2000–01 Seattle SuperSonics season

2000–01 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Paul Westphal (6-9)
Nate McMillan (38-29)
General manager Wally Walker
Arena KeyArena at Seattle Center
Results
Record 44–38 (.537)
Place Division: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Net Northwest, KING, KONG
Radio KING-AM and FM

The 2000-01 Seattle SuperSonics season was the Seattle SuperSonics' 33rd season in the National Basketball Association.[1] With the hopes of improving the team in the middle, the Sonics acquired All-Star Patrick Ewing from the New York Knicks during the offseason. However, the Sonics would get off to a slow start losing seven of their first ten games. Head coach Paul Westphal was fired and replaced by former Sonics guard Nate McMillan. The Sonics finished fifth in the Pacific Division with a 44-38 record, missing the playoffs. It was Ewing's only season in a Sonics uniform as he left for the Orlando Magic the next season. Rookie Desmond Mason won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Washington D.C.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 17 Desmond Mason SG/SF  United States Oklahoma State
2 42 Olumide Oyedeji C  Nigeria
2 47 Josip Sesar SG  Croatia

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
PF 42 United States Baker, Vin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Hartford
SG 31 United States Barry, Brent 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Oregon State
SG 15 United States Davis, Emanual 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Delaware State
C 33 United States Ewing, Patrick 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Georgetown
SF 7 United States Lewis, Rashard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Alief Elsik HS (TX)
SG 24 United States Mason, Desmond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Oklahoma State
C 34 United States McCoy, Jelani 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) UCLA
C 00 Nigeria Oyedeji, Olumide 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Nigeria
SF 21 United States Patterson, Ruben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Cincinnati
PG 20 United States Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oregon State
PG 1 Georgia (country) Williams, Shammond 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 201 lb (91 kg) North Carolina
SG 25 United States Wingate, David 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown
PF 45 Argentina Wolkowyski, Rubén 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Argentina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Roster Notes

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 – 31–10 25–16 14–10
x-Sacramento Kings 55 27 .671 1 33–8 22–19 16–8
x-Phoenix Suns 51 31 .622 5 31–10 20–21 12–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 6 28–13 22–19 12–12
Seattle SuperSonics 44 38 .537 12 26–15 18–23 17–7
Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 378 25 22–19 9–32 9–15
Golden State Warriors 17 65 .207 39 11–30 6–35 4–20
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs 58 24 .707 –
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 2
3 x-Sacramento Kings 55 27 .671 3
4 x-Utah Jazz 53 29 .646 5
5 x-Dallas Mavericks 53 29 .646 5
6 x-Phoenix Suns 51 31 .622 7
7 x-Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 8
8 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 47 35 .573 11
9 Houston Rockets 45 37 .549 13
10 Seattle SuperSonics 44 38 .537 14
11 Denver Nuggets 40 42 .488 18
12 Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 .378 27
13 Vancouver Grizzlies 23 59 .280 35
14 Golden State Warriors 17 65 .207 41

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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Vin Baker
Brent Barry
Emanual Davis
Pervis Ellison
Patrick Ewing
Rashard Lewis
Desmond Mason
Jelani McCoy
Olumide Oyedeji
Ruben Patterson
Gary Payton
Shammond Williams
David Wingate
Ruben Wolkowyski

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team

Subtractions

Player Left New team

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2000-01 Seattle SuperSonics
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