1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season

1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season
1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
General manager	Zollie Volchok
Owner(s)	Sam Schulman
Arena	Kingdome
Results
Record	48–34 (.585)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific); Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to Trail Blazers 0–2)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KIRO-TV
Radio	KING
< 1981–82	1983–84 >

The 1982–83 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 16th season in the NBA.^[1] They started off the season with twelve straight wins but went 36-34 the rest of the way.

In the playoffs, the SuperSonics were swept by the Portland Trail Blazers in two games in the First Round.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
3	65	John Greig	SF	United States	Oregon

Roster

1982–83 Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
PG	32	Brown, Fred	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1948-08-07	Iowa
C	40	Donaldson, James	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1957-08-16	Washington State
PF	10	Hawes, Steve	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1950-05-26	Washington
SF	3	Kelser, Greg	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1957-09-17	Michigan State
SG	30	Radford, Mark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959-07-05	Oregon State
PF	8	Shelton, Lonnie	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1955-10-19	Oregon State
C	43	Sikma, Jack	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1955-11-14	Illinois Wesleyan
SG	20	Smith, Phil	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1952-04-22	San Francisco
SG	44	Thompson, David	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1954-07-13	NC State
PF	33	Tolbert, Ray	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1958-09-10	Indiana
SF	23	Vranes, Danny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1958-10-29	Utah
PG	1	Williams, Gus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1953-10-10	USC

Head coach

Lenny Wilkens

Assistant coach(es)

Les Habegger

Legend

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

Roster
Last transaction: February 13, 1983

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	–	33–8	25–16	21–9
x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	5	32–9	21–20	21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	48	34	.585	10	29–12	19–22	14–16
x-Portland Trail Blazers	46	36	.561	12	31–10	15–26	16–14
Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	28	21–20	9–32	11–19
San Diego Clippers	25	57	.305	33	18–23	7–34	7–23

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	5
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	48	34	.585	10
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	46	36	.561	12
6	x-Denver Nuggets	45	37	.549	13

7	Kansas City Kings	45	37	.549	13
8	Dallas Mavericks	38	44	.463	20
9	Utah Jazz	30	52	.366	28
9	Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	28
11	San Diego Clippers	25	57	.305	33
12	Houston Rockets	14	68	.171	44

Record vs. opponents

1982-83 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	1–5	5–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–0	6–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	2–4	3–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–2
Boston	5–1	–	3–2	5–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	5–1	3–3	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Chicago	1–5	2–3	–	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5
Cleveland	0–6	1–5	1–5	–	2–0	0–2	1–5	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–6	1–5	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	3–3	2–0	3–2	5–1	2–0	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	2–4	5–0	2–3	2–4	0–2
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	–	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	2–3	2–4	3–2	3–2	4–2	1–1
Detroit	3–3	3–3	4–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	–	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–5	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	–	3–2	1–1	1–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	3–3	3–3	3–2	2–0
Houston	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	0–2	2–3	–	2–0	1–5	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	0–5	1–5	2–3	1–4	0–6	1–1
Indiana	0–6	1–4	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–6	3–3	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–5
Kansas City	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	–	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–3	3–3	4–1	1–4	4–2	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	5–1	5–0	2–0	4–1	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–4	5–1	5–1	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	4–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	–	3–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
New Jersey	4–2	1–5	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	–	4–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2
New York	2–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	–	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2
Philadelphia	4–2	3–3	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	5–1	–	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–4	1–1	4–2	5–0	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	–	5–1	3–2	4–2	5–1	5–0	0–2
Portland	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	4–2	5–0	2–0	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–5	–	2–3	5–1	3–3	3–2	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	4–2	1–1	4–1	5–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–3	3–2	–	4–1	1–4	5–1	2–0
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	1–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	1–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–4	1–5	1–4	–	0–6	2–3	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	3–3	4–1	1–1	4–1	1–5	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	4–1	6–0	–	5–0	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–4	2–0	2–3	6–0	0–2	2–4	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	2–3	1–5	3–2	0–5	–	0–2
Washington	2–4	3–3	5–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	—

Game log

Regular season

Record: 48-34

Game	Date	Location	Score	Record	Attendance
1	October 29	Seattle	128–95	1–0	21,885
2	October 31	San Diego	127–109	2–0	3,507
3	November 2	Utah	120–92	3–0	7,378
4	November 3	Seattle	109–107	4–0	9,808
5	November 5	Seattle	112–103	5–0	14,665
6	November 7	Milwaukee	102–90	6–0	10,975
7	November 9	Chicago	112–111	7–0	9,122
8	November 10	Dallas	94–91	8–0	9,813
9	November 13	San Antonio	107–98	9–0	14,814
10	November 14	Houston	102–99	10–0	6,576
11	November 17	Seattle	119–97	11–0	11,169
12	November 19	Seattle	101–94	12–0	14,190
13	November 21	Seattle	91–111	12–1	13,353
14	November 24	Seattle	93–111	12–2	26,320
15	November 26	Seattle	127–106	13–2	Not announced
16	November 27	Golden State	133–118	14–2	12,968
17	December 1	Seattle	131–110	15–2	Not announced
18	December 5	St. Louis	103–106	15–3	8,180
19	December 7	Houston	107–88	16–3	7,049
20	December 8	Dallas	94–110	16–4	10,063
21	December 10	Seattle	100–101	16–5	13,711
22	December 14	Seattle	109–114 (OT)	16–6	12,432
23	December 16	Seattle	103–93	17–6	9,116
24	December 17	Seattle	93–90	18–6	11,263
25	December 18	San Diego	121–107	19–6	3,594
26	December 21	Seattle	99–94	20–6	12,976
27	December 23	Seattle	120–95	21–6	10,791
28	December 25	Portland	88–95	21–7	12,666
29	December 26	Seattle	88–87	22–7	14,412
30	December 29	Seattle	109–92	23–7	14,223
31	December 30	Los Angeles	117–137	23–8	17,505
32	January 2	Phoenix	99–116	23–9	11,318
33	January 5	Seattle	104–108	23–10	9,203
34	January 8	Golden State	104–110	23–11	12,269
35	January 9	Portland	101–110	23–12	12,666
36	January 11	Seattle	119–131	23–13	Not announced
37	January 13	Phoenix	99–102	23–14	13,536
38	January 14	Seattle	99–102	23–15	14,482
39	January 16	Seattle	111–96	24–15	14,253
40	January 19	Atlanta	111–116	24–16	5,795
41	January 21	Philadelphia	117–130	24–17	18,482
42	January 23	New Jersey	102–105	24–18	13,276
43	January 26	Detroit	118–109	25–18	10,184
44	January 27	Washington	86–99	25–19	7,261
45	January 29	Cleveland	88–89	25–20	3,650
46	February 2	Seattle	117–114	26–20	10,158
47	February 4	Seattle	115–103	27–20	13,082
48	February 6	Seattle	96–97	27–21	22,217
49	February 8	Seattle	118–121	27–22	19,726
50	February 9	Denver	125–134	27–23	12,847
51	February 10	Utah	105–99	28–23	8,939
52	February 16	Seattle	100–108	28–24	17,870
53	February 18	Seattle	115–112	29–24	12,661
54	February 20	Seattle	116–112	30–24	15,006
55	February 22	Seattle	117–101	31–24	19,732
56	February 24	Denver	129–138	31–25	15,748
57	February 25	Seattle	101–106	31–26	15,688
58	February 27	Seattle	101–98	32–26	20,167
59	March 1	San Antonio	104–119	32–27	7,988
60	March 2	Dallas	105–108	32–28	11,194
61	March 5	Houston	126–103	33–28	7,183
62	March 8	New York	98–107	33–29	8,743
63	March 9	Boston	112–106	34–29	15,320
64	March 11	Indiana	127–121	35–29	4,176
65	March 13	Kansas City	120–115 (OT)	36–29	7,754
66	March 16	Seattle	110–102	37–29	10,981
67	March 18	Seattle	147–117	38–29	14,268
68	March 20	Seattle	128–116	39–29	11,139
69	March 22	Los Angeles	108–123	39–30	17,505
70	March 23	Seattle	137–117	40–30	14,203
71	March 25	Seattle	104-106	40–31	11,884
72	March 27	Utah	122–108	41–31	8,923
73	March 30	Seattle	135–124	42–31	10,069
74	April 1	Seattle	101–95	43–31	12,782
75	April 4	Seattle	121–111	44–31	18,045
76	April 5	San Diego	115–109 (2OT)	45–31	4,228
77	April 7	Seattle	102–96	46–31	9,601
78	April 10	Portland	102–93	47–31	12,666
79	April 12	Seattle	106–101	48–31	14,361
80	April 13	Phoenix	96–109	48–32	10,882
81	April 15	Los Angeles	99–100	48–33	17,505
82	April 16	Golden State	122–133	48–34	7,713

Playoffs

1983 playoff game log

First round: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 20	Portland	L 97–108	Gus Williams (34)	Jack Sikma (15)	Williams, Sikma (7)	Kingdome 9,211	0–1
2	April 22	@ Portland	L 96–105	Gus Williams (31)	Danny Vranes (18)	Jack Sikma (4)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	0–2

1983 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	RPG	Rebounds per game
GS	Games started	APG	Assists per game
MPG	Minutes per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	PPG
Fred Brown	80	1	17.9	1.2	3.0	10.2
James Donaldson	82	11	21.8	6.1	1.2	8.9
John Greig	9	0	2.9	0.7	0.0	2.1
Steve Hawes	31	1	17.9	4.3	1.2	5.5
Greg Kelser	80	9	18.8	5.0	1.2	8.3
Mark Radford	54	2	8.1	0.9	1.9	3.7
Lonnie Shelton	82	79	31.4	6.0	2.9	12.4
Jack Sikma	75	71	34.2	11.4	3.1	18.2
Phil Smith	79	17	15.7	1.6	2.7	5.7
David Thompson	75	64	28.7	3.6	3.0	15.9
Ray Tolbert	45	2	15.8	3.4	0.7	5.0
Danny Vranes	82	73	25.0	5.2	1.5	6.9
Gus Williams	80	80	34.5	2.6	8.0	20.0

Playoffs
Player	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	PPG
Fred Brown	2	15.0	1.5	2.5	3.0
James Donaldson	2	23.5	8.5	1.0	12.0
Steve Hawes	2	17.5	3.0	1.0	6.0
Greg Kelser	2	9.5	3.0	0.5	2.0
Lonnie Shelton	2	26.5	10.5	2.5	5.0
Jack Sikma	2	37.5	13.0	5.5	15.0
Phil Smith	2	9.5	1.5	0.5	3.0
David Thompson	2	32.5	0.0	3.5	12.0
Danny Vranes	2	28.0	9.5	0.5	6.0
Gus Williams	2	40.5	3.5	4.0	32.5

Awards and records

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Zollie Volchok	NBA Executive of The Year	1982-83 NBA Season

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Signed	Former team
June 16, 1982	David Thompson	Free agent	Denver Nuggets

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
?	John Greig	Waived	N/A
?	Mark Radford	Waived	N/A

Trades

February 13, 1983

To Seattle SuperSonics

Steve Hawes (from Atlanta)

To Atlanta Hawks

1984 2nd round pick (from Detroit)

1985 2nd round pick (from Detroit)

To Detroit Pistons

Ray Tolbert (from Seattle)

References

^ 1982-83 Seattle SuperSonics

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