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Here is the Seattle SuperSonics 1988–89 roster and regular season player statistics:
Seattle SuperSonics 1988–89 Roster
| No. |
Player |
Pos |
Height |
Weight |
Age |
College |
| 1 |
Nate McMillan |
G |
6’5″ |
175 lbs |
25 |
North Carolina State |
| 2 |
Xavier McDaniel |
F |
6’6″ |
215 lbs |
27 |
Wichita State |
| 3 |
Michael Cage |
F |
6’9″ |
225 lbs |
28 |
San Diego State |
| 4 |
Fred Brown |
G |
6’3″ |
180 lbs |
40 |
Iowa |
| 5 |
James Bailey |
F/C |
6’9″ |
220 lbs |
31 |
Rutgers |
| 10 |
Danny Vranes |
F |
6’7″ |
210 lbs |
31 |
Utah |
| 11 |
John Lucas |
G |
6’3″ |
170 lbs |
35 |
Maryland |
| 20 |
Wally Walker |
F |
6’7″ |
215 lbs |
33 |
Virginia |
| 21 |
Sedale Threatt |
G |
6’3″ |
185 lbs |
25 |
West Virginia |
| 22 |
Tom Chambers |
F |
6’10” |
220 lbs |
29 |
Utah |
| 31 |
Jack Sikma |
C |
6’11” |
230 lbs |
33 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
| 32 |
Al Wood |
G/F |
6’6″ |
193 lbs |
30 |
North Carolina |
| — |
Bernie Bickerstaff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Head Coach |
1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics Regular Season Per Game
| Player |
Pos |
Age |
G |
GS |
MPG |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
TOPG |
FGA |
FG% |
3PA |
3P% |
FTA |
FT% |
| Dale Ellis |
SG |
28 |
82 |
82 |
38.9 |
27.5 |
4.2 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
2.7 |
20.9 |
.501 |
4.1 |
.478 |
5.6 |
.816 |
| Derrick McKey |
SF |
22 |
82 |
82 |
34.2 |
15.9 |
5.7 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
11.8 |
.502 |
1.1 |
.337 |
4.6 |
.803 |
| Michael Cage |
PF |
27 |
80 |
71 |
31.7 |
10.3 |
9.6 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
7.9 |
.498 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.3 |
.743 |
| Nate McMillan |
PG |
24 |
75 |
74 |
31.2 |
7.1 |
5.2 |
9.3 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
6.5 |
.410 |
0.9 |
.214 |
2.5 |
.630 |
| Xavier McDaniel |
SF |
25 |
82 |
10 |
29.1 |
20.5 |
5.3 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
2.6 |
16.9 |
.489 |
0.4 |
.306 |
5.2 |
.732 |
| Alton Lister |
C |
30 |
82 |
82 |
22.0 |
8.0 |
6.6 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
6.6 |
.499 |
0.0 |
— |
2.2 |
.646 |
| Sedale Threatt |
PG |
27 |
63 |
0 |
19.4 |
8.6 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
7.6 |
.494 |
0.5 |
.367 |
1.2 |
.818 |
| Jerry Reynolds |
SG |
26 |
56 |
0 |
13.2 |
7.6 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
6.4 |
.417 |
0.3 |
.200 |
3.0 |
.760 |
| John Lucas |
PG |
35 |
74 |
8 |
11.4 |
4.2 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
4.0 |
.398 |
0.9 |
.265 |
1.0 |
.701 |
| Russ Schoene |
PF |
28 |
69 |
1 |
11.2 |
5.2 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
5.1 |
.387 |
1.6 |
.382 |
0.8 |
.807 |
| Olden Polynice |
C |
24 |
80 |
0 |
10.4 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
.506 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.1 |
.593 |
| Greg Ballard |
SF |
34 |
2 |
0 |
7.5 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
.125 |
0.5 |
.000 |
2.0 |
1.000 |
| Avery Johnson |
PG |
23 |
43 |
0 |
6.8 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
.349 |
0.2 |
.111 |
0.4 |
.563 |
| Mike Champion |
SF |
24 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
.000 |
0.5 |
.000 |
0.0 |
— |
| Team Totals |
— |
— |
82 |
82 |
241.2 |
112.1 |
44.3 |
25.4 |
10.5 |
6.0 |
17.1 |
91.2 |
.477 |
9.4 |
.379 |
29.0 |
.746 |
1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics Playoff Per Game
| Player |
Pos |
Age |
G |
GS |
MPG |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
TOPG |
FGA |
FG% |
3PA |
3P% |
FTA |
FT% |
| Dale Ellis |
SG |
28 |
8 |
8 |
38.0 |
22.9 |
4.0 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
20.0 |
.450 |
4.6 |
.405 |
4.1 |
.727 |
| Derrick McKey |
SF |
22 |
8 |
8 |
35.8 |
13.3 |
6.5 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
11.1 |
.494 |
1.1 |
.111 |
2.6 |
.810 |
| Xavier McDaniel |
SF |
25 |
8 |
8 |
35.1 |
18.8 |
8.4 |
2.8 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
18.0 |
.403 |
1.1 |
.333 |
5.1 |
.756 |
| Sedale Threatt |
PG |
27 |
8 |
1 |
25.1 |
12.0 |
1.6 |
6.1 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
10.3 |
.476 |
0.5 |
.250 |
2.5 |
.850 |
| Nate McMillan |
PG |
24 |
8 |
7 |
25.0 |
6.8 |
3.1 |
7.9 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
5.0 |
.475 |
0.3 |
.000 |
3.1 |
.640 |
| Michael Cage |
PF |
27 |
8 |
0 |
21.9 |
7.1 |
5.8 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
.600 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.8 |
.409 |
| Olden Polynice |
C |
24 |
8 |
0 |
20.3 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
5.1 |
.610 |
0.0 |
— |
1.6 |
.538 |
| Alton Lister |
C |
30 |
8 |
8 |
20.0 |
7.0 |
4.8 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
1.1 |
4.9 |
.436 |
0.0 |
— |
3.3 |
.846 |
| Russ Schoene |
PF |
28 |
3 |
0 |
14.3 |
4.3 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
5.7 |
.235 |
2.3 |
.000 |
2.0 |
.833 |
| Jerry Reynolds |
SG |
26 |
4 |
0 |
10.0 |
5.5 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
5.5 |
.318 |
1.0 |
.250 |
2.5 |
.700 |
| John Lucas |
PG |
35 |
4 |
0 |
9.3 |
2.8 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
4.3 |
.294 |
0.8 |
.000 |
0.5 |
.500 |
| Avery Johnson |
PG |
23 |
6 |
0 |
5.2 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
.417 |
0.7 |
.000 |
0.3 |
.500 |
| Team Totals |
— |
— |
8 |
8 |
30.0 |
102.0 |
43.8 |
23.3 |
8.6 |
7.5 |
15.8 |
87.9 |
.454 |
10.0 |
.263 |
27.6 |
.710 |
1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics Regular Season Totals
| Player |
Pos |
Age |
G |
GS |
MIN |
PTS |
REB |
AST |
STL |
BLK |
TO |
FGA |
FGM |
3PA |
3PM |
FTA |
FTM |
| Dale Ellis |
SG |
28 |
82 |
82 |
3190 |
2253 |
342 |
164 |
108 |
22 |
218 |
1710 |
857 |
339 |
162 |
462 |
377 |
| Derrick McKey |
SF |
22 |
82 |
82 |
2804 |
1305 |
464 |
219 |
105 |
70 |
188 |
970 |
487 |
89 |
30 |
375 |
301 |
| Michael Cage |
PF |
27 |
80 |
71 |
2536 |
825 |
765 |
126 |
92 |
52 |
124 |
630 |
314 |
4 |
0 |
265 |
197 |
| Xavier McDaniel |
SF |
25 |
82 |
10 |
2385 |
1677 |
433 |
134 |
84 |
40 |
210 |
1385 |
677 |
36 |
11 |
426 |
312 |
| Nate McMillan |
PG |
24 |
75 |
74 |
2341 |
532 |
388 |
696 |
156 |
42 |
211 |
485 |
199 |
70 |
15 |
189 |
119 |
| Alton Lister |
C |
30 |
82 |
82 |
1806 |
657 |
545 |
54 |
28 |
180 |
117 |
543 |
271 |
0 |
0 |
178 |
115 |
| Sedale Threatt |
PG |
27 |
63 |
0 |
1220 |
544 |
117 |
238 |
83 |
4 |
77 |
476 |
235 |
30 |
11 |
77 |
63 |
| John Lucas |
PG |
35 |
74 |
8 |
842 |
310 |
79 |
260 |
60 |
1 |
66 |
299 |
119 |
68 |
18 |
77 |
54 |
| Olden Polynice |
C |
24 |
80 |
0 |
835 |
233 |
206 |
21 |
37 |
30 |
46 |
180 |
91 |
2 |
0 |
86 |
51 |
| Russ Schoene |
PF |
28 |
69 |
1 |
774 |
358 |
165 |
36 |
37 |
24 |
48 |
349 |
135 |
110 |
42 |
57 |
46 |
| Jerry Reynolds |
SG |
26 |
56 |
0 |
737 |
428 |
100 |
62 |
53 |
26 |
57 |
357 |
149 |
15 |
3 |
167 |
127 |
| Avery Johnson |
PG |
23 |
43 |
0 |
291 |
68 |
24 |
73 |
21 |
3 |
18 |
83 |
29 |
9 |
1 |
16 |
9 |
| Greg Ballard |
SF |
34 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
| Mike Champion |
SF |
24 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Team Totals |
— |
— |
82 |
82 |
19780 |
9196 |
3635 |
2083 |
864 |
494 |
1381 |
7478 |
3564 |
774 |
293 |
2379 |
1775 |
1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics Playoff Totals
| Player |
Pos |
Age |
G |
GS |
MIN |
PTS |
REB |
AST |
STL |
BLK |
TO |
FGA |
FGM |
3PA |
3PM |
FTA |
FTM |
| Dale Ellis |
SG |
28 |
8 |
8 |
304 |
183 |
32 |
10 |
11 |
1 |
21 |
160 |
72 |
37 |
15 |
33 |
24 |
| Derrick McKey |
SF |
22 |
8 |
8 |
286 |
106 |
52 |
18 |
6 |
15 |
23 |
89 |
44 |
9 |
1 |
21 |
17 |
| Xavier McDaniel |
SF |
25 |
8 |
8 |
281 |
150 |
67 |
22 |
2 |
5 |
22 |
144 |
58 |
9 |
3 |
41 |
31 |
| Sedale Threatt |
PG |
27 |
8 |
1 |
201 |
96 |
13 |
49 |
17 |
0 |
11 |
82 |
39 |
4 |
1 |
20 |
17 |
| Nate McMillan |
PG |
24 |
8 |
7 |
200 |
54 |
25 |
63 |
10 |
5 |
19 |
40 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
16 |
| Michael Cage |
PF |
27 |
8 |
0 |
175 |
57 |
46 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
40 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
9 |
| Olden Polynice |
C |
24 |
8 |
0 |
162 |
57 |
62 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
41 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
| Alton Lister |
C |
30 |
8 |
8 |
160 |
56 |
38 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
9 |
39 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
22 |
| Russ Schoene |
PF |
28 |
3 |
0 |
43 |
13 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
| Jerry Reynolds |
SG |
26 |
4 |
0 |
40 |
22 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
22 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
| John Lucas |
PG |
35 |
4 |
0 |
37 |
11 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Avery Johnson |
PG |
23 |
6 |
0 |
31 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Team Totals |
— |
— |
8 |
8 |
1920 |
816 |
350 |
186 |
69 |
60 |
124 |
703 |
319 |
80 |
21 |
221 |
157 |
Team Impact Index
| Player Name |
Role Tier |
MPG |
Usage Tier |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
STK |
Impact Index* |
Notes |
Awards |
| Dale Ellis |
Primary Scorer |
38.9 |
High |
27.5 |
4.2 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
17.65 |
Go-to scoring option; high-volume shooter with excellent efficiency; strong perimeter threat |
AS, NBA3 |
| Xavier McDaniel |
Secondary Scorer |
29.1 |
High |
20.5 |
5.3 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
14.75 |
Power forward with scoring versatility; excelled in transition; strong slashing ability |
6MOY-5 |
| Derrick McKey |
Wing Facilitator |
34.2 |
Medium |
15.9 |
5.7 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
13.15 |
Versatile small forward; reliable secondary scorer and solid defender; good spacing |
|
| Michael Cage |
Defensive Anchor |
31.7 |
Medium |
10.3 |
9.6 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
11.7 |
Key rebounder and interior defender; consistent rim protector; low usage offensively |
|
| Nate McMillan |
Primary Playmaker |
31.2 |
High |
7.1 |
5.2 |
9.3 |
2.7 |
12.15 |
Floor general; high assist numbers, defensive-minded; often initiates offense from PG |
|
| Alton Lister |
Role Rim Protector |
22.0 |
Low |
8.0 |
6.6 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
8.9 |
Veteran center; defensive and rebounding specialist; limited offensive involvement |
|
| Sedale Threatt |
Secondary Playmaker |
19.4 |
Medium |
8.6 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
1.4 |
7.85 |
Backup point guard; provides scoring punch off the bench; steady ball handler |
|
| Jerry Reynolds |
Spot Scorer |
13.2 |
Low |
7.6 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
6.95 |
Bench shooting guard; contributes in bursts; decent perimeter threat |
|
| John Lucas |
Veteran Backup PG |
11.4 |
Low |
4.2 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
4.8 |
Experienced point guard; situational playmaker; limited scoring |
|
| Russ Schoene |
Floor Stretch PF |
11.2 |
Low |
5.2 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
4.95 |
Small forward/power forward; spot shooting role; limited defensive impact |
|
| Olden Polynice |
Reserve Center |
10.4 |
Low |
2.9 |
2.6 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
3.4 |
Young backup center; minor minutes; provides occasional rim protection |
|
| Greg Ballard |
Veteran Reserve |
7.5 |
Very Low |
3.0 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.25 |
Limited role in rotation; veteran presence; minimal on-court impact |
|
| Avery Johnson |
Situational PG |
6.8 |
Very Low |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
2.05 |
Third-string PG; primarily used for situational play; small contribution |
|
| Mike Champion |
Fringe Bench SF |
2.0 |
Very Low |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Minimal playing time; negligible impact |
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