Seattle SuperSonics Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Seattle SuperSonics Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Craig Ehlo SG 6-6 180 Aug 11, 1961 35 Washington State 13 1983 3rd Rnd, #48, Houston Rockets
Greg Graham SG 6-4 183 Nov 26, 1970 25 Indiana 3 1993 1st Rnd, #17, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Hersey Hawkins PG 6-3 190 Sep 29, 1966 30 Bradley 8 1988 1st Rnd, #6, Los Angeles Clippers
Shawn Kemp PF 6-10 280 Nov 26, 1969 26 Trinity Valley CC 7 1989 1st Rnd, #17, Seattle SuperSonics
Jim McIlvaine C 7-1 240 Jul 30, 1972 24 Marquette 2 1994 2nd Rnd, #32, Washington Wizards
Nate McMillan G-F 6-5 195 Aug 3, 1964 32 NC State 10 1986 2nd Rnd, #30, Seattle SuperSonics
Gary Payton SG 6-4 180 Jul 23, 1968 28 Oregon State 6 1990 1st Rnd, #2, Seattle SuperSonics
Sam Perkins PF 6-9 235 Jun 14, 1961 35 North Carolina 12 1984 1st Rnd, #4, Dallas Mavericks
Steve Scheffler PF 6-9 250 Sep 3, 1967 29 Purdue 6 1990 2nd Rnd, #39, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Detlef Schrempf PF 6-9 214 Jan 21, 1963 33 Washington 11 1985 1st Rnd, #8, Dallas Mavericks
Eric Snow PG 6-3 190 Apr 24, 1973 23 Michigan State 1 1995 2nd Rnd, #43, Milwaukee Bucks
Elmore Spencer C 7-0 270 Dec 6, 1969 26 UNLV 4 1992 1st Rnd, #25, Los Angeles Clippers
Larry Stewart PF 6-8 220 Sep 21, 1968 28 Coppin State 5 1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
David Wingate SG 6-5 185 Dec 15, 1963 32 Georgetown 10 1986 2nd Rnd, #44, Philadelphia Sixers

Seattle 91, Utah 99

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Delta Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Attendance: 19,911

Officials: Eddie Rush, David Jones, Sean Corbin

Team Rebounds: Seattle (10) Utah (8)

Technicals: Seattle (0) Utah (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
SEA (0-1) 23 23 25 20 91
UTH (1-0) 28 25 22 24 99

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
SEA 88 103.3 112.4
UTH 88 112.4 103.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
SEA .433 0.136 0.261 0.347
UTH .487 0.102 0.256 0.295

Seattle SuperSonics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Hersey Hawkins Starter SG 32:00 1-3 0-2 3-4 5.8 1.0 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 5
40 Shawn Kemp Starter PF 35:00 7-15 1-1 11-14 13.5 4.0 8 12 1 6 0 1 5 26
22 Jim McIlvaine Starter C 23:00 2-6 0-0 0-0 5.0 2.0 2 4 0 4 0 4 0 4
20 Gary Payton Starter PG 39:00 9-15 2-2 4-6 21.0 2.0 4 6 6 1 3 1 4 24
11 Detlef Schrempf Starter SF 40:00 8-16 1-3 7-8 15.5 0.0 8 8 4 5 1 0 2 24
3 Craig Ehlo Bench SG 21:00 0-5 0-2 0-0 1.2 1.0 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 0
10 Nate McMillan Bench SG 16:00 0-4 0-3 0-0 -0.8 2.0 1 3 3 5 0 0 1 0
14 Sam Perkins Bench PF 33:00 3-11 1-5 1-2 1.2 0.0 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 8
23 Larry Stewart Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   10            
        240 30-75 5-18 26-34 74.5 12 34 56 16 26 6 6 12 91
          40.0% 27.8% 76.5%                    

Utah Jazz

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
14 Jeff Hornacek Starter SG 37:00 2-8 1-2 4-5 12.9 1.0 3 4 8 3 2 0 0 9
32 Karl Malone Starter PF 40:00 11-20 0-0 5-8 21.2 4.0 9 13 5 5 1 1 3 27
00 Greg Ostertag Starter C 17:00 0-4 0-0 2-4 -1.2 1.0 3 4 0 4 0 1 1 2
3 Bryon Russell Starter SF 34:00 3-8 3-4 3-4 6.0 0.0 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 12
12 John Stockton Starter PG 38:00 8-14 2-5 6-7 23.9 1.0 4 5 8 2 3 0 1 24
40 Shandon Anderson Bench SF 03:00 1-2 1-2 0-0 1.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
55 Antoine Carr Bench PF 31:00 6-11 0-0 3-4 9.8 0.0 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 15
10 Howard Eisley Bench PG 08:00 1-2 1-2 0-0 2.2 0.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3
44 Greg Foster Bench C 08:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 -0.8 1.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
31 Adam Keefe Bench PF 14:00 1-2 0-0 0-1 4.6 3.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2
43 Chris Morris Bench SF 08:00 0-3 0-3 0-0 -0.5 0.0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Brooks Thompson Bench SG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Team                   8            
        240 34-78 8-18 23-33 85.6 11 32 51 26 27 7 6 9 99
          43.6% 44.4% 69.7%                    

Seattle SuperSonics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Gary Payton
24p, 6r, 6a
Hersey Hawkins
5p, 5r, 1a
Detlef Schrempf
24p, 8r, 4a
Shawn Kemp
26p, 12r, 1a
Jim McIlvaine
4p, 4r, 0a
Rotation  
 
Craig Ehlo
0p, 3r, 1a
 
 
Sam Perkins
8p, 5r, 0a
 
 
Rotation  
 
Nate McMillan
0p, 3r, 3a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Larry Stewart
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 

Utah Jazz Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters John Stockton
24p, 5r, 8a
Jeff Hornacek
9p, 4r, 8a
Bryon Russell
12p, 2r, 2a
Karl Malone
27p, 13r, 5a
Greg Ostertag
2p, 4r, 0a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Antoine Carr
15p, 4r, 1a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Adam Keefe
2p, 5r, 0a
 
 
Lim PT Howard Eisley
3p, 1r, 1a
Brooks Thompson
0p, 0r, 1a
Chris Morris
0p, 3r, 0a
 
 
Greg Foster
2p, 2r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Shandon Anderson
3p, 0r, 0a