2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season

2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach P.J. Carlesimo
Arena KeyArena at Seattle Center
Results
Record 20–62 (.244)
Place Division: 5th (Northwest)
Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television FSN Northwest, KING, KONG
Radio KPTK and KING Radio
Seattle SuperSonics seasons
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The 2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season was their 41st season in the NBA, and the franchise's final season of play in Seattle, Washington before relocating to Oklahoma City to play as the Thunder. They finished the season with 20 wins and last place in the Western Conference.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Contents:

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]

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

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
F/C 4 Collison, Nick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Kansas
G/F 35 Durant, Kevin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Texas
F 0 Dupree, Ronald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) LSU
C 16 Elson, Francisco 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) California
SF 15 Gelabale, Mickaël 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) France
G 15 Gill, Eddie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Weber State
F 22 Green, Jeff 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Georgetown
G/F 44 Griffin, Adrian 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Seton Hall
F 42 Marshall, Donyell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Connecticut
C 27 Petro, Johan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 247 lb (112 kg) France
PG 8 Ridnour, Luke 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Oregon
C 18 Sene, Mouhamed 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Senegal
C 31 Swift, Robert  7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Bakersfield HS (CA)*
PG 25 Watson, Earl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA
F/C 54 Wilcox, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Maryland
PG 29 Wilks, Mike 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Rice
G/F 21 Wilkins, Damien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Georgia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Chris Wilcox Johan Petro Francisco Elson Mouhamed Sene
Robert Swift
PF Nick Collison Donyell Marshall
SF Jeff Green Damien Wilkins Ronald Dupree Mickaël Gelabale
SG Kevin Durant Adrian Griffin
PG Earl Watson Luke Ridnour

Standings

Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz 54 28 .659 – 37–4 17–24 13–3
x-Denver Nuggets 50 32 .610 4 33–8 17–24 10–6
Portland Trail Blazers 41 41 .500 13 28–13 13–28 10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves 22 60 .268 32 15–26 7–34 3–13
Seattle SuperSonics 20 62 .244 34 13–28 7–34 6–10

Game log

Total: 20–62 (Home: 13–28; Road: 7–34)
2007–08 season schedule

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

Regular season

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

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

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

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).

Free Agents

Player Former team
Player New team

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Report: Spurs assistant Carlesimo to be named Sonics coach

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