1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season

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1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	George Karl
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum

Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Finals (eliminated 3-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Northwest Cable Sports, KOMO-TV
Radio	KOMO-AM and FM
Seattle SuperSonics seasons
< 1991–92	1993–94 >

The 1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 25th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With George Karl in its second season as the SuperSonics coach, the team improved their 47–35 record from the previous season to 55–27 and reached the 1993 Playoffs as the third seed in the Western Conference. After defeating the Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets in the first two rounds, they lost the Conference Finals against the Charles Barkley-led Phoenix Suns.

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	17	Doug Christie	SG	United States	Pepperdine
2	45	Chris King	F	United States	Wake Forest

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1992–93 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	DOB	From
2.5 !G/F	17	USA !	Askew, Vincent	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1966–02–28	Memphis
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Barros, Dana	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1967–04–13	Boston College
5.5 !F/C	44	USA !	Cage, Michael	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1962–01–28	San Diego State
2.5 !G/F	8	USA !	Johnson, Eddie	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1959–05–01	Illinois
5.5 !F/C	40	USA !	Kemp, Shawn	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1969–11–26	Trinity Valley CC
6.0 !C	25	USA !	King, Rich	86 !7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1969–04–04	Nebraska
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
2.5 !G/F	21	USA !	Paddio, Gerald	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1965–04–21	UNLV
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Payton, Gary	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1968–07–23	Oregon State
5.5 !F/C	14	USA !	Perkins, Sam	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1961–06–14	North Carolina
2.5 !G/F	22	USA !	Pierce, Ricky	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1959–08–19	Rice
5.5 !F/C	55	USA !	Scheffler, Steve	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1967–09–03	Purdue

Head coach

George Karl
(North Carolina)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended

Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Michael Cage		Steve Scheffler	Rich King
PF	Shawn Kemp	Sam Perkins
SF	Derrick McKey	Eddie Johnson	Gerald Paddio
SG	Ricky Pierce	Nate McMillan Vincent Askew
PG	Gary Payton	Dana Barros

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	—	35-6	27-14	21-9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7	33-8	22-19	22-8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11	30-11	21-20	19-11
x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21	27-14	14-27	15-15
x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23	20-21	19-22	13-17
Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28	19-22	15-26	9-21
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37	16-25	9-32	6-24

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	7
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	49	33	.598	13
6	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	18
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23

9	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26
10	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28
11	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	63	.232	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	11	71	.134	51

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Playoffs

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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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Askew, VincentVincent Askew	64	4	16.5	.495	.333	.701	2.3	1.8	.6	.3	6.0
Barros, DanaDana Barros	69	2	18.0	.451	.379	.831	1.6	2.2	.9	.0	7.8
Benjamin, BenoitBenoit Benjamin¹	31	6	14.5	.497	.000	.701	3.6	.4	.5	1.1	6.7
Cage, MichaelMichael Cage	82	66	26.3	.526	.000	.469	8.0	.8	.9	.6	6.1
Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson	82	0	22.8	.467	.304	.911	3.3	1.6	.4	.0	14.4
Kemp, ShawnShawn Kemp	78	68	33.1	.492	.000	.712	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	17.8
King, RichRich King	3	0	4.0	.400	.000	1.000	1.7	.3	.0	.0	2.0
McKey, DerrickDerrick McKey	77	68	31.7	.496	.357	.741	4.2	2.6	1.4	.8	13.4
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	73	25	27.1	.464	.385	.709	4.2	5.3	2.4	.4	7.5
Paddio, GeraldGerald Paddio	41	3	7.5	.447	.250	.667	1.2	.8	.3	.1	3.9
Payton, GaryGary Payton	82	78	31.1	.494	.206	.770	3.4	4.9	2.2	.3	13.5
Perkins, SamSam Perkins	30	13	25.4	.511	.452	.795	4.8	.9	.7	1.0	12.1
Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce	77	72	28.8	.489	.372	.889	2.5	2.9	1.3	.1	18.2
Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler	29	5	5.7	.521	.000	.667	1.2	.2	.2	.0	2.3

1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Askew, VincentVincent Askew	12	0	8.6	.561	.000	.696	1.6	.8	.1	.1	5.2
Barros, DanaDana Barros	16	0	8.5	.468	.313	.750	.8	.8	.3	.0	3.4
Cage, MichaelMichael Cage	19	2	19.9	.525	.000	.389	5.8	.5	.7	.4	4.8
Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson	19	0	20.1	.390	.333	.935	2.4	.9	.2	.1	10.8
Kemp, ShawnShawn Kemp	19	19	34.9	.512	.000	.809	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	16.5
McKey, DerrickDerrick McKey	19	17	34.1	.525	.400	.667	5.2	3.7	.6	.9	11.3
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	19	2	21.8	.340	.208	.533	3.5	5.4	.6	1.3	4.8
Paddio, GeraldGerald Paddio	9	0	3.3	.500	.000	.000	.3	.4	.2	.1	1.6
Payton, GaryGary Payton	19	19	31.8	.443	.167	.676	3.3	3.7	1.8	.2	12.3
Perkins, SamSam Perkins	19	17	32.9	.436	.380	.873	7.0	1.9	1.0	1.3	14.4
Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce	19	19	30.4	.456	.400	.898	2.4	2.2	.6	.2	17.7
Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler	9	0	2.4	.500	.000	.1000	1.1	.1	.2	.0	1.6

Awards and records

Awards

Shawn Kemp was selected to play in the 1993 NBA All-Star Game for the West.

Records

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via free agency

Via trade

Players Lost

Via free agency

Via trade

Benoit Benjamin

Via waivers

Corey Gaines

Trades

November 25, 1992	To Seattle SuperSonics Conditional 2nd round pick for the 1993 NBA Draft	To Sacramento Kings Vincent Askew
February 22, 1993	To Seattle SuperSonics Sam Perkins	To Los Angeles Lakers Benoit Benjamin Draft rights to Doug Christie

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Corey Gaines	October 7
Gerald Paddio	October 8	Cleveland Cavaliers
Steve Scheffler	October 8	Denver Nuggets

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Marty Conlon	October 1	Sacramento Kings
Bart Kofoed	October 8	Boston Celtics

Waivings

Player	Left
Corey Gaines	November 19

References

1992–93 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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