1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1982–83 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 16th season in the NBA.[1]

1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachLenny Wilkens
General managerZollie Volchok
ArenaKingdome
Results
Record48–34 (.585)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest First Round
(Lost to Trail Blazers 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKIRO-TV
RadioKING

In the playoffs, the SuperSonics were swept by the Portland Trail Blazers in two games in the First Round.

Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
365John GreigSF United StatesOregon

Roster
Roster listing
1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 32 Brown, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Iowa
C 40 Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Washington State
F 10 Hawes, Steve 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Washington
F 3 Kelser, Greg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Michigan State
F 8 Shelton, Lonnie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Oregon State
C 43 Sikma, Jack 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Illinois Wesleyan
G 20 Smith, Phil 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) San Francisco
G 44 Thompson, David 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) North Carolina State
F 23 Vranes, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Utah
G 1 Williams, Gus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Southern California
Players who left during the season
F 22 Greig, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon
G 30 Radford, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oregon State
F 33 Tolbert, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured


Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Jack Sikma James Donaldson
PF Lonnie Shelton Steve Hawes
SF Greg Kelser Danny Vranes
SG David Thompson Phil Smith
PG Gus Williams Fred Brown

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 5824.707–33–825–1621–9
x-Phoenix Suns 5329.646532–921–2021–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4834.5851029–1219–2214–16
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4636.5611231–1015–2616–14
Golden State Warriors 3052.3662821–209–3211–19
San Diego Clippers 2557.3053318–237–347–23
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5824.707–
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5329.6465
3 x-Phoenix Suns5329.6465
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics4834.58510
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers4636.56112
6 x-Denver Nuggets4537.54913
7 Kansas City Kings4537.54913
8 Dallas Mavericks3844.46320
9 Utah Jazz3052.36628
9 Golden State Warriors3052.36628
11 San Diego Clippers2557.30533
12 Houston Rockets1468.17144


Record vs. opponents
1982-83 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–55–16–01–11–13–30–22–06–00–20–21–42–43–22–41–11–10–21–11–12–04–2
Boston 5–1—3–25–12–02–03–31–12–04–11–12–03–35–13–33–32–01–12–01–11–12–03–3
Chicago 1–52–3—5–11–11–12–42–01–14–20–20–21–52–41–41–50–21–10–21–10–21–11–5
Cleveland 0–61–51–5—2–00–21–52–02–05–11–10–21–50–61–50–50–21–10–21–11–10–23–2
Dallas 1–10–21–10–2—3–32–03–25–12–03–32–30–20–20–20–22–33–22–45–02–32–40–2
Denver 1–10–21–12–03–3—2–04–15–11–13–31–42–01–10–20–24–12–32–43–23–24–21–1
Detroit 3–33–34–25–10–20–2—2–02–04–20–20–23–33–21–50–61–11–11–11–10–20–23–2
Golden State 2–01–10–20–22–31–40–2—3–21–11–41–51–10–21–10–22–42–41–43–33–33–22–0
Houston 0–20–21–10–21–51–50–22–3—2–01–50–50–21–10–20–20–50–51–52–31–40–61–1
Indiana 0–61–42–41–50–21–12–41–10–2—1–10–21–50–63–31–41–10–20–21–11–12–01–5
Kansas City 2–01–12–01–13–33–32–04–15–11–1—1–41–11–11–10–21–42–33–34–11–44–22–0
Los Angeles 2–00–22–02–03–24–12–05–15–02–04–1—2–01–12–00–23–33–31–45–15–14–11–1
Milwaukee 4–13–35–15–12–00–23–31–12–05–11–10–2—3–24–21–51–12–02–02–00–22–03–2
New Jersey 4–21–54–26–02–01–12–32–01–16–01–11–12–3—4–23–31–11–10–21–12–01–13–2
New York 2–33–34–15–12–02–05–11–12–03–31–10–22–42–4—1–50–21–12–00–21–11–14–2
Philadelphia 4–23–35–15–02–02–06–02–02–04–12–02–05–13–35–1—2–00–21–12–02–02–04–2
Phoenix 1–10–22–02–03–21–41–14–25–01–14–13–31–11–12–00–2—5–13–24–25–15–00–2
Portland 1–11–11–11–12–33–21–14–25–02–03–23–30–21–11–12–01–5—2–35–13–33–21–1
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–04–24–21–14–15–12–03–34–10–22–00–21–12–33–2—4–11–45–12–0
San Diego 1–11–11–11–10–52–31–13–33–21–11–41–50–21–12–00–22–41–51–4—0–62–30–2
Seattle 1–11–12–01–13–22–32–03–34–11–14–11–52–00–21–10–21–53–34–16–0—5–01–1
Utah 0–20–21–12–04–22–42–02–36–00–22–41–40–21–11–10–20–52–31–53–20–5—0–2
Washington 2–43–35–12–32–01–12–30–21–15–10–21–13–33–32–42–42–01–10–22–01–12–0—

Game log

Regular season

Record: 48-34

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1October 29Seattle128–951–021,885
2October 31San Diego127–1092–03,507
3November 2Utah120–923–07,378
4November 3Seattle109–1074–09,808
5November 5Seattle112–1035–014,665
6November 7Milwaukee102–906–010,975
7November 9Chicago112–1117–09,122
8November 10Dallas94–918–09,813
9November 13San Antonio107–989–014,814
10November 14Houston102–9910–06,576
11November 17Seattle119–9711–011,169
12November 19Seattle101–9412–014,190
13November 21Seattle91–11112–113,353
14November 24Seattle93–11112–226,320
15November 26Seattle127–10613–2Not announced
16November 27Golden State133–11814–212,968
17December 1Seattle131–11015–2Not announced
18December 5St. Louis103–10615–38,180
19December 7Houston107–8816–37,049
20December 8Dallas94–11016–410,063
21December 10Seattle100–10116–513,711
22December 14Seattle109–114 (OT)16–612,432
23December 16Seattle103–9317–69,116
24December 17Seattle93–9018–611,263
25December 18San Diego121–10719–63,594
26December 21Seattle99–9420–612,976
27December 23Seattle120–9521–610,791
28December 25Portland88–9521–712,666
29December 26Seattle88–8722–714,412
30December 29Seattle109–9223–714,223
31December 30Los Angeles117–13723–817,505
32January 2Phoenix99–11623–911,318
33January 5Seattle104–10823–109,203
34January 8Golden State104–11023–1112,269
35January 9Portland101–11023–1212,666
36January 11Seattle119–13123–13Not announced
37January 13Phoenix99–10223–1413,536
38January 14Seattle99–10223–1514,482
39January 16Seattle111–9624–1514,253
40January 19Atlanta111–11624–165,795
41January 21Philadelphia117–13024–1718,482
42January 23New Jersey102–10524–1813,276
43January 26Detroit118–10925–1810,184
44January 27Washington86–9925–197,261
45January 29Cleveland88–8925–203,650
46February 2Seattle117–11426–2010,158
47February 4Seattle115–10327–2013,082
48February 6Seattle96–9727–2122,217
49February 8Seattle118–12127–2219,726
50February 9Denver125–13427–2312,847
51February 10Utah105–9928–238,939
52February 16Seattle100–10828–2417,870
53February 18Seattle115–11229–2412,661
54February 20Seattle116–11230–2415,006
55February 22Seattle117–10131–2419,732
56February 24Denver129–13831–2515,748
57February 25Seattle101–10631–2615,688
58February 27Seattle101–9832–2620,167
59March 1San Antonio104–11932–277,988
60March 2Dallas105–10832–2811,194
61March 5Houston126–10333–287,183
62March 8New York98–10733–298,743
63March 9Boston112–10634–2915,320
64March 11Indiana127–12135–294,176
65March 13Kansas City120–115 (OT)36–297,754
66March 16Seattle110–10237–2910,981
67March 18Seattle147–11738–2914,268
68March 20Seattle128–11639–2911,139
69March 22Los Angeles108–12339–3017,505
70March 23Seattle137–11740–3014,203
71March 25Seattle104-10640–3111,884
72March 27Utah122–10841–318,923
73March 30Seattle135–12442–3110,069
74April 1Seattle101–9543–3112,782
75April 4Seattle121–11144–3118,045
76April 5San Diego115–109 (2OT)45–314,228
77April 7Seattle102–9646–319,601
78April 10Portland102–9347–3112,666
79April 12Seattle106–10148–3114,361
80April 13Phoenix96–10948–3210,882
81April 15Los Angeles99–10048–3317,505
82April 16Golden State122–13348–347,713

Playoffs

(4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(POR-SEA)

 Venue Recap
1 April 20 Portland 108 Seattle 97 1-0 Kingdome, Seattle, Washington 1
2 April 21 Seattle 96 Portland 105 2-0 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon 2
Portland wins series 2–0


Player statistics
Legend
GP Games played RPG Rebounds per game
GS Games started APG Assists per game
MPG Minutes per game PPG Points per game
Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG
Fred Brown 80 1 17.9 1.2 3.0 10.2
James Donaldson 82 11 21.8 6.1 1.2 8.9
John Greig 9 0 2.9 0.7 0.0 2.1
Steve Hawes 31 1 17.9 4.3 1.2 5.5
Greg Kelser 80 9 18.8 5.0 1.2 8.3
Mark Radford 54 2 8.1 0.9 1.9 3.7
Lonnie Shelton 82 79 31.4 6.0 2.9 12.4
Jack Sikma 75 71 34.2 11.4 3.1 18.2
Phil Smith 79 17 15.7 1.6 2.7 5.7
David Thompson 75 64 28.7 3.6 3.0 15.9
Ray Tolbert 45 2 15.8 3.4 0.7 5.0
Danny Vranes 82 73 25.0 5.2 1.5 6.9
Gus Williams 80 80 34.5 2.6 8.0 20.0
Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG
Fred Brown 2 15.0 1.5 2.5 3.0
James Donaldson 2 23.5 8.5 1.0 12.0
Steve Hawes 2 17.5 3.0 1.0 6.0
Greg Kelser 2 9.5 3.0 0.5 2.0
Lonnie Shelton 2 26.5 10.5 2.5 5.0
Jack Sikma 2 37.5 13.0 5.5 15.0
Phil Smith 2 9.5 1.5 0.5 3.0
David Thompson 2 32.5 0.0 3.5 12.0
Danny Vranes 2 28.0 9.5 0.5 6.0
Gus Williams 2 40.5 3.5 4.0 32.5

Awards and records
Player Award Date awarded Ref.
Zollie Volchok NBA Executive of The Year 1982-83 NBA Season

Transactions

Free agents

Additions
Date Player Signed Former team
June 16, 1982 David Thompson Free agent Denver Nuggets

Subtractions
Date Player Reason left New team
? John Greig Waived N/A
? Mark Radford Waived N/A

Trades
February 13, 1983 To Seattle SuperSonics
Steve Hawes (from Atlanta)		 To Atlanta Hawks
1984 2nd round pick (from Detroit)

1985 2nd round pick (from Detroit)

 To Detroit Pistons
Ray Tolbert (from Seattle)

References
  1. 1982-83 Seattle SuperSonics
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