1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season was the second season of the Seattle franchise in the NBA. The Sonics finished the regular season with a 30–52 record in 6th place on the Western Division. During the offseason, Seattle trade their top scorer Walt Hazzard to the Atlanta Hawks to bring three-times All-Star Lenny Wilkens, who would serve as head coach of the team the following year.

1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachAl Bianchi
General managerDick Vertlieb
ArenaSeattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record30–52 (.366)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTNT-TV
RadioKOMO

Draft picks
Main article: 1968 NBA draft

Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 3 Bob Kauffman Center / Forward  United States Guilford College
2 16 Art Harris Guard  United States Stanford
5 52 Al Hairston Guard  United States Bowling Green State
10 122 Joe Kennedy Forward  United States Duke
11 136 Jim Marsh Forward  United States USC

Roster
Roster listing
1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 25 Hairston, Al 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1945–12–11 Bowling Green
G 12 Harris, Art 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1947–01–13 Stanford
F/C 22 Kauffman, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1947–01–12 Guilford
SG 11 Kron, Tommy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1943–02–28 Kentucky
SF 43 Lott, Plummer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1945–12–11 Seattle
PF 14 Meschery, Tom 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–10–26 Saint Mary's
F/C 24 Mueller, Erwin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1944–03–12 San Francisco
F/C 41 Murrey, Dorie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1943–09–07 Detroit
F/C 45 Rule, Bob 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1944–06–29 Colorado State
SG 44 Thorn, Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941–05–23 West Virginia
F/C 12 Tresvant, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939–11–06 Seattle
G 15 Wilkens, Lenny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1937–10–28 Providence
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5527.671–32–921–182–030–10
x-Atlanta Hawks 4834.585728–1218–212–126–14
x-San Francisco Warriors 4141.5001422–1918–211–120–20
x-San Diego Rockets 3745.4511825–168–254–420–20
Chicago Bulls 3349.4022219–2112–252–319–21
Seattle SuperSonics 3052.3662518–186–296–515–23
Phoenix Suns 1666.1953911–264–281–128–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1968–69 NBA records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —2–43–36–14–26–03–44–22–41–56–03–44–34–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–26–04–37–03–35–13–42–46–05–13–34–2
Boston 3–32–5—4–25–25–12–45–11–65–26–04–23–33–3
Chicago 1–60–62–4—1–53–33–45–12–41–54–23–34–34–3
Cincinnati 2–43–42–55–1—3–42–45–14–23–44–22–43–33–3
Detroit 0–60–71–53–34–3—3–32–43–43–44–23–32–44–2
Los Angeles 4–33–34–24–34–23–3—5–15–11–56–07–04–35–1
Milwaukee 2–41–51–51–51–54–21–5—0–60–66–24–23–33–5
New York 4–24–36–14–22–44–31–56–0—4–35–13–35–16–0
Philadelphia 5–14–22–55–14–34–35–16–03–4—5–14–22–46–0
Phoenix 0–60–60–62–42–42–40–62–61–51–5—1–72–43–3
San Diego 4–31–52–43–34–23–30–72–43–32–47–1—3–33–3
San Francisco 3–43–33–33–43–34–23–43–31–54–24–23–3—4–3
Seattle 2–42–43–33–43–32–41–55–30–60–63–33–33–4—

Game log
1968–69 game log
Total: 30–52 (Home: 18–18; Road: 6–29; Neutral: 6–5)
October : 2–6 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–2)
November : 8–11 (Home: 7–3; Road: 1–8)
December : 4–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–6)
January : 5–9 (Home: 1–1; Road: 4–8)
February : 6–8 (Home: 5–6; Road: 1–2)
March : 5–7 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–6)
1968–69 season schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Art Harris 80–32.0.395–.6413.83.2––12.4
Al Hairston 39–7.0.333–.571.91.0––2.2
Bob Kauffman 82–20.2.442–.7025.91.0––7.8
Joe Kennedy 72–17.2.395–.7903.3.8––6.2
Tommy Kron 76–14.8.392–.7012.82.5––5.1
Plummer Lott 23–7.0.258–.4001.30.3––1.6
Tom Meschery 82–32.6.453–.73610.02.4––14.0
Erwin Mueller [a] 26–18.6.431–.5974.02.4––7.0
Dorie Murrey 38–12.2.387–.6393.9.6––5.6
Bob Rule 82–37.9.469–.68211.51.7––24.0
Rod Thorn 29–19.6.463–.7322.92.8––11.5
John Tresvant [a] 26–30.8.488–.67310.32.4––13.6
Al Tucker [a] 56–22.5.432–.6375.71.0––10.3
Lenny Wilkens 82–42.2.440.7706.28.2––22.4
  • a Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Awards and records

Transactions
Lenny Wilkens averaged 22.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 8.2 assists per game in his first season with the SuperSonics.

Overview
Players Added

Via draft

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via draft
(1968 NBA Expansion Draft)

Via trade

Trades
October 12, 1968 To Seattle SuperSonics

Lenny Wilkens

 To Atlanta Hawks

Walt Hazzard

November 15, 1968 To Seattle SuperSonics

Dick Smith

 To Atlanta Hawks

Rights to Richie Guerin

January 31, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics

Erwin Mueller

 To Chicago Bulls

1970 second round pick
Cash considerations

January 31, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics

John Tresvant

 To Cincinnati Royals

Al Tucker

References
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