1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 3rd season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA. After the resignation of Al Bianchi,[1] Lenny Wilkens took the role of player-coach and led the team to a 36–46 record, a six win improvement over their previous season and 3 games behind the Chicago Bulls, who got the last playoff spot in the Western Division. Wilkens led the league in assists with 9.1 apg.

1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachLenny Wilkens
General managerBob Houbregs, Zollie Volchok
ArenaSeattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTNT-TV
RadioKOMO

Draft picks
Main article: 1969 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 Lucius Allen Guard  United States UCLA
3 32 Lee Winfield Guard  United States North Texas

Roster
Roster listing
1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 42 Allen, Lucius 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1947–09–26 UCLA
F 20 Boozer, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1937–04–26 Kansas State
F 43 Clemens, Barry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943–05–01 Ohio Wesleyan
G 25 Hairston, Al 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1945–12–11 Bowling Green
PF 14 Meschery, Tom 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–10–26 Saint Mary's
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
G/F 10 Snyder, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944–02–01 West Virginia
SG 44 Thorn, Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941–05–23 West Virginia
G 19 Wilkens, Lenny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1937–10–28 Providence
G 11 Winfield, Lee 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1947–02–04 Providence
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth chart
Seattle SuperSonics Depth Chart - 1969-70
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
PG Lenny Wilkens Lee Winfield Lucius Allen
SG Rod Thorn Dick Snyder Art Harris Al Hairston
SF Barry Clemens Tom Meschery Joe Kennedy
PF Bob Boozer John Tresvant Erwin Mueller
C Bob Rule Dorie Murrey

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB
x-Atlanta Hawks 4834.585–
x-Los Angeles Lakers 4636.5612
x-Chicago Bulls 3943.4769
x-Phoenix Suns 3943.4769
Seattle SuperSonics 3646.43912
San Francisco Warriors 3052.36618
San Diego Rockets 2755.32921
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1969–70 NBA records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —2–46–05–23–33–34–33–34–23–32–44–25–24–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–25–14–35–24–23–31–53–43–36–02–45–1
Boston 0–62–5—3–33–34–32–41–64–32–42–44–25–12–4
Chicago 2–51–53–3—3–33–34–24–20–63–35–23–44–24–3
Cincinnati 3–33–43–33–3—4–22–42–52–54–33–34–22–41–5
Detroit 3–32–53–43–32–4—3–31–61–61–53–33–33–33–3
Los Angeles 3–42–44–22–44–23–3—3–32–44–23–45–25–26–0
Milwaukee 3–33–36–12–45–26–13–3—2–45–26–06–04–25–1
New York 2–45–13–46–05–26–14–24–2—5–26–05–15–14–2
Philadelphia 3–34–34–23–33–45–12–42–52–5—4–24–26–00–6
Phoenix 4–23–34–22–53–33–34–30–60–62–4—7–03–34–3
San Diego 2–40–62–44–32–43–32–50–61–52–40–7—5–24–2
San Francisco 2–54–21–52–44–23–32–52–41–50–63–32–5—3–4
Seattle 2–41–54–23–45–13–30–61–52–46–03–42–44–3—

Game log
1969–70 game log
Total: 36–46 (Home: 22–14; Road: 10–26; Neutral: 4–6)
October : 1–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–4)
November : 5–10 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–6)
December : 8–10 (Home: 6–3; Road: 2–7)
January : 6–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 3–5)
February : 11–6 (Home: 8–4; Road: 3–2)
March : 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4)
1969–70 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
Lucius Allen 81–22.4.442–.7312.64.2––9.8
Bob Boozer [a] 82–31.1.491–.8228.71.3––15.2
Barry Clemens [a] 78–19.1.454–.7934.11.5––8.3
Al Hairston 3–6.7.375–1.0001.72.0––2.3
Art Harris [a] 5–35.6.384–.4443.84.0––12.0
Joe Kennedy 14–5.9.088–1.0001.4.5––.6
Tom Meschery 80–28.7.482–.7908.32.0––12.3
Erwin Mueller [a] 4–17.3.406–.4443.51.5––7.5
Dorie Murrey 81–13.3.446–.7314.4.9––5.5
Bob Rule 80–37.0.463–.71410.31.8––24.6
Dick Snyder [a] 76–30.1.531–.8104.14.4––13.6
Rod Thorn 19–5.5.444–.625.8.9––2.9
John Tresvant [a] 49–26.1.428–.7357.41.9––12.6
Lenny Wilkens [a] 75–37.4.420–.7885.09.1––17.8
Lee Winfield 64–12.0.479–.7501.51.6––5.7

Awards

Transactions

Overview
Players Added

Via draft

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via trade

Waived

Trades
September 5, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics

Bob Boozer

Barry Clemens

 To Chicago Bulls

Bob Kauffman

1971 third round pick

October 26, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics

Dick Snyder

 To Phoenix Suns

Art Harris

November 1, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics

1970 second round pick

 To Detroit Pistons

Erwin Mueller

January 21, 1970 To Seattle SuperSonics

Cash considerations

 To Los Angeles Lakers

John Tresvant

References
  1. Bianchi Quits Seattle Job, The Tuscaloosa News. Jule 12, 1969. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  2. Tommy Kron Sold to the Colonels, Kentucky New Era. October 30, 1969. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.