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1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Seattle SuperSonics
end_year	1969
wins	30
losses	52
division	Western
division_place	6
coach	Al Bianchi
gm	Dick Vertlieb
owners	Sam Schulman
arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
television	KTNT-TV
radio	KOMO
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	SEA

The 1968–69 Seattle SuperSonics season was the second season of the Seattle franchise in the NBA. The Sonics finished the regular season with a 30–52 record in 6th place on the Western Division. During the offseason, Seattle traded their top scorer Walt Hazzard to the Atlanta Hawks to bring three-time All-Star Lenny Wilkens, who would serve as head coach of the team the following year.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1968 NBA draft

Seattle SuperSonics	border=2}}" width="10%"	Round	Seattle SuperSonics	border=2}}" width="10%"	Pick
1	3	Bob Kauffman	F/C	United States	Guilford
2	16	Art Harris	G	United States	Stanford
3	24	Jeff Ockel	C	United States	Utah
3	34	Ed Johnson	C	United States	Tennessee State
4	38	Henry Logan	G	United States	Western Carolina
5	52	Al Hairston	G	United States	Bowling Green
6	66	Ron Guziak	F	United States	Duquesne
7	80	Jim McKean	C	United States	Washington State
8	94	Willie Rogers	G	United States	Oklahoma
9	108	Jimmy Smith	G	United States	Utah State
10	122	Joe Kennedy	F	United States	Duke
11	136	Jim Marsh	F	United States	USC
12	149	Walt Simon	G	United States	Utah
13	162	Bud Ogden	F	United States	Santa Clara
14	173	Mike Warren	G	United States	UCLA

Roster

Al Bianchi

Standings

:x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|- | 1 | October 17 | @ San Diego | L 110–128 | Bob Rule (31) | | | San Diego Sports Arena 5,332

0–1
2
October 18
@ Phoenix
L 107–116
Bob Rule (34)

| | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,112

0–2
3
October 19
San Francisco
L 95–107
Bob Rule (25)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,311

0–3
4
October 21
Baltimore
L 104–111
Tom Meschery (30)

| | | Vancouver, BC 2,387

0–4
5
October 23
San Diego
W 118–117
Bob Rule, Lenny Wilkens (20)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 3,064

1–4
6
October 25
Atlanta
W 123–112
Tom Meschery (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,689

2–4
7
October 27
Baltimore
L 114–126
Tom Meschery (22)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,882

2–5
8
October 30
Phoenix
L 108–115
Bob Rule (22)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 2,657

2–6
9
November 2
Chicago
W 101–95
Bob Rule (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,330

3–6
10
November 3
New York
L 108–122
Lenny Wilkens (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,807

3–7
11
November 6
@ Detroit
L 118–127
Rod Thorn (21)

| | | Cobo Arena 3,462

3–8
12
November 7
@ Chicago
L 105–120
Bob Rule (23)

| | | Chicago Stadium 891

3–9
13
November 8
@ Boston
W 114–112
Bob Rule (37)

| | | Boston Garden 7,606

4–9
14
November 9
@ Philadelphia
L 94–114
Lenny Wilkens (26)

| | | The Spectrum 6,756

4–10
15
November 11
Philadelphia
L 117–127
Bob Rule (29)

| | | Boston, MA

4–11
16
November 12
@ Milwaukee
L 114–127
Bob Rule (28)

| | | Milwaukee Arena 4,455

4–12
17
November 13
Atlanta
L 113–142
Lenny Wilkens (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 3,102

4–13
18
November 15
Phoenix
W 128–124 (2OT)
Lenny Wilkens (30)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,368

5–13
19
November 16
Detroit
W 123–119
Bob Rule (42)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,446

6–13
20
November 17
@ Los Angeles
L 94–105
Lenny Wilkens (16)

| | | The Forum 8,399

6–14
21
November 20
Boston
L 92–139
Art Harris (16)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 7,021

6–15
22
November 22
@ San Diego
L 111–126
Bob Rule (24)

| | | San Diego Sports Arena 5,247

6–16
23
November 23
@ San Francisco
L 119–132
Lenny Wilkens (25)

| | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,922

6–17
24
November 24
Milwaukee
W 141–120
Tom Meschery, Lenny Wilkens (21)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 3,485

7–17
25
November 25
Milwaukee
W 123–113
Lenny Wilkens (29)

| | | Vancouver, BC 2,879

8–17
26
November 26
Chicago
W 99–98
Bob Rule (28)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 2,895

9–17
27
November 28
Milwaukee
W 115–103
Bob Rule (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,210

10–17
28
December 2
@ Phoenix
W 118–108
Lenny Wilkens (33)

| | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2,171

11–17
29
December 3
@ San Francisco
L 122 127
Lenny Wilkens (31)

| | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2,116

11–18
30
December 6
San Francisco
W 109–100 (OT)
Tom Meschery (29)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,941

12–18
31
December 7
@ San Francisco
W 115–107
Bob Rule (31)

| | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,754

13–18
32
December 12
Atlanta
L 91–93
Lenny Wilkens (25)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,361

13–19
33
December 14
Los Angeles
L 120–136
Tom Meschery, Bob Rule (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 12,186

13–20
34
December 15
@ Los Angeles
L 114–115
Bob Rule (37)

| | | The Forum 6,878

13–21
35
December 18
Philadelphia
L 111–115
Bob Rule (36)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 3,389

13–22
36
December 20
@ Milwaukee
L 92–100
Lenny Wilkens (21)

| | | Milwaukee Arena 5,303

13–23
37
December 21
@ New York
L 105–131
Bob Rule (19)

| | | Madison Square Garden 13,998

13–24
38
December 25
@ Baltimore
L 112–118
Bob Rule, Lenny Wilkens (27)

| | | Baltimore Civic Center 5,261

13–25
39
December 26
@ Atlanta
L 96–126
Al Tucker (18)

| | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 3,697

13–26
40
December 28
New York
L 108–111
Lenny Wilkens (19)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 7,602

13–27
41
December 29
New York
L 112–120
Art Harris (21)

| | | Vancouver, BC 2,894

13–28
42
December 30
Phoenix
W 120–118
Art Harris, Rule (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 3,920

14–28
43
January 4
@ San Diego
L 105–122
Lenny Wilkens (28)

| | | San Diego Sports Arena 4,878

14–29
44
January 6
Boston
L 97–121
Bob Rule (36)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 6,636

14–30
45
January 7
@ Phoenix
L 112–116
Three players (23)

| | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2,875

14–31
46
January 9
Cincinnati
W 119–110
Bob Rule (32)

| | | Cleveland, OH 2,017

15–31
47
January 10
@ Milwaukee
L 104–115
Bob Rule, Al Tucker (17)

| | | Milwaukee Arena 4,150

15–32
48
January 11
@ Chicago
L 86–119
Lenny Wilkens (21)

| | | Chicago Stadium 3,870

15–33
49
January 17
New York
L 94–114
Bob Rule (16)

| | | Philadelphia, PA

15–34
50
January 18
@ Boston
L 97–111
Bob Rule (29)

| | | Boston Garden 9,320

15–35
51
January 21
@ New York
L 106–113
Lenny Wilkens (31)

| | | Madison Square Garden 11,227

15–36
52
January 22
@ Baltimore
W 98–94
Lenny Wilkens (22)

| | | Baltimore Civic Center 3,619

16–36
53
January 27
Milwaukee
W 128–107
Bob Rule (31)

| | | Tacoma, WA 4,150

17–36
54
January 29
Boston
W 124–122 (OT)
Bob Rule (26)

| | | Philadelphia, PA

18–36
55
January 30
Detroit
L 118–144
Bob Rule (26)

| | | Baltimore, MD

18–37
56
January 31
@ Atlanta
W 119–112
Bob Rule (32)

| | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 3,550

19–37
57
February 1
@ Cincinnati
L 96–111
Bob Rule (20)

| | | Cincinnati Gardens 6,114

19–38
58
February 3
Los Angeles
W 114–107
Bob Rule (38)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 7,721

20–38
59
February 4
@ San Francisco
W 116–111
Lenny Wilkens (28)

| | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2,145

21–38
60
February 5
Philadelphia
L 115–119
Art Harris, Rule (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,956

21–39
61
February 7
Cincinnati
W 102–97
Lenny Wilkens (32)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 7,350

22–39
62
February 9
San Francisco
L 120–121
Bob Rule (31)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 7,545

22–40
63
February 12
Los Angeles
L 92–109
Bob Rule (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 11,218

22–41
64
February 16
Detroit
W 127–119
Bob Rule (36)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 6,367

23–41
65
February 18
Chicago
W 114–113
Bob Rule (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,002

24–41
66
February 19
Detroit
L 124–131
Bob Rule (32)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 3,356

24–42
67
February 21
Philadelphia
L 109–115
Bob Rule (31)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 8,638

24–43
68
February 23
Boston
W 118–116
Lenny Wilkens (35)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 8,742

25–43
69
February 25
@ Los Angeles
L 111–114 (OT)
Lenny Wilkens (26)

| | | The Forum 10,311

25–44
70
February 26
Chicago
L 122–124
Bob Rule (30)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,138

25–45
71
March 1
Cincinnati
W 134–122
Bob Rule (47)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 9,477

26–45
72
March 3
Cincinnati
L 107–113
Bob Rule (32)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,028

26–46
73
March 4
San Diego
W 130–116
Lenny Wilkens (33)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,010

27–46
74
March 8
Baltimore
W 138–117
Lenny Wilkens (32)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 12,382

28–46
75
March 12
San Diego
W 125–112
Lenny Wilkens (36)

| | | Vancouver, BC 5,998

29–46
76
March 13
Milwaukee
W 141–118
Tom Meschery (21)

| | | Green Bay, WI 3,461

30–46
77
March 15
@ Chicago
L 83–101
Lenny Wilkens (26)

| | | Chicago Stadium 5,254

30–47
78
March 16
@ Atlanta
L 127–131 (OT)
Art Harris (31)

| | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 7,190

30–48
79
March 18
@ Baltimore
L 120–130
Lenny Wilkens (26)

| | | Baltimore Civic Center 8,020

30–49
80
March 19
@ Philadelphia
L 115–136
Bob Rule, Rod Thorn (16)

| | | The Spectrum 11,474

30–50
81
March 21
@ Detroit
L 104–110
Erwin Mueller (15)

| | | Cobo Arena 4,669

30–51
82
March 22
@ Cincinnati
L 127–134
Lenny Wilkens (25)

| | | Cincinnati Gardens 2,534 | 30–52

Player statistics

border=2}}" width="10%"	Player	Seattle SuperSonics	border=2}}" width="6%"	GP	Seattle SuperSonics	border=2}}" width="6%"	GS	Seattle SuperSonics	border=2}}" width="6%"	MPG
80	–	32.0	.395	–	.641	3.8	3.2	–	–	12.4
39	–	7.0	.333	–	.571	.9	1.0	–	–	2.2
82	–	20.2	.442	–	.702	5.9	1.0	–	–	7.8
72	–	17.2	.395	–	.790	3.3	.8	–	–	6.2
76	–	14.8	.392	–	.701	2.8	2.5	–	–	5.1
23	–	7.0	.258	–	.400	1.3	0.3	–	–	1.6
82	–	32.6	.453	–	.736	10.0	2.4	–	–	14.0
26	–	18.6	.431	–	.597	4.0	2.4	–	–	7.0
38	–	12.2	.387	–	.639	3.9	.6	–	–	5.6
82	–	37.9	.469	–	.682	11.5	1.7	–	–	24.0
29	–	19.6	.463	–	.732	2.9	2.8	–	–	11.5
26	–	30.8	.488	–	.673	10.3	2.4	–	–	13.6
56	–	22.5	.432	–	.637	5.7	1.0	–	–	10.3
82	–	42.2	.440		.770	6.2	8.2	–	–	22.4

Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Awards and records

Art Harris was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.
Lenny Wilkens made his sixth All-Star appearance for the West in the 1969 NBA All-Star Game held in Baltimore, Maryland.

Transactions

Overview

Players Added	Players Lost

Trades

January 31, 1969	To Seattle SuperSonics	To Cincinnati Royals

References

"Seattle SuperSonics 1968-69 Schedule & Results".

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