1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season

1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season
Division Champions
Head coach	George Karl
General manager	Bob Whitsitt
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	63–19 (.768)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (Eliminated 2–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Northwest Cable Sports, KOMO-TV
Radio	KOMO-AM and FM

The 1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 26th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] In the third season with George Karl as head coach, along with the addition of Detlef Schrempf from the Indiana Pacers and Kendall Gill from the Charlotte Hornets, the Sonics finished the season with a franchise best 63–19 record and made the Playoffs as the number one seed in the Western Conference for the first time since the 1978–79 season, where the SuperSonics won their first NBA Championship. Gary Payton made his first All-Star appearance as he was selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game along with Shawn Kemp.

However, the Sonics did not make it past the first round, losing to the Denver Nuggets in five games after taking a 2–0 lead in the series. It was the first time in NBA Playoffs history that a number 8 seed defeated a number 1 seeded team. Following the season, Ricky Pierce was traded to the Golden State Warriors, and Michael Cage signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	23	Ervin Johnson	C	United States	New Orleans
2	42	Adonis Jordan	PG	United States	Kansas

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
2.0 !SG	17	USA !	Askew, Vincent	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1966–02–28	Memphis
6.0 !C	44	USA !	Cage, Michael	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1962–01–28	San Diego State
4.5 !PF	40	USA !	Kemp, Shawn	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1969–11–26	Trinity Valley CC
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Gill, Kendall	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1968–05–25	Illinois
6.0 !C	50	USA !	Johnson, Ervin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1967–12–21	New Orleans
3.0 !SF	35	USA !	King, Chris	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1969–07–24	Wake Forest
6.0 !C	25	USA !	King, Rich	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1969–04–04	Nebraska
2.0 !SG	10	USA !	McMillan, Nate	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1964–08–03	North Carolina State
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Payton, Gary	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1968–07–23	Oregon State
6.0 !C	14	USA !	Perkins, Sam	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1961–06–14	North Carolina
2.0 !SG	22	USA !	Pierce, Ricky	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1959–08–19	Rice
6.0 !C	55	USA !	Scheffler, Steve	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1967–09–03	Purdue
3.0 !SF	11	GER !	Schrempf, Detlef	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1963–01–21	Washington

Head coach

George Karl
(North Carolina)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Michael Cage	Ervin Johnson	Steve Scheffler	Rich King
PF	Shawn Kemp	Sam Perkins
SF	Detlef Schrempf	Vincent Askew	Chris King
SG	Kendall Gill	Ricky Pierce
PG	Gary Payton	Nate McMillan

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	—	37–4	26–15	25–5
x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7	36–5	20–21	19–11
x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13	29–12	21–20	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16	30–11	17–24	17–13
Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30	21–20	12–29	7–23
Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35	20–21	8–33	9–21
Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36	17–24	10–31	9–21

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	10
6	x- Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16
8	x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	21

9	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30
10	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35
11	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	50

Record vs. opponents

1993–94 NBA records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	—	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	—	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	—	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	—	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	—	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	—	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	—	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	—	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	—	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	—	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (8) Denver Nuggets: Nuggets win series 3-2

Game 1 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (April 28): Seattle 106, Denver 82
Game 2 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (April 30): Seattle 97, Denver 87
Game 3 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 2): Denver 110, Seattle 93
Game 4 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 5): Denver 94, Seattle 85 (OT)
Game 5 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 7): Denver 98, Seattle 94 (OT)

Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Western Conference First Round (Denver won 3-2)

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Askew, VincentVincent Askew	80	3	21.1	.481	.194	.829	2.3	2.4	.9	.2	9.1
Cage, MichaelMichael Cage	82	42	20.8	.545	.000	.486	5.4	.5	.9	.5	4.6
Ford, AlphonsoAlphonso Ford¹	6	0	2.7	.538	1.000	.500	.0	.2	.3	.0	2.7
Gill, KendallKendall Gill	79	77	30.8	.443	.317	.782	3.4	3.5	1.9	.4	14.1
Johnson, ErvinErvin Johnson	45	3	6.2	.415	.000	.630	2.6	.2	.2	.5	2.6
Kemp, ShawnShawn Kemp	79	73	32.9	.538	.250	.741	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	18.1
King, ChrisChris King	15	0	5.7	.396	.286	.577	1.0	.7	.3	.0	3.7
King, RichRich King	27	0	2.9	.441	.000	.500	.7	.3	.0	.1	1.5
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	73	8	25.8	.447	.391	.564	3.9	5.3	3.0	.3	6.0
Payton, GaryGary Payton	82	82	35.1	.504	.278	.595	3.3	6.0	2.3	.2	16.5
Perkins, SamSam Perkins	81	41	26.8	.438	.367	.801	4.5	1.4	.8	.4	12.3
Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce	51	0	20.0	.471	.188	.896	1.6	1.8	.8	.1	14.5
Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler	35	1	4.3	.609	.000	.950	.7	.2	.2	.0	2.1
Schrempf, DetlefDetlef Schrempf	81	80	33.7	.493	.324	.769	5.6	3.4	.9	.1	15.0

1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Askew, VincentVincent Askew	5	0	19.0	.357	.000	.842	1.2	1.8	.2	.0	7.2
Cage, MichaelMichael Cage	5	5	18.6	.375	.000	.333	5.4	.8	.8	1.0	2.8
Gill, KendallKendall Gill	5	5	30.6	.433	.222	.619	4.8	2.0	1.2	.2	13.4
Johnson, ErvinErvin Johnson	2	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Kemp, ShawnShawn Kemp	5	5	41.2	.371	.000	.667	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	14.8
King, ChrisChris King	2	0	3.5	.000	.000	.000	5.2	3.7	.2	.0	.0
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	5	0	21.8	.320	.364	.250	3.2	2.0	1.2	.2	4.2
Payton, GaryGary Payton	5	5	36.2	.493	.333	.421	3.4	5.6	1.6	.4	15.8
Perkins, SamSam Perkins	5	0	28.2	.333	.429	.882	7.2	.8	.8	.4	9.8
Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce	5	0	14.8	.452	.000	.706	1.0	.6	.2	.0	8.0
Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler	1	0	9.0	1.000	.000	.000	3.0	.0	1.0	.0	2.0
Schrempf, DetlefDetlef Schrempf	5	5	34.8	.520	.333	.867	5.4	2.0	.2	.6	18.6

Awards and records

Awards

Shawn Kemp earned an All-NBA Second Team selection.
Gary Payton earned All-NBA Third Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team selections.
Nate McMillan earned an All-Defensive Second Team selection and finished the season as leader in total steals and steals per game.
Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton were both selected to play in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game for the West. It was Kemp's first start as an All-Star, and Payton's first appearance in an All-Star Game.

Records

Team record for most victories in a single season (63)

Transactions

Overview

Players Added ----

Via draft

Ervin Johnson
Chris King (from 1992 NBA draft)

Via free agency

Alphonso Ford

Via trade

Players Lost ----

Via trade

Trades

September 1, 1993	To Seattle SuperSonics Kendall Gill	To Charlotte Hornets Dana Barros Eddie Johnson Hornets option to swap 1994 first round picks with the SuperSonics.
November 1, 1993	To Seattle SuperSonics Detlef Schrempf	To Indiana Pacers Derrick McKey Gerald Paddio

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Alphonso Ford²	March 22, 1994

1.^ First of two 10-day contracts.

References

↑ 1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics

1993–94 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

Seattle SuperSonics seasons

1960s

1970s

1978–79

1980s

1990s

2000s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

West First Round

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Additions

See also

References