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1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bernie Bickerstaff
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum

Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (Eliminated 2-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Northwest Cable Sports, KOMO-TV
Radio	KOMO-AM and FM
Seattle SuperSonics seasons
< 1986–87	1988–89 >

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 the 1988 NBA Playoffs where they lost in five games to the Denver Nuggets in the first round.

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
1	5	Scottie Pippen	SF	United States	Central Arkansas
1	9	Derrick McKey	F	United States	Alabama
3	55	Tommy Amaker			Duke
4	78	Todd Linder			Tampa
5	101	Michael Tait			Clemson
6	124	Tom Gneiting			BYU
7	147	Mike Giomi			North Carolina State

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1987–88 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
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
4.0 !F	34	USA !	McDaniel, Xavier	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1963–06–04	Wichita State
5.5 !F/C	31	USA !	McKey, Derrick	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1966–10–10	Alabama
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
5.5 !F/C	23	HAI !	Polynice, Olden	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1964–11–21	Virginia
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	4	USA !	Threatt, Sedale	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1961–09–10	West Virginia Tech
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

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–	36–5	26–15	23–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9	33–8	20–2	23–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18	32–9	12–29	19–11
Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34	22–19	6–35	11–19
Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42	16–25	4–37	7–23
Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45	14–27	3–38	7–23

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	6
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	9
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9
5	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	16
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	31

9	Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34
10	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	38
11	Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42
12	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

Game log

Playoffs

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
Chambers, TomTom Chambers	82	82	32.7	.448	.303	.807	6.0	2.6	1.1	.6	20.4
Ellis, DaleDale Ellis	75	73	37.2	.503	.413	.767	4.5	2.6	1.0	.1	25.8
Johnson, ClemonClemon Johnson	74	26	9.8	.467	.000	.688	2.4	.2	.2	.3	1.6
Lister, AltonAlton Lister	82	55	22.1	.504	.500	.606	7.6	.7	.3	1.7	5.6
McDaniel, XavierXavier McDaniel	78	77	34.7	.488	.280	.715	6.6	3.4	1.2	.7	21.4
McKey, DerrickDerrick McKey	82	4	20.8	.491	.367	.772	4.0	1.3	.9	.8	8.5
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	82	82	29.9	.474	.375	.707	4.1	8.6	2.1	.6	7.6
Polynice, OldenOlden Polynice	82	0	13.2	.465	.000	.639	4.0	.4	.4	.3	4.1
Schoene, RussRuss Schoene	81	2	12.0	.458	.293	.810	2.4	.7	.5	.2	6.0
Threatt, SedaleSedale Threatt¹	26	0	13.6	.519	.143	.833	1.3	2.0	1.3	.2	7.5
Vincent, SamSam Vincent¹	43	0	12.7	.474	.385	.767	1.1	3.2	.5	.1	4.5
Williams, KevinKevin Williams	80	9	13.6	.442	.143	.844	1.6	1.2	.8	.1	6.3
Young, DannyDanny Young	77	0	12.3	.408	.286	.811	1.0	2.8	.7	.0	3.2

1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Chambers, TomTom Chambers	5	25.8	.549	.000	.829	6.2	2.2	.6	.2	25.8
Ellis, DaleDale Ellis	5	34.4	.482	.250	.724	4.6	3.0	.6	.4	20.8
Johnson, ClemonClemon Johnson	5	7.8	.429	.000	.500	1.4	.0	.2	.2	1.4
Lister, AltonAlton Lister	5	15.4	.706	.000	.800	5.8	1.0	.2	1.0	5.6
McDaniel, XavierXavier McDaniel	5	36.0	.556	.500	.500	9.6	5.0	.6	.2	21.2
McKey, DerrickDerrick McKey	5	21.8	.632	.333	.588	4.0	1.6	.6	1.0	12.0
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	5	25.4	.343	.000	.643	4.2	6.6	.4	.6	6.6
Polynice, OldenOlden Polynice	5	13.2	.455	.000	.000	1.6	.0	.6	.0	2.0
Schoene, RussRuss Schoene	5	7.8	.583	.500	.000	1.4	.4	.2	.0	3.2
Threatt, SedaleSedale Threatt	5	16.0	.412	.000	1.000	2.2	2.2	.2	.0	6.4
Williams, KevinKevin Williams	5	14.0	.438	.000	.000	1.6	1.8	.6	.0	2.8
Young, DannyDanny Young	5	19.0	.524	.000	1.000	2.0	3.8	.4	.4	6.4

Awards and records

Awards

Derrick McKey earned an All-Rookie First Team selection.
Xavier McDaniel was selected to participate in the 1988 NBA All-Star Game.

Records

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Ricky Wilson

Via trade

Players Lost

Via free agency

Maurice Lucas

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

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Ricky Wilson	October 7, 1987

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Maurice Lucas²	November 10, 1987	Portland Trail Blazers

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

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