2001–02 Seattle SuperSonics season

2001–02 Seattle SuperSonics season
2001–02 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Nate McMillan
General manager	Rick Sund
Owners	Howard Schultz
Arena	KeyArena
Results
Record	45–37 (.549)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific); Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round; (Lost to Spurs 2–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KING-TV; KONG; Fox Sports Net Northwest
Radio	KJR
< 2000–01	2002–03 >

The 2001–02 NBA season was the 35th season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association.^[1] Heading into Nate McMillan's first full season as head coach, the Sonics struggled losing five of their first seven games. However, they played above .500 for the remainder of the season finishing fourth in the Pacific Division with a 45–37 record, which was only a one-game improvement over the previous season where they missed the playoffs. Gary Payton was selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. However, their season would end quickly as they lost in five games in the first round of the playoffs to the San Antonio Spurs led by Tim Duncan, who was MVP following the season. This season was also Payton's final full season in Seattle, as he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks midway next season. Also following the season, Vin Baker was traded to the Boston Celtics.

The Sonics also changed their logo and uniforms, going back to their traditional colors of green and yellow. The logo and uniforms both lasted until 2008.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	12	Vladimir Radmanovic	SF/PF	Serbia
2	39	Earl Watson	PG	United States	UCLA
2	41	Bobby Simmons	SF/PF	United States	DePaul

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB
F/C	42	Baker, Vin	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Hartford
G/F	31	Barry, Brent	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oregon State
F/C	52	Booth, Calvin	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Penn State
F/C	14	Drobnjak, Predrag	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Montenegro
C	33	James, Jerome	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	300 lb (136 kg)	Florida A&M
F	7	Lewis, Rashard	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Alief Elsik HS (TX)
G	9	Livingston, Randy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	LSU
F	35	Long, Art	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Cincinnati
G/F	24	Mason, Desmond	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Oklahoma State
C	00	Oyedeji, Olumide	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Nigeria
G	20	Payton, Gary	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oregon State
F	77	Radmanović, Vladimir	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Serbia
F	45	Sesay, Ansu	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Mississippi
G	25	Watson, Earl	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	UCLA
G	1	Williams, Shammond	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	North Carolina

Head coach

Nate McMillan (NC State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

Roster Notes

Guard Shammond Williams holds American and Georgian dual citizenship. He was born in the United States but he later played on the Georgian national team.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Sacramento Kings	61	21	.744	–	36–5	25–16	15–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	3	34–7	24–17	16–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	12	30–11	19–22	14–10
x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	16	26–15	19–22	13–11
Los Angeles Clippers	39	43	.476	22	25–16	14–27	9–15
Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	25	23–18	13–28	12–12
Golden State Warriors	21	61	.256	40	14–27	7–34	5–19

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Sacramento Kings	61	21	.744	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	3
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	3
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
5	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	12
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	44	38	.537	17

9	Los Angeles Clippers	39	43	.476	22
10	Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	25
11	Houston Rockets	28	54	.341	33
12	Denver Nuggets	27	55	.329	34
13	Memphis Grizzlies	23	59	.280	38
14	Golden State Warriors	21	61	.256	40

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

2001-02 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–3
Boston	2–2	—	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–2	—	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Chicago	1–3	2–2	0–4	—	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3
Cleveland	1–3	0–4	1–3	3–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–2
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	—	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
Detroit	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–1
Houston	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–1	0–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–2
Miami	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	—	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	3–1
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
New Jersey	1–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	—	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
New York	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3
Orlando	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–0	—	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2
Portland	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	2–0	1–3	1–1
Toronto	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–2
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	—	2–0
Washington	3–0	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	—

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics Last Playoff Meeting: 1982 Western Conference Semifinals (San Antonio won 4-1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (SAS-SEA)	Venue	TV Time (EST)	Recap
1	April 20	Seattle	89	San Antonio	110	1-0	Alamodome	NBC 5:30	Recap
2	April 22	Seattle	98	San Antonio	90	1-1	Alamodome	TNT 9:30	Recap
3	April 27	San Antonio	102	Seattle	75	2-1	KeyArena	NBC 5:30	Recap
4	May 1	San Antonio	79	Seattle	91	2-2	KeyArena	TNT 10:30	Recap
5	May 3	Seattle	78	San Antonio	101	3-2	Alamodome	TNT 9:30	Recap
San Antonio wins series 3–2

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Gary Payton	82	82	40.3	.467	.314	.797	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	22.1
Brent Barry	81	81	37.5	.508	.424	.846	5.4	5.3	1.8	0.5	14.4
Rashard Lewis	71	70	36.4	.468	.389	.810	7.0	1.7	1.5	0.6	16.8
Desmond Mason	75	20	32.3	.464	.271	.848	4.7	1.4	0.9	0.4	12.4
Vin Baker	55	41	31.1	.485	.125	.633	6.4	1.3	0.4	0.7	14.1
Vladimir Radmanovic	61	16	20.2	.412	.420	.681	3.8	1.3	0.9	0.4	6.7
Calvin Booth	15	15	18.6	.427		.958	3.6	1.1	0.4	0.9	6.2
Predrag Drobnjak	64	12	18.3	.461	.000	.753	3.4	0.8	0.3	0.5	6.8
Jerome James	56	40	16.9	.491		.500	4.1	0.4	0.4	1.5	5.3
Ansu Sesay	9	0	15.8	.500		.700	2.2	0.9	0.3	0.2	6.4
Art Long	63	27	15.7	.492		.529	4.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	4.5
Earl Watson	64	0	15.1	.453	.364	.639	1.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	3.6
Randy Livingston	13	0	13.5	.278	.125	.909	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.2	3.2
Shammond Williams	50	2	12.1	.420	.373	.795	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.0	4.4
Antonio Harvey	5	3	9.4	.333		.500	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.6	1.8
Olumide Oyedeji	36	1	6.1	.537		.611	2.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.5

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 2/17/2017.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Gary Payton	5	5	41.4	.425	.267	.586	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	22.2
Desmond Mason	5	5	41.0	.421	.333	.588	6.2	1.8	0.8	0.4	11.8
Brent Barry	5	5	29.8	.412	.438	1.000	4.6	2.8	0.6	0.8	7.8
Vin Baker	5	4	28.8	.500	1.000	.778	5.0	0.8	0.6	1.2	13.2
Rashard Lewis	3	2	26.3	.375	.167	1.000	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	12.7
Vladimir Radmanovic	5	2	22.6	.438	.538	1.000	3.6	1.0	0.2	0.2	7.6
Randy Livingston	5	0	16.0	.412	.333	1.000	1.2	2.0	0.4	0.0	4.0
Ansu Sesay	4	0	15.0	.375		1.000	3.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.8
Jerome James	5	1	14.0	.391		.000	2.4	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.6
Predrag Drobnjak	3	1	12.7	.333		.500	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	3.3
Shammond Williams	3	0	12.7	.429	.500	.667	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	5.3
Olumide Oyedeji	3	0	5.7	.800		.200	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.0

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 2/17/2017.

Awards and records

Gary Payton, All-NBA Second Team
Gary Payton, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Vladimir Radmanovic, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

References

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Draft picks

Roster

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also