1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 21st season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was Bernie Bickerstaff's first season with a winning percentage above .500, coaching the Sonics to a 44–38 record. However, in the 1988 NBA Playoffs, they lost in five games to the Denver Nuggets in the first round. Xavier McDaniel was selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game.

1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachBernie Bickerstaff
General managerBob Whitsitt
ArenaSeattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record44–38 (.537)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishWest First Round
(Lost to Nuggets 2–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKIRO-TV
KTZZ-TV
RadioKJR

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1987 NBA draft

Seattle selected future hall of famer Scottie Pippen in the first round thanks to a pick acquired from the New York Knicks, but traded him on draft day to the Chicago Bulls for Olden Polynice and two future conditional draft picks.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15Scottie Pippen (traded to Chicago)SF United StatesCentral Arkansas
19Derrick McKeyF United StatesAlabama

Roster
Roster listing
1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 24 Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–06–21 Utah
G/F 3 Ellis, Dale 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1960–08–06 Tennessee
F/C 45 Johnson, Clemon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1956–09–12 Florida A&M
F/C 53 Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State
F 34 McDaniel, Xavier 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1963–06–04 Wichita State
F/C 31 McKey, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1966–10–10 Alabama
G/F 10 McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
F/C 23 Polynice, Olden 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–11–21 Virginia
F/C 40 Schoene, Russ 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–04–16 Chattanooga
G 4 Threatt, Sedale 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–10 West Virginia Tech
G 30 Williams, Kevin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–11 St. John's
G 22 Young, Danny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1962–07–26 Wake Forest
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Alton Lister Olden Polynice Clemon Johnson
PF Tom Chambers Russ Schoene
SF Xavier McDaniel Derrick McKey
SG Dale Ellis Kevin Williams
PG Nate McMillan Danny Young Sam Vincent Sedale Threatt

1987–88 Salaries
Player 1987–88 Salary
Tom Chambers $950,000
Xavier McDaniel $875,000
Alton Lister $835,000
Clemon Johnson $502,000
Derrick McKey $355,000
Olden Polynice $350,000
Dale Ellis $325,000
Sedale Threatt $270,000
Russ Schoene $250,000
Danny Young $130,000
Nate McMillan $129,000
Kevin Williams $125,000
TOTAL $5,096,000

Sources:

  • Basketball Reference: SEA Salaries[1]

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6220.756–36–526–1523–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 5329.646933–820–2123–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4438.5371832–912–2919–11
Phoenix Suns 2854.3413422–196–3511–19
Golden State Warriors 2062.2444216–254–377–23
Los Angeles Clippers 1765.2074514–273–387–23
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Denver Nuggets5428.6598
3 x-Dallas Mavericks5329.6469
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5329.6469
5 x-Utah Jazz4735.57315
6 x-Houston Rockets4636.56116
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics4438.53718
8 x-San Antonio Spurs3151.37831
9 Phoenix Suns2854.34134
10 Sacramento Kings2458.29338
11 Golden State Warriors2062.24442
12 Los Angeles Clippers1765.20745

Record vs. opponents
1987–88 NBA records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —2–42–35–12–01–12–42–01–14–22–00–23–35–03–36–01–10–21–12–02–01–13–3
Boston 4–2—3–32–32–00–23–32–01–15–02–00–23–35–15–14–22–02–02–02–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–23–3—3–30–21–12–42–02–03–32–01–15–15–13–24–22–01–11–11–11–12–03–3
Cleveland 1–53–23–3—1–11–11–50–21–14–21–11–12–45–12–43–21–11–12–02–01–10–26–0
Dallas 0–20–22–01–1—3–31–14–14–22–05–01–42–01–11–11–15–03–25–15–13–23–31–1
Denver 1–12–01–11–13–3—1–14–14–21–15–03–21–12–01–12–03–22–34–25–14–12–42–0
Detroit 4–23–34–25–11–11–1—2–01–13–31–10–24–25–14–24–12–01–12–01–11–12–03–2
Golden State 0–20–20–22–01–41–40–2—0–50–23–30–60–22–00–21–12–41–52–33–21–51–40–2
Houston 1–11–10–21–12–42–41–15–0—2–03–21–42–01–11–11–14–14–14–22–43–23–32–0
Indiana 2–40–53–32–40–21–13–32–00–2—1–11–13–36–02–32–42–00–22–02–01–11–12–4
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–21–10–50–51–13–32–31–1—1–50–20–20–21–12–40–63–20–51–51–40–2
L.A. Lakers 2–02–01–11–14–12–32–06–04–11–15–1—0–22–02–02–05–13–34–15–04–24–11–1
Milwaukee 3–33–31–54–20–21–12–42–00–23–32–02–0—3–23–32–41–11–12–01–11–11–14–1
New Jersey 0–51–51–51–51–10–21–50–21–10–62–00–22–3—3–32–41–10–21–11–10–21–10–6
New York 3–31–52–34–21–11–12–42–01–13–22–00–23–33–3—3–30–21–11–11–10–21–13–3
Philadelphia 0–62–42–42–31–10–21–41–11–14–21–10–24–24–23–3—1–11–11–11–11–12–03–3
Phoenix 1–10–20–21–10–52–30–24–21–40–24–21–51–11–12–01–1—0–63–22–32–42–30–2
Portland 2–00–21–11–12–33–21–15–11–42–06–03–31–12–01–11–16–0—4–15–03–31–42–0
Sacramento 1–10–21–10–21–52–40–23–22–40–22–31–40–21–11–11–12–31–4—3–31–41–50–2
San Antonio 0–20–21–10–21–51–51–12–34–20–25–00–51–11–11–11–13–20–53–3—3–23–30–2
Seattle 0–21–11–11–12–31–41–15–12–31–15–12–41–12–02–01–14–23–34–12–3—1–42–0
Utah 1–10–20–22–03–34–20–24–13–31–14–11–41–11–11–10–23–24–15–13–34–1—2–0
Washington 3–31–53–30–61–10–22–32–00–24–22–01–11–46–03–33–32–00–22–02–00–20–2—

Game log
1987–88 game log
November
December
January
February
March
April
1987–88 season schedule
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs
1988 playoff game log
First Round
1988 playoff schedule
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates loss.

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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tom Chambers828232.7.448.303.8076.02.61.1.620.4
Dale Ellis757337.2.503.413.7674.52.61.0.125.8
Clemon Johnson74269.8.467.000.6882.4.2.2.31.6
Alton Lister825522.1.504.500.6067.6.7.31.75.6
Xavier McDaniel787734.7.488.280.7156.63.41.2.721.4
Derrick McKey82420.8.491.367.7724.01.3.9.88.5
Nate McMillan828229.9.474.375.7074.18.62.1.67.6
Olden Polynice82013.2.465.000.6394.0.4.4.34.1
Russ Schoene81212.0.458.293.8102.4.7.5.26.0
Sedale Threatt126013.6.519.143.8331.32.01.3.27.5
Sam Vincent143012.7.474.385.7671.13.2.5.14.5
Kevin Williams80913.6.442.143.8441.61.2.8.16.3
Danny Young77012.3.408.286.8111.02.8.7.03.2
1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tom Chambers525.8.549.000.8296.22.2.6.225.8
Dale Ellis534.4.482.250.7244.63.0.6.420.8
Clemon Johnson57.8.429.000.5001.4.0.2.21.4
Alton Lister515.4.706.000.8005.81.0.21.05.6
Xavier McDaniel536.0.556.500.5009.65.0.6.221.2
Derrick McKey521.8.632.333.5884.01.6.61.012.0
Nate McMillan525.4.343.000.6434.26.6.4.66.6
Olden Polynice513.2.455.000.0001.6.0.6.02.0
Russ Schoene57.8.583.500.0001.4.4.2.03.2
Sedale Threatt516.0.412.0001.0002.22.2.2.06.4
Kevin Williams514.0.438.000.0001.61.8.6.02.8
Danny Young519.0.524.0001.0002.03.8.4.46.4

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Overview
Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via free agency

Via trade

  • Sam Vincent

Via waiver

Trades
October 16, 1987 To Seattle SuperSonics
Sam Vincent
Scott Wedman		 To Boston Celtics
Conditional 1988 second round pick
February 25, 1988 To Seattle SuperSonics
Sedale Threatt		 To Chicago Bulls
Sam Vincent

Free agents
2.^ Received a conditional 1990 second round pick as compensation.

References
  1. "1987-88 Seattle SuperSonics Salaries". Basketball Reference. Basketball Reference.

See also
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