2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season
Encyclopedia
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:
in a scheduled news conference to be held by the team on July 5.
in New York
, New York
.
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|- style="background-color: #FFD321; color: #005F30; text-align: center;"
! Players !! Coaches
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! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From
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!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Reserve
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | C
| Chris Wilcox
|| Johan Petro
|| Francisco Elson
|| style="background:#ffc11f" | Mouhamed Sene
Robert Swift
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | PF
| Nick Collison
|| Donyell Marshall
|| || style="background:#ffc11f" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | SF
| Jeff Green
|| Damien Wilkins
|| Ronald Dupree
|| style="background:#ffc11f" | Mickaël Gelabale
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | SG
| Kevin Durant
|| Adrian Griffin
|| || style="background:#ffc11f" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | PG
| Earl Watson
|| Luke Ridnour
|| || style="background:#ffc11f" |
|}
|-
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="10%" | Player
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | APG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | PPG
|-
|
| 78 || 35 || 28.5 || .502 || .000 || .737 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 9.4 || 1.4 || .60 || .77 || 9.8
|-
|
| 5 || 0 || 4.2 || .333 || .000 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 1.6 || .2 || .20 || .00 || .8
|-
|
| style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 80 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 80 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 34.6 || .430 || .288 || .873 || 4.4 || 2.4 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .98 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .94 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 20.3
|-
|
| 63 || 5 || 12.9 || .390 || .000 || .703 || 3.2 || .4 || .24 || .32 || 3.3
|-
|
| 39 || 0 || 11.9 || .439 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .432 || .778 || 1.5 || .8 || .26 || .23 || 4.3
|-
|
| 14 || 1 || 10.9 || .387 || .333 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 1.6 || 1.6 || .50 || .14 || 2.7
|-
|
| style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 80 || 52 || 28.2 || .427 || .276 || .744 || 4.7 || 1.5 || .58 || .61 || 10.5
|-
|
| 35 || 2 || 8.8 || .395 || .000 || .556 || 1.7 || .8 || .49 || .06 || 1.9
|-
|
| 26 || 1 || 13.1 || .327 || .283 || .864 || 2.9 || .4 || .23 || .62 || 3.8
|-
|
| 72 || 28 || 18.2 || .419 || .000 || .736 || 5.1 || .4 || .49 || .58 || 6.0
|-
|
| 61 || 5 || 20.0 || .399 || .296 || .857 || 1.5 || 4.0 || .61 || .23 || 6.4
|-
|
| 13 || 0 || 4.8 || .458 || .000 || .471 || 1.2 || .1 || .00 || .54 || 2.3
|-
|
| 8 || 4 || 12.3 || .353 || .000 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 2.3 || .1 || .63 || .75 || 1.8
|-
|
| 78 || 73 || 29.1 || .454 || .371 || .766 || 2.9 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 6.8 || .88 || .14 || 10.7
|-
|
| 62 || 55 || 28.0 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .524 || .000 || .645 || 7.0 || 1.2 || .74 || .58 || 13.4
|-
|
| 76 || 31 || 24.3 || .403 || .323 || .736 || 3.2 || 2.0 || .82 || .25 || 9.2
|-
|
| 15 || 0 || 12.5 || .472 || .375 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 1.3 || .9 || .60 || .00 || 2.7
|}
* Total for entire season including previous team(s)
|-
|- bgcolor="eeeeee"
| June 28, 2007
| valign="top"| To Boston Celtics
Ray Allen
& a 35th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft (Glen Davis
)
| valign="top"| To Seattle SuperSonics
Delonte West
, Wally Szczerbiak
, & the number 5 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft (Jeff Green
).
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| Player || Former team
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Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
season was their 41st season in the NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
, and the franchise's final season of play in Seattle, Washington before relocating to Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
to play as the Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball franchise based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ; their home court is at Chesapeake Energy Arena....
. They finished the season with 20 wins and last place in the Western Conference.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
- The 2007 NBA Draft2007 NBA DraftThe 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
took place in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
on June 28. - The free agencyFree agentIn professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
period begins in July.
Offseason
On July 3, 2007, it was reported that P. J. Carlesimo will be introduced as the new head coach of the Seattle SuperSonicsSeattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
in a scheduled news conference to be held by the team on July 5.
Draft picks
Seattle's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Kevin Durant Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association . A 6'9" small forward/shooting guard who is also capable of playing power forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the... |
Guard | Texas | |
| 2 | 31 | Carl Landry Carl Landry Carl Christopher Landry is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. He played collegiate basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers from 2004 to 2007. The 6'9", 248 lb power forward is the older brother of Marcus Landry... |
Power Forward | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue basketball holds the record for most Big Ten Championships with 22, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning records... |
|
| 2 | 35 | Glen Davis Glen Davis (basketball) Ronald Glen Davis , commonly known as Glen Davis and by his nickname Big Baby, is an American basketball player who last played for the NBA's Boston Celtics... (traded to Boston Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which... ) |
Power Forward | LSU LSU Tigers basketball The Louisiana State Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. The team is currently coached by Trent Johnson and has enjoyed recent success, including a Final Four run in the 2005–2006 season. Past coaches include John Brady, Press... |
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Roster
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: #005F30; color: #FFD321; text-align: center;" | Seattle SuperSonics roster
|- style="background-color: #FFD321; color: #005F30; text-align: center;"
! Players !! Coaches
|-
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{| class="sortable" style="background:transparent; margin:0px; width:100%;"
! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From
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Depth chart
{| style="text-align: center; background:#005f30; color:white"!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Reserve
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Chris Wilcox
Chris Wilcox
Chris Ray Wilcox is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Detroit Pistons. He previously played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics, Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks, and collegiately at the University of Maryland, where he helped the Terrapins win...
|| Johan Petro
Johan Petro
Johan Petro is a French professional basketball player of Guadeloupean descent who is playing for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. A 7'0", 247 lbs. center, Petro was selected by the Sonics in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft...
|| Francisco Elson
Francisco Elson
Francisco Marinho Robby Elson is a Dutch professional basketball player. At 7' 0" and weighing 235 lbs , he most recently played for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. Elson is the seventh Dutch player in the NBA....
|| style="background:#ffc11f" | Mouhamed Sene
Mouhamed Sene
Mouhamed Saer Sene is a Senegalese professional basketball player currently playing for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada from the Spanish ACB. A center, he is noted for his shot-blocking potential because of his 7 ft 8½ in wingspan....
Robert Swift
Robert Swift
Robert Swift is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for Tokyo Apache...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Nick Collison
Nick Collison
Nicholas John Collison is an American professional basketball player, currently a power forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA, and well known in basketball circles for his accomplishments at the University of Kansas.- Early life and high school career :Nick Collison was born in Orange...
|| Donyell Marshall
Donyell Marshall
Donyell Lamar Marshall is a retired American professional basketball player, at the small forward and power forward positions. During his extensive NBA career, he played with eight different teams...
|| || style="background:#ffc11f" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Jeff Green
Jeff Green (basketball)
Jeffrey Lynn Green is an American professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Green attended Georgetown University until following his junior year, when he entered the 2007 NBA Draft...
|| Damien Wilkins
Damien Wilkins
Damien Lamont Wilkins is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks. He attended Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida and then enrolled at North Carolina State University. After two years at NCSU he transferred to the University of Georgia...
|| Ronald Dupree
Ronald Dupree
Ronald Edmund Dupree Jr. is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Dupree played at Louisiana State University under Coach John Brady. He averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per game in the Tigers' 2000 Sweet Sixteen season...
|| style="background:#ffc11f" | Mickaël Gelabale
Mickaël Gelabale
Mickaël Gelabale is a French professional basketball player. He currently plays for Spirou Basket in the Belgian BLB...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association . A 6'9" small forward/shooting guard who is also capable of playing power forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the...
|| Adrian Griffin
Adrian Griffin
Adrian Darnell Griffin is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1999 to 2008.-College career:Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter...
|| || style="background:#ffc11f" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#ffc11f" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| Earl Watson
Earl Watson
Earl Joseph Watson, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Watson is a graduate of Washington High School in Kansas City, Kansas...
|| Luke Ridnour
Luke Ridnour
Lucas Robin "Luke" Ridnour is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was born in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and grew up in Blaine, Washington.- High school career :...
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Standings
Regular season
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"|-
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="10%" | Player
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | APG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#005f30;color:#ffd321;" width="6%" | PPG
|-
|
| 78 || 35 || 28.5 || .502 || .000 || .737 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 9.4 || 1.4 || .60 || .77 || 9.8
|-
|
| 5 || 0 || 4.2 || .333 || .000 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 1.6 || .2 || .20 || .00 || .8
|-
|
| style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 80 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 80 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 34.6 || .430 || .288 || .873 || 4.4 || 2.4 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .98 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .94 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 20.3
|-
|
| 63 || 5 || 12.9 || .390 || .000 || .703 || 3.2 || .4 || .24 || .32 || 3.3
|-
|
| 39 || 0 || 11.9 || .439 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .432 || .778 || 1.5 || .8 || .26 || .23 || 4.3
|-
|
| 14 || 1 || 10.9 || .387 || .333 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 1.6 || 1.6 || .50 || .14 || 2.7
|-
|
| style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 80 || 52 || 28.2 || .427 || .276 || .744 || 4.7 || 1.5 || .58 || .61 || 10.5
|-
|
| 35 || 2 || 8.8 || .395 || .000 || .556 || 1.7 || .8 || .49 || .06 || 1.9
|-
|
| 26 || 1 || 13.1 || .327 || .283 || .864 || 2.9 || .4 || .23 || .62 || 3.8
|-
|
| 72 || 28 || 18.2 || .419 || .000 || .736 || 5.1 || .4 || .49 || .58 || 6.0
|-
|
| 61 || 5 || 20.0 || .399 || .296 || .857 || 1.5 || 4.0 || .61 || .23 || 6.4
|-
|
| 13 || 0 || 4.8 || .458 || .000 || .471 || 1.2 || .1 || .00 || .54 || 2.3
|-
|
| 8 || 4 || 12.3 || .353 || .000 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 2.3 || .1 || .63 || .75 || 1.8
|-
|
| 78 || 73 || 29.1 || .454 || .371 || .766 || 2.9 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 6.8 || .88 || .14 || 10.7
|-
|
| 62 || 55 || 28.0 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | .524 || .000 || .645 || 7.0 || 1.2 || .74 || .58 || 13.4
|-
|
| 76 || 31 || 24.3 || .403 || .323 || .736 || 3.2 || 2.0 || .82 || .25 || 9.2
|-
|
| 15 || 0 || 12.5 || .472 || .375 || style="background:#ffd321;color:#005f30;" | 1.000 || 1.3 || .9 || .60 || .00 || 2.7
|}
Transactions
The SuperSonics have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.Trades
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| June 28, 2007
2007-08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...
| valign="top"| To Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
Ray Allen
Ray Allen
Walter Ray Allen is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. He has played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, and the Boston Celtics; and collegiately for the University of...
& a 35th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft (Glen Davis
Glen Davis (basketball)
Ronald Glen Davis , commonly known as Glen Davis and by his nickname Big Baby, is an American basketball player who last played for the NBA's Boston Celtics...
)
| valign="top"| To Seattle SuperSonics
Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
Delonte West
Delonte West
Delonte Maurice West is an American professional basketball player who last played with the Boston Celtics of the NBA.-High school career:...
, Wally Szczerbiak
Wally Szczerbiak
Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak is an American former professional basketball player.-Early life:Szczerbiak was born in Madrid, Spain, while his father Walter was playing for Real Madrid, and spent much of his childhood in Europe during his father's playing career...
, & the number 5 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft (Jeff Green
Jeff Green (basketball)
Jeffrey Lynn Green is an American professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Green attended Georgetown University until following his junior year, when he entered the 2007 NBA Draft...
).
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Free Agents
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