1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season

1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season
1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bernie Bickerstaff
General manager	Bob Whitsitt
Owner(s)	Barry Ackerley
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific); Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KIRO-TV; KTZZ-TV; Northwest Cable Sports;
Radio	KJR
< 1988–89	1990–91 >

The 1989–90 NBA season was the 22nd season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association.^[1] It was the final season for Bernie Bickerstaff as head coach of the SuperSonics. In the 1989 NBA draft, the SuperSonics selected point guard Dana Barros out of Boston College with the 16th overall pick, and also selected power forward Shawn Kemp out of Trinity Valley Community College with the 17th overall pick.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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After winning two of their first three games of the regular season, the SuperSonics lost in a quintuple-overtime game on November 9, 1989, to the Milwaukee Bucks, 155–154 at the Bradley Center.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] The SuperSonics played around .500 basketball for the entire season, holding a 22–23 record at the All-Star break,^[9] and peaking late in the season at 34–32 before going 7–9 to end their season, as the team finished in fourth place in the Pacific Division with a 41–41 record,^[10] losing the eighth seed in the Western Conference to the Houston Rockets, who had the same record but were ahead after tie-breaks, as the SuperSonics did not qualify for the NBA playoffs.^[11]^[12]

Dale Ellis led the team in scoring averaging 23.5 points per game, but only played 55 games due to a collapsed lung, and broken ribs suffered from a car accident in January,^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] while Xavier McDaniel averaged 21.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and Derrick McKey provided the team with 15.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. In addition, Sedale Threatt contributed 11.4 points per game, while Michael Cage averaged 9.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, and Barros contributed 9.7 points per game. Meanwhile, Kemp averaged 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, Nate McMillan provided with 6.4 points, 7.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and Olden Polynice provided with 4.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.^[17]

This was also McDaniel's final full season in Seattle, as he was traded midway through the following season to the Phoenix Suns.^[18]^[19]^[20]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	16	Dana Barros	PG	United States	Boston College
1	17	Shawn Kemp	PF / C	United States	Trinity Valley CC

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	63	19	.768	–	37–4	26–15	22–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	4	35–6	24–17	20–8
x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9	32–9	22–19	20–8
Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22	30–11	11–30	11–17
Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	26	27–14	10–31	11–17
Los Angeles Clippers	30	52	.366	33	20–21	10–31	7–21
Sacramento Kings	23	59	.280	40	16–25	7–34	7–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	63	19	.768	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	7
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	4
4	x-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	20
8	x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	22

9	Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	26
11	Los Angeles Clippers	30	52	.366	33
12	Sacramento Kings	23	59	.280	40
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	41
14	Charlotte Hornets	19	63	.232	44

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dana Barros	81	25	20.1	40.5%	39.9%	80.9%	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.0	9.7
Michael Cage	82	82	31.6	50.4%	–	69.8%	10.0	0.9	1.0	0.5	9.7
Quintin Dailey	30	2	16.4	40.4%	20%	78.8%	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.0	8.2
Dale Ellis	55	49	37.0	49.7%	37.5%	81.8%	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.1	23.5
Jim Farmer	38	0	10.5	43.8%	29.6%	71.3%	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.0	6.4
Avery Johnson	53	10	10.8	38.7%	25%	72.5%	0.8	3.1	0.5	0.0	2.6
Steve Johnson ¹	21	0	11.5	53.3%	–	60%	2.4	0.8	0.1	0.2	5.6
Shawn Kemp	81	1	13.8	47.9%	16.7%	73.6%	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	6.5
Xavier McDaniel	69	67	35.2	49.6%	29.4%	73.3%	6.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	21.3
Derrick McKey	80	80	34.4	49.3%	13%	78.2%	6.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	15.7
Nate McMillan	82	69	28.5	47.3%	35.5%	64.1%	4.9	7.3	1.7	0.5	6.4
Scott Meents	26	0	5.7	43.2%	–	73.9%	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	2.1
Olden Polynice	79	7	13.7	54%	50%	47.5%	3.8	0.2	0.3	0.3	4.6
Brad Sellers ¹	45	0	13.0	42.4%	0%	80.3%	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.4	4.8
Sedale Threatt	65	18	22.8	50.6%	25%	82.8%	1.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	11.4

June 26, 1989	To Seattle SuperSonics Brad Sellers	To Chicago Bulls Conditional 1989 first round pick
June 27, 1989	To Seattle SuperSonics Conditional 1989 first round pick	To Golden State Warriors Conditional 1990 first round pick
June 27, 1989	To Seattle SuperSonics Conditional 1993 second round pick	To Chicago Bulls Seattle's agreement not to draft B. J. Armstrong with the 16th or 17th draft pick.
August 7, 1989	To Seattle SuperSonics Conditional 1990 first round pick	To Golden State Warriors Alton Lister
February 22, 1990	To Seattle SuperSonics Steve Johnson	To Minnesota Timberwolves Brad Sellers

1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season

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