1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season

1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Al Bianchi
General manager Dick Vertlieb
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record 30–52 (.366)
Place Division: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season was the second season of the Seattle franchise in the NBA. The Sonics finished the regular season with a 30–52 record in 6th place on the Western Division. During the offseason, Seattle trade their top scorer Walt Hazzard to the Atlanta Hawks to bring three-times All-Star Lenny Wilkens, who would serve as head coach of the team the following year.

Draft picks

Main article: 1968 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 Bob Kauffman Center / Forward  United States Guilford College
2 16 Art Harris Guard  United States Stanford
5 52 Al Hairston Guard  United States Bowling Green State
10 122 Joe Kennedy Forward  United States Duke
11 136 Jim Marsh Forward  United States USC

Roster

1967–68 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 25 Hairston, Al 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1945–12–11 Bowling Green
G 12 Harris, Art 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1947–01–13 Stanford
F/C 22 Kauffman, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1947–01–12 Guilford
SG 11 Kron, Tommy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1943–02–28 Kentucky
SF 43 Lott, Plummer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1945–12–11 Seattle
PF 14 Meschery, Tom 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–10–26 Saint Mary's
F/C 24 Mueller, Erwin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1944–03–12 San Francisco
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
SG 44 Thorn, Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941–05–23 West Virginia
F/C 12 Tresvant, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939–11–06 Seattle
G 15 Wilkens, Lenny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1937–10–28 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-Los Angeles Lakers 55 27 .671 – 32–9 21–18 2–0 30–10
x-Atlanta Hawks 48 34 .585 7 28–12 18–21 2–1 26–14
x-San Francisco Warriors 41 41 .500 14 22–19 18–21 1–1 20–20
x- San Diego Rockets 37 45 .451 18 25–16 8–25 4–4 20–20
Chicago Bulls 33 49 .402 22 19–21 12–25 2–3 19–21
Seattle SuperSonics 30 52 .366 25 18–18 6–29 6–5 15–23
Phoenix Suns 16 66 .195 39 11–26 4–28 1–12 8–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1968–69 NBA records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta — 2–4 3–3 6–1 4–2 6–0 3–4 4–2 2–4 1–5 6–0 3–4 4–3 4–2
Baltimore 4–2 — 5–2 6–0 4–3 7–0 3–3 5–1 3–4 2–4 6–0 5–1 3–3 4–2
Boston 3–3 2–5 — 4–2 5–2 5–1 2–4 5–1 1–6 5–2 6–0 4–2 3–3 3–3
Chicago 1–6 0–6 2–4 — 1–5 3–3 3–4 5–1 2–4 1–5 4–2 3–3 4–3 4–3
Cincinnati 2–4 3–4 2–5 5–1 — 3–4 2–4 5–1 4–2 3–4 4–2 2–4 3–3 3–3
Detroit 0–6 0–7 1–5 3–3 4–3 — 3–3 2–4 3–4 3–4 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–2
Los Angeles 4–3 3–3 4–2 4–3 4–2 3–3 — 5–1 5–1 1–5 6–0 7–0 4–3 5–1
Milwaukee 2–4 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 4–2 1–5 — 0–6 0–6 6–2 4–2 3–3 3–5
New York 4–2 4–3 6–1 4–2 2–4 4–3 1–5 6–0 — 4–3 5–1 3–3 5–1 6–0
Philadelphia 5–1 4–2 2–5 5–1 4–3 4–3 5–1 6–0 3–4 — 5–1 4–2 2–4 6–0
Phoenix 0–6 0–6 0–6 2–4 2–4 2–4 0–6 2–6 1–5 1–5 — 1–7 2–4 3–3
San Diego 4–3 1–5 2–4 3–3 4–2 3–3 0–7 2–4 3–3 2–4 7–1 — 3–3 3–3
San Francisco 3–4 3–3 3–3 3–4 3–3 4–2 3–4 3–3 1–5 4–2 4–2 3–3 — 4–3
Seattle 2–4 2–4 3–3 3–4 3–3 2–4 1–5 5–3 0–6 0–6 3–3 3–3 3–4 —

Game log

1968–69 game log
Total: 30–52 (Home: 18–18; Road: 6–29; Neutral: 6–5)
October : 2–6 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–2)
November : 8–11 (Home: 7–3; Road: 1–8)
December : 4–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–6)
January : 5–9 (Home: 1–1; Road: 4–8)
February : 6–8 (Home: 5–6; Road: 1–2)
March : 5–7 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–6)
1968–69 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
Harris, ArtArt Harris 80 – 32.0 .395 – .641 3.8 3.2 – – 12.4
Hairston, AlAl Hairston 39 – 7.0 .333 – .571 .9 1.0 – – 2.2
Kauffman, BobBob Kauffman 82 – 20.2 .442 – .702 5.9 1.0 – – 7.8
Kennedy, JoeJoe Kennedy 72 – 17.2 .395 – .790 3.3 .8 – – 6.2
Kron, TommyTommy Kron 76 – 14.8 .392 – .701 2.8 2.5 – – 5.1
Lott, PlummerPlummer Lott 23 – 7.0 .258 – .400 1.3 0.3 – – 1.6
Meschery, TomTom Meschery 82 – 32.6 .453 – .736 10.0 2.4 – – 14.0
Mueller, ErwinErwin Mueller [a] 26 – 18.6 .431 – .597 4.0 2.4 – – 7.0
Murrey, DorieDorie Murrey 38 – 12.2 .387 – .639 3.9 .6 – – 5.6
Rule, BobBob Rule 82 – 37.9 .469 – .682 11.5 1.7 – – 24.0
Thorn, RodRod Thorn 29 – 19.6 .463 – .732 2.9 2.8 – – 11.5
Tresvant, JohnJohn Tresvant [a] 26 – 30.8 .488 – .673 10.3 2.4 – – 13.6
Tucker, AlAl Tucker [a] 56 – 22.5 .432 – .637 5.7 1.0 – – 10.3
Wilkens, LennyLenny Wilkens 82 – 42.2 .440 .770 6.2 8.2 – – 22.4

Awards and records

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via draft
(1968 NBA Expansion Draft)

Via trade

Trades

October 12, 1968 To Seattle SuperSonics
Lenny Wilkens		 To Atlanta Hawks
Walt Hazzard
November 15, 1968 To Seattle SuperSonics
Dick Smith		 To Atlanta Hawks
Rights to Richie Guerin
January 31, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics
Erwin Mueller		 To Chicago Bulls
1970 second round pick
Cash considerations
January 31, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics
John Tresvant		 To Cincinnati Royals
Al Tucker

References

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