sedale Threatt	26	26	0	13.6	3.2	6.2	.519	0.0	0.3	.143	3.2	6.0	.535	.522	1.0	1.2	.833	0.4	0.8	1.3	2.0	1.3	0.2	0.7	1.1	7.5
8	Kevin Williams	26	80	9	13.6	2.5	5.6	.442	0.0	0.1	.143	2.5	5.5	.447	.443	1.3	1.5	.844	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.6	6.3
9	Olden Polynice	23	82	0	13.2	1.4	3.1	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	3.1	.468	.465	1.2	1.9	.639	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.1
10	Sam Vincent	24	43	0	12.7	1.7	3.5	.474	0.1	0.3	.385	1.6	3.2	.482	.490	1.1	1.4	.767	0.4	0.7	1.1	3.2	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	4.5
11	Danny Young	25	77	0	12.3	1.2	2.8	.408	0.3	1.0	.286	0.9	1.8	.475	.459	0.6	0.7	.811	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.9	3.2
12	Russ Schoene	27	81	2	12.0	2.6	5.6	.458	0.2	0.7	.293	2.4	4.9	.482	.477	0.6	0.8	.810	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.9	6.0
13	Clemon Johnson	31	74	26	9.8	0.7	1.4	.467	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.4	.467	.467	0.3	0.4	.688	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.6

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	Xavier McDaniel	24	5	5	36.0	9.0	16.2	.556	0.8	1.6	.500	8.2	14.6	.562	.580	2.4	4.8	.500	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	3.0	21.2
2	Dale Ellis	27	5	5	34.4	8.0	16.6	.482	0.6	2.4	.250	7.4	14.2	.521	.500	4.2	5.8	.724	2.2	2.4	4.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.4	3.4	20.8
3	Tom Chambers	28	5	5	33.6	10.0	18.2	.549	0.0	0.4	.000	10.0	17.8	.562	.549	5.8	7.0	.829	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.2	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.8	25.8
4	Nate McMillan	23	5	5	25.4	2.4	7.0	.343	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	6.8	.353	.343	1.8	2.8	.643	1.2	3.0	4.2	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.2	6.6
5	Derrick McKey	21	5	0	21.8	4.8	7.6	.632	0.4	1.2	.333	4.4	6.4	.688	.658	2.0	3.4	.588	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.4	12.0
6	Danny Young	25	5	0	19.0	2.2	4.2	.524	0.0	0.6	.000	2.2	3.6	.611	.524	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	6.4
7	Sedale Threatt	26	5	0	16.0	2.8	6.8	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	6.6	.424	.412	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	6.4
8	Alton Lister	29	5	5	15.4	2.4	3.4	.706	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.4	.706	.706	0.8	1.0	.800	1.8	4.0	5.8	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	3.4	5.6
9	Kevin Williams	26	5	0	14.0	1.4	3.2	.438	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	2.8	.500	.438	0.0	0.0		1.2	0.4	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	3.0	2.8
10	Olden Polynice	23	5	0	8.8	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.2	.455	.455	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.2	2.0
11	Clemon Johnson	31	5	0	7.8	0.6	1.4	.429	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.4	.429	.429	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	1.4
12	Russ Schoene	27	5	0	7.8	1.4	2.4	.583	0.4	0.8	.500	1.0	1.6	.625	.667	0.0	0.0		0.2	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.2

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	Dale Ellis	27	75	73	2790	764	1519	.503	107	259	.413	657	1260	.521	.538	303	395	.767	167	173	340	197	74	11	172	221	1938
2	Xavier McDaniel	24	78	77	2703	687	1407	.488	14	50	.280	673	1357	.496	.493	281	393	.715	206	312	518	263	96	52	223	230	1669
3	Tom Chambers	28	82	82	2680	611	1364	.448	33	109	.303	578	1255	.461	.460	419	519	.807	135	355	490	212	87	53	209	297	1674
4	Nate McMillan	23	82	82	2453	235	496	.474	9	24	.375	226	472	.479	.483	145	205	.707	117	221	338	702	169	47	189	238	624
5	Alton Lister	29	82	55	1812	173	343	.504	1	2	.500	172	341	.504	.506	114	188	.606	200	427	627	58	27	140	90	319	461
6	Derrick McKey	21	82	4	1706	255	519	.491	11	30	.367	244	489	.499	.502	173	224	.772	115	213	328	107	70	63	108	237	694
7	Kevin Williams	26	80	9	1084	199	450	.442	1	7	.143	198	443	.447	.443	103	122	.844	61	66	127	96	62	7	68	207	502
8	Olden Polynice	23	82	0	1080	118	254	.465	0	2	.000	118	252	.468	.465	101	158	.639	122	208	330	33	32	26	81	215	337
9	Russ Schoene	27	81	2	973	208	454	.458	17	58	.293	191	396	.482	.477	51	63	.810	78	120	198	53	39	13	57	151	484
10	Danny Young	25	77	0	949	89	218	.408	22	77	.286	67	141	.475	.459	43	53	.811	18	57	75	218	52	2	37	69	243
11	Clemon Johnson	31	74	26	723	49	105	.467	0	0		49	105	.467	.467	22	32	.688	66	108	174	17	13	24	29	104	120
12	Sam Vincent	24	43	0	548	72	152	.474	5	13	.385	67	139	.482	.490	46	60	.767	17	32	49	137	21	4	52	63	195
13	Sedale Threatt	26	26	0	354	84	162	.519	1	7	.143	83	155	.535	.522	25	30	.833	11	22	33	53	33	5	19	29	194
			82		19855	3544	7443	.476	221	638	.346	3323	6805	.488	.491	1826	2442	.748	1313	2314	3627	2146	775	447	1376	2380	9135

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	Xavier McDaniel	24	5	5	180	45	81	.556	4	8	.500	41	73	.562	.580	12	24	.500	14	34	48	25	3	1	11	15	106
2	Dale Ellis	27	5	5	172	40	83	.482	3	12	.250	37	71	.521	.500	21	29	.724	11	12	23	15	3	2	12	17	104
3	Tom Chambers	28	5	5	168	50	91	.549	0	2	.000	50	89	.562	.549	29	35	.829	8	23	31	11	3	1	13	24	129
4	Nate McMillan	23	5	5	127	12	35	.343	0	1	.000	12	34	.353	.343	9	14	.643	6	15	21	33	2	3	8	11	33
5	Derrick McKey	21	5	0	109	24	38	.632	2	6	.333	22	32	.688	.658	10	17	.588	7	13	20	8	3	5	5	12	60
6	Danny Young	25	5	0	95	11	21	.524	0	3	.000	11	18	.611	.524	10	10	1.000	3	7	10	19	2	2	7	7	32
7	Sedale Threatt	26	5	0	80	14	34	.412	0	1	.000	14	33	.424	.412	4	4	1.000	2	9	11	11	1	0	5	7	32
8	Alton Lister	29	5	5	77	12	17	.706	0	0		12	17	.706	.706	4	5	.800	9	20	29	5	1	5	4	17	28
9	Kevin Williams	26	5	0	70	7	16	.438	0	2	.000	7	14	.500	.438	0	0		6	2	8	9	3	0	4	15	14
10	Olden Polynice	23	5	0	44	5	11	.455	0	0		5	11	.455	.455	0	2	.000	2	6	8	0	3	0	1	6	10
11	Clemon Johnson	31	5	0	39	3	7	.429	0	0		3	7	.429	.429	1	2	.500	0	7	7	0	1	1	2	10	7
12	Russ Schoene	27	5	0	39	7	12	.583	2	4	.500	5	8	.625	.667	0	0		1	6	7	2	1	0	2	8	16

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	Dale Ellis	27	75	2790	19.3	.572	.171	.260	6.6	7.2	6.9	11.4	1.3	0.2	9.2	26.8		7.4	1.6	9.0	.155		4.3	-1.8	2.5	3.2
2	Xavier McDaniel	24	78	2703	18.2	.528	.036	.279	8.4	13.3	10.8	15.2	1.7	1.2	12.4	26.8		3.6	2.6	6.2	.110		2.2	-0.8	1.4	2.3
3	Tom Chambers	28	82	2680	16.8	.526	.080	.380	5.5	15.3	10.3	11.9	1.6	1.2	11.6	27.0		3.7	2.7	6.4	.114		0.8	-0.8	0.0	1.3
4	Nate McMillan	23	82	2453	15.9	.532	.048	.413	5.2	10.4	7.7	35.9	3.3	1.2	24.4	12.7		3.4	3.1	6.5	.127		1.4	1.9	3.3	3.3
5	Alton Lister	29	82	1812	12.0	.541	.006	.548	12.1	27.2	19.5	4.0	0.7	4.8	17.5	11.4		1.4	2.8	4.1	.110		-2.5	1.0	-1.5	0.2
6	Derrick McKey	21	82	1706	13.8	.562	.058	.432	7.4	14.4	10.8	8.4	2.0	2.3	14.9	17.1		2.1	2.0	4.1	.116		-0.7	0.9	0.2	0.9
7	Kevin Williams	26	80	1084	12.0	.498	.016	.271	6.2	7.0	6.6	12.5	2.7	0.4	11.9	21.2		0.8	1.1	1.9	.084		-2.9	0.3	-2.6	-0.1
8	Olden Polynice	23	82	1080	9.8	.521	.008	.622	12.4	22.2	17.2	3.9	1.4	1.5	20.0	15.0		0.2	1.4	1.6	.069		-4.0	-0.7	-4.7	-0.7
9	Russ Schoene	27	81	973	13.5	.502	.128	.139	8.8	14.2	11.4	8.0	1.9	0.8	10.6	22.2		0.7	1.0	1.8	.087		-1.3	-1.0	-2.3	-0.1
10	Danny Young	25	77	949	13.3	.503	.353	.243	2.1	6.9	4.4	28.8	2.6	0.1	13.3	11.8		1.6	0.8	2.4	.122		0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8
11	Clemon Johnson	31	74	723	7.1	.504	.000	.305	10.0	17.2	13.5	2.9	0.9	2.1	19.6	8.2		0.2	0.7	0.9	.061		-3.1	-0.1	-3.3	-0.2
12	Sam Vincent	24	43	548	13.5	.547	.086	.395	3.4	6.7	5.0	32.8	1.8	0.5	22.6	16.9		0.6	0.4	1.0	.089		0.3	-0.8	-0.5	0.2
13	Sedale Threatt	26	26	354	20.7	.554	.043	.185	3.4	7.2	5.2	22.9	4.5	0.9	9.8	22.0		0.8	0.5	1.3	.176		2.2	3.0	5.1	0.6

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	Xavier McDaniel	24	5	180	20.5	.579	.099	.296	9.3	20.3	15.1	19.6	0.8	0.3	10.7	23.4		0.4	0.1	0.5	.140		4.7	-0.2	4.5	0.3
2	Dale Ellis	27	5	172	15.8	.543	.145	.349	7.6	7.5	7.6	12.0	0.8	0.7	11.1	25.7		0.3	0.0	0.3	.073		1.8	-2.5	-0.6	0.1
3	Tom Chambers	28	5	168	20.8	.606	.022	.385	5.7	14.7	10.4	9.9	0.9	0.4	10.9	29.1		0.5	0.1	0.5	.149		2.4	-0.8	1.6	0.2
4	Nate McMillan	23	5	127	11.4	.401	.029	.400	5.6	12.7	9.4	30.1	0.8	1.5	16.3	15.9		0.0	0.0	0.1	.022		-0.2	-1.8	-1.9	0.0
5	Derrick McKey	21	5	109	20.1	.660	.158	.447	7.7	12.8	10.4	9.9	1.3	2.8	9.9	19.0		0.3	0.1	0.4	.169		4.5	1.7	6.2	0.2
6	Danny Young	25	5	95	14.3	.630	.143	.476	3.8	7.9	6.0	23.7	1.0	1.3	21.6	14.0		0.2	0.0	0.2	.099		1.7	0.0	1.7	0.1
7	Sedale Threatt	26	5	80	9.6	.447	.029	.118	3.0	12.1	7.8	17.6	0.6	0.0	12.3	20.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.012		-2.8	-2.6	-5.4	-0.1
8	Alton Lister	29	5	77	17.4	.729	.000	.294	14.0	28.0	21.3	8.1	0.6	4.0	17.2	12.4		0.2	0.1	0.3	.177		1.0	2.6	3.5	0.1
9	Kevin Williams	26	5	70	6.0	.438	.125	.000	10.2	3.1	6.5	15.0	2.1	0.0	20.0	11.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.006		-3.3	0.1	-3.2	0.0
10	Olden Polynice	23	5	44	6.7	.421	.000	.182	5.4	14.7	10.3	0.0	3.3	0.0	7.8	12.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.005		-3.6	-0.8	-4.4	0.0
11	Clemon Johnson	31	5	39	1.2	.444	.000	.286	0.0	19.3	10.2	0.0	1.2	1.6	20.2	10.4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.039		-7.9	0.4	-7.5	-0.1
12	Russ Schoene	27	5	39	11.4	.667	.333	.000	3.1	16.6	10.2	6.6	1.2	0.0	14.3	14.7		0.1	0.0	0.1	.090		-0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0

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