2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics season was the team's 39th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 52-30 output from the previous season. However, they came seventeen games shy of tying it, finishing 35–47 and failing to qualify for the playoffs.^[1]

2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bob Weiss (fired) (13–17) Bob Hill (22–30)
General manager	Rick Sund
Owner(s)	Howard Schultz
Arena	KeyArena at Seattle Center
Results
Record	35–47 (.427)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KONG FSN Northwest
Radio	KJR
< 2004–05 2006–07 >

Draft picks

Main article: 2005 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	25	Johan Petro	C	France
2	48	Mickaël Gelabale	SF	France
2	55	Lawrence Roberts	PF	United States	Mississippi State

Roster

2005–06 Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From SG 34 Ray Allen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1975-07-20 Connecticut PG 24 Mateen Cleaves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977-09-07 Michigan State PF 4 Nick Collison 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1980-10-26 Kansas SF 16 Noel Felix 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1981-10-04 Fresno State C 21 Danny Fortson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1976-03-27 Cincinnati SF 7 Rashard Lewis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1979-08-08 Alief Elsik HS (TX) C 33 Mikki Moore 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1975-11-04 Nebraska C 27 Johan Petro 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 247 lb (112 kg) 1986-01-27 France PG 8 Luke Ridnour 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1981-02-13 Oregon C 31 Robert Swift 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1985-12-03 Bakersfield HS (CA) PG 25 Earl Watson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1979-06-12 UCLA PF 54 Chris Wilcox 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982-09-03 Maryland SF 12 Damien Wilkins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-01-11 Georgia PG 29 Mike Wilks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979-05-07 Rice

Head coach Bob Weiss (fired) Bob Hill Assistant(s) Dwight Daub Walt Rock Jack Sikma Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: March 8, 2006

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	-	26–15	18–23	10–6
Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	3	22–19	19–22	11–5
Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	9	22–19	13–28	10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	11	24–17	9–32	6–10
Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	23	15–26	6–35	3–13

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
3	y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	19
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	18
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	19
9	Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	22
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
11	Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	29
13	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	30
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	42

Game log

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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ray Allen	78	78	38.7	.454	.412	.903	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	25.1
Rick Brunson	4	0	7.8	.625	.000		0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5
Mateen Cleaves	27	0	8.5	.352	.250	.792	0.5	1.6	0.1	0.1	2.7
Nick Collison	66	27	21.9	.525	.000	.699	5.6	1.1	0.3	0.5	7.5
Reggie Evans	41	23	19.2	.509	.000	.550	6.7	0.6	0.6	0.1	5.9
Noel Felix	12	0	6.8	.240	.333	.625	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.5
Danny Fortson	23	1	12.0	.529		.767	3.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	3.8
Rashard Lewis	78	77	36.9	.467	.384	.818	5.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	20.1
Mikki Moore	47	1	12.4	.435	.000	.742	2.8	0.6	0.1	0.3	3.3
Ronald Murray	48	2	22.6	.397	.224	.717	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.1	9.9
Johan Petro	68	41	18.9	.510		.627	4.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	5.2
Vitaly Potapenko	24	12	13.4	.500		.588	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	3.1
Vladimir Radmanovic	47	16	23.2	.401	.367	.887	4.0	1.5	0.7	0.3	9.3
Luke Ridnour	79	77	33.2	.418	.289	.877	3.0	7.0	1.6	0.3	11.5
Robert Swift	47	20	21.0	.515		.582	5.6	0.2	0.3	1.2	6.4
Earl Watson	24	0	25.1	.432	.420	.731	3.0	5.4	1.3	0.1	11.5
Chris Wilcox	29	23	30.1	.592		.787	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	14.1
Damien Wilkins	82	12	18.6	.444	.250	.840	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.1	6.5
Mike Wilks	10	0	10.5	.387	.200	.655	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.0	4.4

Awards and records

Transactions