1996–97 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1996–97 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 29th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] After finishing the regular season with a 57–25 record, the Sonics entered the 1997 Playoffs as the number two seed in the Western Conference, where they defeated the Phoenix Suns in the first round and lost to the Houston Rockets in seven games in the Conference Semifinals. It was Shawn Kemp's last season with the SuperSonics, as he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers the following year.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	35	Joseph Blair	C	United States	Arizona
2	45	Joe Vogel	C	United States	Colorado State
2	47	Ron Riley	SG/SF	United States	Arizona State
2	57	Drew Barry	PF	United States	Georgia Tech

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1996–97 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB From 4.0 !F 34 USA ! Cummings, Terry 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961–03–15 DePaul 2.5 !G/F 3 USA ! Ehlo, Craig 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–08–11 Washington State 1.5 !G 21 USA ! Graham, Greg 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1970–11–26 Indiana 1.5 !G 33 USA ! Hawkins, Hersey 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1966–09–29 Bradley 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 22 USA ! McIlvaine, Jim 85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1972–07–30 Marquette 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 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 5.5 !F/C 55 USA ! Scheffler, Steve 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1967–09–03 Purdue 5.5 !F/C 11 GER ! Schrempf, Detlef 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963–01–21 Washington 1.5 !G 13 USA ! Snow, Eric 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1973–04–04 Michigan State 4.0 !F 23 USA ! Stewart, Larry 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1968–09–21 Coppin State 2.5 !G/F 25 USA ! Wingate, David 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1963–12–15 Georgetown	Head coach George Karl (North Carolina) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

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Game log

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Playoffs

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Player statistics

Legend

Season

Playoffs

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Awards and records

Awards

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Records

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Transactions

Trades

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Free Agents

References

See also

• 1996-97 NBA season