2007-08 Seattle SuperSonics season

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2007-08 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head Coach	P.J. Carlesimo
Arena	KeyArena

Results
Record	20–62 (.244)
Place	Division: 5th (Northwest) Conference: 15th (West)
Playoff Finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Seattle SuperSonics seasons
< 2006-07	2008-09 >

The 2007-08 Seattle SuperSonics season was their 41st season in the NBA. They finished the season with 20 wins and last place in the tough Western Conference.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA Draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

Contents:	Offseason – Draft picks – Roster – Regular season – Playoffs – Game log Player stats – Awards and records – Transactions – See also – References

[edit] Offseason

On July 3, 2007, it was reported that P. J. Carlesimo will be introduced as the new head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics in a scheduled news conference to be held by the team on July 5.^[1]

[edit] Draft picks

Seattle's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft in New York, New York.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	2	Kevin Durant	Guard	United States	Texas
2	31	Carl Landry	Power Forward	United States	Purdue
2	35	Glen Davis (traded to Boston)	Power Forward	United States	LSU

[edit] Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster

v • d • e

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	From
4.5 F/C	4	USA	Collison, Nick	82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Kansas
2.5 G/F	35	USA	Durant, Kevin	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Texas
3.5 F	0	USA	Dupree, Ronald	79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Louisiana State
5.0 C	16	NED	Elson, Francisco	84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	California
3.0 SF	15	FRA	Gelabale, Mickaël	79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	France
3.5 F	22	USA	Green, Jeff	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Georgetown
2.5 G/F	44	USA	Griffin, Adrian	77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Seton Hall
3.5 F	42	USA	Marshall, Donyell	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Connecticut
5.0 C	27	FRA	Petro, Johan	84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	France
1.0 PG	8	USA	Ridnour, Luke	74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oregon
5.0 C	18	SEN	Sene, Mouhamed	83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Senegal
5.0 C	31	USA	Swift, Robert	85 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Bakersfield HS (CA)*
1.0 PG	25	USA	Watson, Earl	73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	UCLA
4.5 F/C	54	USA	Wilcox, Chris	82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Maryland
1.0 PG	29	USA	Wilks, Mike	70 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Rice
2.5 G/F	21	USA	Wilkins, Damien	78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Georgia

Head coach

P. J. Carlesimo (Fordham)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Draft pick
(FA) Free agent
Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last change: 2008-03-11

[edit] Season standings

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	PCT	Home	Road	GB
Utah Jazz	82	54	28	.659	37–4	17–24	--
Denver Nuggets	82	50	32	.610	33–8	17–24	4.0
Portland Trail Blazers	82	41	41	.500	28–13	13–28	13.0
Minnesota Timberwolves	82	22	60	.268	15–26	7–34	32.0
Seattle SuperSonics	82	20	62	.244	13–28	7–34	34.0

[edit] Game log

[edit] October

Record: 0–1; Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	October 31	SuperSonics	103–120	Nuggets	-	Wilkins (21)	19,380	0–1

[edit] November

Record: 3–13; Home: 1–7; Road: 2–6

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
2	November 1	Suns	106–99	SuperSonics	-	Durant (27)	17,072	0–2
3	November 4	SuperSonics	101–115	Clippers	-	Durant (24)	17,376	0–3
4	November 6	SuperSonics	98–104	Kings	-	Szczerbiak (32)	14,908	0–4
5	November 7	Grizzlies	105–98	SuperSonics	-	Wilcox (21)	10,761	0–5
6	November 9	Jazz	103–101	SuperSonics	-	Durant (20)	15,980	0–6
7	November 11	Pistons	107–103	SuperSonics	-	Durant (19)	16,379	0–7
8	November 13	SuperSonics	76–103	Magic	-	Collison (15)	16,101	0–8
9	November 14	SuperSonics	104–95	Heat	-	Wilcox (20)	19,600	1–8
10	November 16	SuperSonics	126–123	Hawks	2	Wilkins (41)	13,534	2–8
11	November 17	SuperSonics	84–100	Bobcats	-	Wilcox (24)	?	2–9
12	November 19	SuperSonics	108–125	Grizzlies	-	West (17)	10,863	2–10
13	November 23	Nets	98–93	SuperSonics	-	West (17)	14,424	2–11
14	November 25	Spurs	116–101	SuperSonics	-	Szczerbiak (27)	14,186	2–12
15	November 27	Supersonics	99–106	Lakers	-	Durant (25)	18,997	2–13
16	November 28	Magic	110–94	SuperSonics	-	Durant (22)	12,398	2–14
17	November 30	Pacers	93–95	SuperSonics	-	Durant (35)	14,786	3–14

[edit] December

Record: 6–8; Home: 4–4; Road: 2–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
18	December 2	Warriors	109–96	SuperSonics	-	Watson, Wilcox (16)	11,461	3–15
19	December 5	Clippers	88–95	SuperSonics	-	Collison (18)	10,961	4–15
20	December 7	Bucks	98–104	SuperSonics	-	Durant (35)	13,142	5–15
21	December 9	SuperSonics	88–91	Hornets	-	Durant (23)	?	5–16
22	December 11	SuperSonics	96–123	Bulls	-	Durant (16)	21,772	5–17
23	December 12	SuperSonics	117–110	Knicks	-	Durant (30)	17,637	6–17
24	December 14	SuperSonics	99–88	Timberwolves	-	Wilcox (19)	16,523	7–17
25	December 15	SuperSonics	75–96	Jazz	-	Szczerbiak (24)	19,911	7–18
26	December 19	Hornets	107–93	SuperSonics	-	Durant (18)	11,968	7–19
27	December 21	Raptors	115–123	SuperSonics	-	Durant (27)	13,661	8–19
28	December 25	SuperSonics	79–89	Trail Blazers	-	Durant (23)	20,527	8–20
29	December 27	Celtics	104–96	SuperSonics	-	Durant (25)	17,072	8–21
30	December 29	Timberwolves	90–109	SuperSonics	-	Green, Szczerbiak (18)	14,038	9–21
31	December 31	76ers	98–90	SuperSonics	-	Watson (18)	10,595	9–22

[edit] January

Record: 2–13; Home: 2–5; Road: 0–8

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
32	January 3	SuperSonics	96–104	Suns	-	Durant (23)	18,422	9–23
33	January 6	SuperSonics	86–108	Wizards	-	Durant (19)	17,816	9–24
34	January 8	SuperSonics	79–95	Cavaliers	-	Durant (24)	20,409	9–25
35	January 9	SuperSonics	88–99	Nets	-	Petro (22)	14,101	9–26
36	January 11	Mavericks	90–70	SuperSonics	-	Szczerbiak (17)	12,522	9–27
37	January 14	Lakers	123–121	SuperSonics	1	Collison (24)	13,452	9–28
38	January 16	SuperSonics	92–123	Hornets	-	Durant (20)	9,882	9–29
39	January 18	SuperSonics	100–124	Grizzlies	-	Durant (22)	13,451	9–30
40	January 19	SuperSonics	96–111	Mavericks	-	Szczerbiak (26)	20,386	9–31
41	January 21	SuperSonics	89–96	Rockets	-	Green, Szczerbiak (15)	15,264	9–32
42	January 23	Rockets	109–107	SuperSonics	-	Durant (25)	12,342	9–33
43	January 25	Hawks	99–90	SuperSonics	-	Wilcox (18)	13,647	9–34
44	January 27	Kings	103–101	SuperSonics	-	Durant (19)	13,409	9–35
45	January 29	Spurs	85–88	SuperSonics	-	Durant (26)	13,295	10–35
46	January 31	Cavaliers	95–101	SuperSonics	-	Durant (24)	13,109	11–35

[edit] February

Record: 4–6; Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
47	February 2	Knicks	85–86	SuperSonics	-	Durant (21)	12,783	12–35
48	February 4	Bulls	118–108	SuperSonics	-	Szczerbiak (21)	10,935	12–36
49	February 6	SuperSonics	105–92	Kings	-	Watson (23)	13,136	13–36
50	February 8	SuperSonics	99–103	Suns	-	Wilcox (22)	18,422	13–37
51	February 13	Jazz	112–93	SuperSonics	-	Durant (19)	10,618	13–38
52	February 19	Grizzlies	101–108	SuperSonics	-	Watson (26)	11,391	14–38
53	February 21	SuperSonics	88–92	Trail Blazers	-	Durant (20)	20,168	14–39
54	February 22	Trail Blazers	87–99	SuperSonics	-	Durant (17)	16,640	15–39
55	February 24	Lakers	111–91	SuperSonics	-	Gelabale (21)	17,072	15–40
56	February 26	SuperSonics	99–105	Warriors	-	Durant, Green (21)	19,412	15–41
57	February 27	Nuggets	138–96	SuperSonics	-	Durant, Gelabale (16)	13,627	15–42
58	February 29	Heat	103–93	SuperSonics	-	Wilcox (30)	12,542	15–43

[edit] March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
59	March 2	SuperSonics	111–108	Timberwolves	1	Durant (25)	11,508	16–43
60	March 4	SuperSonics	97–100	Pistons	-	Watson (23)	22,076	16–44
61	March 5	SuperSonics	106–118	Bucks	-	Durant (23)	15,010	16–45
62	March 7	SuperSonics	83–117	76ers	-	Wilcox (20)	17,762	16–46
63	March 9	SuperSonics	106–114	Raptors	-	Wilcox (28)	19,800	16–47
64	March 11	SuperSonics	107–114	Pacers	-	Durant (27)	11,216	16–48
65	March 12	SuperSonics	82–111	Celtics	-	Durant (16)	18,624	16–49
66	March 14	Timberwolves	121–116	SuperSonics	-	Durant (24)	14,035	16–50
67	March 16	SuperSonics	116–168	Nuggets	-	Durant (23)	19,155	16–51
68	March 19	Suns	110–98	SuperSonics	-	Green (19)	17,072	16–52
69	March 21	SuperSonics	105–130	Lakers	-	Durant, Watson (20)	18,997	16–53
70	March 22	SuperSonics	101–115	Jazz	-	Durant, Green (23)	19,911	16–54
71	March 24	Trail Blazers	84–97	SuperSonics	-	Durant (23)	11,292	17–54
72	March 26	Wizards	104-99	SuperSonics	-	Durant (32)	10,497	17-55
73	March 28	Bobcats		SuperSonics
74	March 30	Kings		SuperSonics

[edit] April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
75	April 2	Clippers		SuperSonics
76	April 4	Rockets		SuperSonics
77	April 6	Nuggets		SuperSonics
78	April 8	SuperSonics		Mavericks
79	April 9	SuperSonics		Rockets
80	April 11	SuperSonics		Spurs
81	April 13	Mavericks		SuperSonics
82	April 16	SuperSonics		Warriors

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

[edit] Player stats

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

[edit] Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Collison, Nick Nick Collison	78	35	28.5	.502	.000	.737	9.4	1.4	.60	.77	9.8
Dupree, Ronald Ronald Dupree*	5	0	4.2	.333	.000	1.000	1.6	.2	.20	.00	.8
Durant, Kevin Kevin Durant	80	80	34.6	.430	.288	.873	4.4	2.4	.98	.94	20.3
Elson, Francisco Francisco Elson*	63	5	12.9	.390	.000	.703	3.2	.4	.24	.32	3.3
Gelabale, Mickael Mickaël Gelabale	39	0	11.9	.439	.432	.778	1.5	.8	.26	.23	4.3
Gill, Eddie Eddie Gill*	14	1	10.9	.387	.333	1.000	1.6	1.6	.50	.14	2.7
Green, Jeff Jeff Green	80	52	28.2	.427	.276	.744	4.7	1.5	.58	.61	10.5
Griffin, Adrian Adrian Griffin*	35	2	8.8	.395	.000	.556	1.7	.8	.49	.06	1.9
Marshall, Donyell Donyell Marshall*	26	1	13.1	.327	.283	.864	2.9	.4	.23	.62	3.8
Petro, Johan Johan Petro	72	28	18.2	.419	.000	.736	5.1	.4	.49	.58	6.0
Ridnour, Luke Luke Ridnour	61	5	20.0	.399	.296	.857	1.5	4.0	.61	.23	6.4
Sene, Mouhamed Mouhamed Sene	13	0	4.8	.458	.000	.471	1.2	.1	.00	.54	2.3
Swift, Robert Robert Swift	8	4	12.3	.353	.000	1.000	2.3	.1	.63	.75	1.8
Watson, Earl Earl Watson	78	73	29.1	.454	.371	.766	2.9	6.8	.88	.14	10.7
Wilcox, Chris Chris Wilcox	62	55	28.0	.524	.000	.645	7.0	1.2	.74	.58	13.4
Wilkins, Damien Damien Wilkins	76	31	24.3	.403	.323	.736	3.2	2.0	.82	.25	9.2
Wilks, Mike Mike Wilks*	15	0	12.5	.472	.375	1.000	1.3	.9	.60	.00	2.7

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Records

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Transactions

The SuperSonics have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.

[edit] Trades

June 28, 2007

To Boston Celtics

Ray Allen & a 35th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft (Glen Davis)

To Seattle SuperSonics

Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, & the number 5 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft (Jeff Green).

[edit] Free Agents

Player	Former team

Player	New team

[edit] See also

2007-08 NBA season

v • d • e 2007–08 NBA season by team
2007 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
East	Atlantic	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
	Central	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers	Milwaukee Bucks
	Southeast	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Bobcats	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
West	Southwest	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
	Northwest	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah Jazz
	Pacific	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings