1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season

1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	K. C. Jones Bob Kloppenburg George Karl
General manager	Bob Whitsitt
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	47–35 (.573)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Northwest Cable Sports, KOMO-TV
Radio	KOMO-AM and FM

The 1991–92 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 24th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was George Karl's first season as head coach of the SuperSonics, returning after a four-year absence from coaching in the NBA, to replace K. C. Jones. The SuperSonics finished the season with a 47–35 record, reaching the playoffs as the sixth seed in the Western Conference. In the first round, they defeated the third seed Golden State Warriors in four games, but then lost the Conference semifinals to the Utah Jazz in five games.

Draft picks

Main article: 1991 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	Rich King	C	United States	Nebraska

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 11 Barros, Dana 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1967–04–13 Boston College C 00 Benjamin, Benoit 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1964–11–22 Creighton SF 21 Brown, Tony 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1960–07–29 Arkansas PF 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1962–01–28 San Diego State C 24 Conlon, Marty 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1968–01–19 Providence SF 8 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–05–01 Illinois PF 40 Kemp, Shawn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC C 25 King, Rich 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1969–04–04 Nebraska SG 23 Kofoed, Bart 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1964–03–24 Nebraska–Kearney SF 31 McKey, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1966–10–10 Alabama SG 10 McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State PG 20 Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–07–23 Oregon State SG 22 Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice	Head coach George Karl (North Carolina) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	—	33-8	24-17	21-9
x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2	31-10	24-17	19-11
x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4	36-5	17-24	17-13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10	28-13	19-22	16-14
x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12	29-12	16-25	13-17
x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14	24-17	19-22	13-17
Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28	21-20	8-33	6-24

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28
11	Denver Nuggets	24	58	.293	33
12	Dallas Mavericks	22	60	.268	35
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

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
Dana Barros	75	1	17.7	.483	.446	.759	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	8.3
Benoit Benjamin	63	61	30.8	.478	.000	.687	8.1	1.2	0.6	1.9	14.0
Tony Brown*	35	2	11.5	.394	.293	.811	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.1	4.8
Michael Cage	82	69	30.0	.566	.000	.620	8.9	1.1	1.2	0.7	8.8
Marty Conlon	45	1	8.5	.475	.000	.750	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	2.7
Quintin Dailey*	11	1	8.9	.243	.000	.813	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.8
Eddie Johnson	81	19	29.2	.459	.252	.861	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	17.1
Shawn Kemp	64	23	28.3	.504	.000	.748	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	15.5
Rich King	40	2	5.3	.380	.000	.756	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	2.2
Bart Kofoed	44	0	5.4	.472	.143	.577	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.5
Derrick McKey	52	44	33.8	.472	.380	.847	5.2	2.3	1.2	0.9	14.9
Nate McMillan	72	30	22.9	.437	.276	.643	3.5	5.0	1.8	0.4	6.0
Gary Payton	81	79	31.5	.451	.130	.669	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	9.4
Ricky Pierce	78	78	34.1	.475	.268	.916	3.0	3.1	1.1	0.3	21.7

* Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dana Barros	7	0	13.7	.525	.588	.000	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.0	7.4
Benoit Benjamin	9	4	17.9	.561	.000	.500	5.1	0.6	0.6	1.4	6.1
Tony Brown	5	0	4.4	.333	.250	.571	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.8
Michael Cage	9	4	21.9	.559	.000	1.000	5.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	4.3
Marty Conlon	1	0	1.0	.000	.000	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Eddie Johnson	9	0	27.4	.474	.182	.941	3.0	0.9	0.3	0.3	18.4
Shawn Kemp	9	9	37.6	.475	.000	.763	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	17.4
Derrick McKey	9	9	35.0	.525	.313	.844	4.9	2.7	0.8	1.3	16.3
Nate McMillan	9	2	27.3	.422	.231	.714	3.7	7.0	1.8	0.3	9.6
Gary Payton	8	8	27.6	.466	.000	.583	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	7.6
Ricky Pierce	9	9	35.1	.481	.273	.870	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.1	19.6

Awards and records

Records

• Michael Cage finished the season with a franchise record .566 in field goal percentage.

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Rich King Via free agency Bart Kofoed Marty Conlon Tony Brown

Players Lost Via trade Sedale Threatt Via waivers Quintin Dailey

Trades

October 2, 1991

To Seattle SuperSonics Conditional 1993, 1995 and 1996 second round picks

To Los Angeles Lakers Sedale Threatt

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team Bart Kofoed August 23, 1991 Utah Jazz Marty Conlon October 1, 1991 Tony Brown February 20, 1992

Waivings

Player	Left
Quintin Dailey	December 10, 1991

See also

• 1991-92 NBA season

External links

• 1991-92 Seattle SuperSonics season at Basketball Reference