NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
1969β70 Seattle SuperSonics season | |||
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Head coach | Lenny Wilkens | ||
General manager | Bob Houbregs, Zollie Volchok | ||
Arena | Seattle Center Coliseum | ||
Results | |||
Record | 36–46 (.439) | ||
Place | Division: 5th (Western) | ||
Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | KTNT-TV | ||
Radio | KOMO | ||
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The 1969β70 Seattle SuperSonics season was the: 3rd season of theββSeattle SuperSonics in the NBA. After the resignation of Al Bianchi, Lenny Wilkens took the role of player-coach and led the teamββto a 36β46 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 picksβ»
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 |
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1 | 3 | Lucius Allen | Guard | ![]() |
UCLA |
3 | 32 | Lee Winfield | Guard | ![]() |
North Texas |
Rosterβ»
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Depth chartβ»
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 seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | |
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x-Atlanta Hawks | 48 | 34 | .585 | β |
x-Los Angeles Lakers | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2 |
x-Chicago Bulls | 39 | 43 | .476 | 9 |
x-Phoenix Suns | 39 | 43 | .476 | 9 |
Seattle SuperSonics | 36 | 46 | .439 | 12 |
San Francisco Warriors | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 |
San Diego Rockets | 27 | 55 | .329 | 21 |
- x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1969β70 NBA records | ||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BAL | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | SDR | SFW | SEA |
Atlanta | β | 2β4 | 6β0 | 5β2 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β3 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 5β2 | 5β2 |
Baltimore | 4β2 | β | 5β2 | 5β1 | 4β3 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β4 | 3β3 | 6β0 | 2β4 | 2β4 |
Boston | 0β6 | 2β5 | β | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β3 | 2β4 | 1β6 | 4β3 | 2β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 5β1 |
Chicago | 2β5 | 1β5 | 3β3 | β | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 0β6 | 3β3 | 5β2 | 3β4 | 4β2 | 4β3 |
Cincinnati | 3β3 | 3β4 | 3β3 | 3β3 | β | 4β2 | 2β4 | 2β5 | 2β5 | 4β3 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 1β5 |
Detroit | 3β3 | 2β5 | 3β4 | 3β3 | 2β4 | β | 3β3 | 1β6 | 1β6 | 1β5 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 3β3 |
Los Angeles | 3β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 3β3 | β | 3β3 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 3β4 | 5β2 | 5β2 | 6β0 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 3β3 | 6β1 | 2β4 | 5β2 | 6β1 | 3β3 | β | 2β4 | 5β2 | 6β0 | 6β0 | 4β2 | 5β1 |
New York | 2β4 | 5β1 | 3β4 | 6β0 | 5β2 | 6β1 | 4β2 | 4β2 | β | 5β2 | 6β0 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 4β2 |
Philadelphia | 3β3 | 4β3 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 3β4 | 5β1 | 2β4 | 2β5 | 2β5 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 6β0 | 0β6 |
Phoenix | 4β2 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 2β5 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β3 | 0β6 | 0β6 | 2β4 | β | 7β0 | 3β3 | 4β3 |
San Diego | 2β4 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 4β3 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 2β5 | 0β6 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β7 | β | 5β2 | 4β2 |
San Francisco | 2β5 | 4β2 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 2β5 | 2β4 | 1β5 | 0β6 | 3β3 | 2β5 | β | 3β4 |
Seattle | 2β5 | 4β2 | 1β5 | 3β4 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 0β6 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 6β0 | 3β4 | 2β4 | 4β3 | β |
Game logβ»
1969β70 game log Total: 36β46 (Home: 22β14; Road: 10β26; Neutral: 4β6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October
: 1β6 (home: 1β2; road: 0β4)
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November
: 5β10 (home: 3β4; road: 2β6)
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December
: 8β10 (home: 6β3; road: 2β7)
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January
: 6β10 (home: 3β5; road: 3β5)
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February
: 11β6 (home: 8β4; road: 3β2)
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March
: 5β5 (home: 3β1; road: 2β4)
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1969β70 season schedule |
Player statisticsβ»
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 |
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Lucius Allen | 81 | β | 22.4 | .442 | β | .731 | 2.6 | 4.2 | β | β | 9.8 |
Bob Boozer | 82 | β | 31.1 | .491 | β | .822 | 8.7 | 1.3 | β | β | 15.2 |
Barry Clemens | 78 | β | 19.1 | .454 | β | .793 | 4.1 | 1.5 | β | β | 8.3 |
Al Hairston | 3 | β | 6.7 | .375 | β | 1.000 | 1.7 | 2.0 | β | β | 2.3 |
Art Harris | 5 | β | 35.6 | .384 | β | .444 | 3.8 | 4.0 | β | β | 12.0 |
Joe Kennedy | 14 | β | 5.9 | .088 | β | 1.000 | 1.4 | .5 | β | β | .6 |
Tom Meschery | 80 | β | 28.7 | .482 | β | .790 | 8.3 | 2.0 | β | β | 12.3 |
Erwin Mueller | 4 | β | 17.3 | .406 | β | .444 | 3.5 | 1.5 | β | β | 7.5 |
Dorie Murrey | 81 | β | 13.3 | .446 | β | .731 | 4.4 | .9 | β | β | 5.5 |
Bob Rule | 80 | β | 37.0 | .463 | β | .714 | 10.3 | 1.8 | β | β | 24.6 |
Dick Snyder | 76 | β | 30.1 | .531 | β | .810 | 4.1 | 4.4 | β | β | 13.6 |
Rod Thorn | 19 | β | 5.5 | .444 | β | .625 | .8 | .9 | β | β | 2.9 |
John Tresvant | 49 | β | 26.1 | .428 | β | .735 | 7.4 | 1.9 | β | β | 12.6 |
Lenny Wilkens | 75 | β | 37.4 | .420 | β | .788 | 5.0 | 9.1 | β | β | 17.8 |
Lee Winfield | 64 | β | 12.0 | .479 | β | .750 | 1.5 | 1.6 | β | β | 5.7 |
- Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Awardsβ»
- Bob Rule and Lenny Wilkens made their first and seventh All-Star appearances respectively at the 1970 NBA All-Star Game.
Transactionsβ»
Overviewβ»
Players Added
Via draft Via trade |
Players Lost
Via trade Waived |
- Kron was put on waivers. And after no other team claimed him the Sonics sold himββto the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association.
Tradesβ»
September 5, 1969 | To Seattle SuperSonics
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To Chicago Bulls
1971 third round pick |
October 26, 1969 | To Seattle SuperSonics
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To Phoenix Suns
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November 1, 1969 | To Seattle SuperSonics
1970 second round pick |
To Detroit Pistons
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January 21, 1970 | To Seattle SuperSonics
Cash considerations |
To Los Angeles Lakers
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Referencesβ»
- ^ Bianchi Quits Seattle Job, The Tuscaloosa News. Jule 12, "1969." Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ^ Tommy Kron Sold to the Colonels, Kentucky New Era. October 30, 1969. Retrieved June 10, 2012.