1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season

1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Lenny Wilkens
General manager Dick Vertlieb
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record 36–46 (.439)
Place Division: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

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.

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

1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (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

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Atlanta Hawks 48 34 .585 – 25–13 18–16 5–5 24–16
x-Los Angeles Lakers 46 36 .561 2 27–14 17–21 2–1 24–16
x-Chicago Bulls 39 43 .476 9 23–10 9–25 7–8 22–18
x-Phoenix Suns 39 43 .476 9 22–15 12–25 5–3 24–16
Seattle SuperSonics 36 46 .439 12 22–14 10–26 4–6 14–26
San Francisco Warriors 30 52 .366 18 16–20 14–26 0–6 15–25
San Diego Rockets 27 55 .329 21 21–17 4–33 2–5 17–23
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 — 2–4 6–0 5–2 3–3 3–3 4–3 3–3 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–2 5–2 4–2
Baltimore 4–2 — 5–2 5–1 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–3 1–5 3–4 3–3 6–0 2–4 5–1
Boston 0–6 2–5 — 3–3 3–3 4–3 2–4 1–6 4–3 2–4 2–4 4–2 5–1 2–4
Chicago 2–5 1–5 3–3 — 3–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 0–6 3–3 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–3
Cincinnati 3–3 3–4 3–3 3–3 — 4–2 2–4 2–5 2–5 4–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–5
Detroit 3–3 2–5 3–4 3–3 2–4 — 3–3 1–6 1–6 1–5 3–3 3–3 3–3 3–3
Los Angeles 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–2 3–3 — 3–3 2–4 4–2 3–4 5–2 5–2 6–0
Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 6–1 2–4 5–2 6–1 3–3 — 2–4 5–2 6–0 6–0 4–2 5–1
New York 2–4 5–1 3–4 6–0 5–2 6–1 4–2 4–2 — 5–2 6–0 5–1 5–1 4–2
Philadelphia 3–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 3–4 5–1 2–4 2–5 2–5 — 4–2 4–2 6–0 0–6
Phoenix 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–5 3–3 3–3 4–3 0–6 0–6 2–4 — 7–0 3–3 4–3
San Diego 2–4 0–6 2–4 4–3 2–4 3–3 2–5 0–6 1–5 2–4 0–7 — 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 2–5 4–2 1–5 2–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 2–4 1–5 0–6 3–3 2–5 — 3–4
Seattle 2–4 1–5 4–2 3–4 5–1 3–3 0–6 1–5 2–4 6–0 3–4 2–4 4–3 —

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
Allen, LuciusLucius Allen 81 – 22.4 .442 – .731 2.6 4.2 – – 9.8
Boozer, BobBob Boozer [a] 82 – 31.1 .491 – .822 8.7 1.3 – – 15.2
Clemens, BarryBarry Clemens [a] 78 – 19.1 .454 – .793 4.1 1.5 – – 8.3
Hairston, AlAl Hairston 3 – 6.7 .375 – 1.000 1.7 2.0 – – 2.3
Harris, ArtArt Harris [a] 5 – 35.6 .384 – .444 3.8 4.0 – – 12.0
Kennedy, JoeJoe Kennedy 14 – 5.9 .088 – 1.000 1.4 .5 – – .6
Meschery, TomTom Meschery 80 – 28.7 .482 – .790 8.3 2.0 – – 12.3
Mueller, ErwinErwin Mueller [a] 4 – 17.3 .406 – .444 3.5 1.5 – – 7.5
Murrey, DorieDorie Murrey 81 – 13.3 .446 – .731 4.4 .9 – – 5.5
Rule, BobBob Rule 80 – 37.0 .463 – .714 10.3 1.8 – – 24.6
Snyder, DickDick Snyder [a] 76 – 30.1 .531 – .810 4.1 4.4 – – 13.6
Thorn, RodRod Thorn 19 – 5.5 .444 – .625 .8 .9 – – 2.9
Tresvant, JohnJohn Tresvant [a] 49 – 26.1 .428 – .735 7.4 1.9 – – 12.6
Wilkens, LennyLenny Wilkens [a] 75 – 37.4 .420 – .788 5.0 9.1 – – 17.8
Winfield, LeeLee Winfield 64 – 12.0 .479 – .750 1.5 1.6 – – 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.
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