1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 20th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association. Bernie Bickerstaff returned for his second season as head coach of the franchise and, despite little improvement over their previous season's 31–51 record, managed to clinch a spot in the playoffs and reach the Western Conference Finals, losing in four games to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	30	Nate McMillan	SG / SF	United States	North Carolina State
2	38	LeMone Lampley		United States	DePaul
3	53	Tod Murphy	PF / C	United States	UC Irvine
4	76	Michael Graham		United States	Georgetown
5	99	Dominic Pressley		United States	Boston College
6	122	Curtis Kitchen	PF	United States	South Florida
7	145	Glen McCants		United States	Clemson

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1986–87 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB From 5.5 !F/C 24 USA ! Chambers, Tom 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–06–21 Utah 2.5 !G/F 3 USA ! Ellis, Dale 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1960–08–06 Tennessee 5.5 !F/C 45 USA ! Johnson, Clemon 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1956–09–12 Florida A&M 1.5 !G 15 USA ! Johnson, Eddie 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955–02–24 Auburn 4.0 !F 42 USA ! Kitchen, Curtis 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1964–01–30 South Florida 5.5 !F/C 53 USA ! Lister, Alton 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State 5.5 !F/C 20 USA ! Lucas, Maurice 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1952–02–18 Marquette 4.0 !F 34 USA ! McDaniel, Xavier 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1963–06–04 Wichita State 2.5 !G/F 10 USA ! McMillan, Nate 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State 1.5 !G 25 USA ! Phelps, Mike 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–10–03 Alcorn State 5.5 !F/C 40 USA ! Schoene, Russ 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–04–16 Chattanooga 1.5 !G 44 USA ! Stansbury, Terence 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1961–02–27 Temple 1.5 !G 30 USA ! Williams, Kevin 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–11 St. John's 1.5 !G 22 USA ! Young, Danny 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1962–07–26 Wake Forest	Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff (San Diego) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Playoffs

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Player statistics

Season

1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

• Dale Ellis won the Most Improved Player Award at the end of the season.
• Tom Chambers participated in the 1987 NBA All-Star Game and won the game's Most Valuable Player Award. He also was named Player of the Week between December 1 and December 7.

Records

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free Agents

References

See also

• 1986-87 NBA season