Seattle SuperSonics Regular Season Rosters

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1976-1977 Seattle SuperSonics Regular Season Roster

Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
Mike Bantom FC 206cm 91kg 3 Saint Francis of Assisi College 1973 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States
Fred Brown G 191cm 83kg 5 Iowa 1971 Rnd 1 Pick 6 United States
Tom Burleson C 218cm 102kg 2 NC State 1974 Rnd 1 Pick 3 United States
Leonard Gray FC 203cm 109kg 2 Long Beach State 1973 Rnd 3 Pick 10 United States
Mike Green C 208cm 91kg 0 Louisiana Tech 1973 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
Dennis Johnson PG 193cm 84kg 0 Pepperdine 1976 Rnd 2 Pick 12 United States
Bob Love F 203cm 98kg 10 Southern 1965 Rnd 4 Pick 7 United States
Willie Norwood PF 201cm 100kg 5 Alcorn State 1969 Rnd 2 Pick 4 United States
Frank Oleynick PG 188cm 84kg 1 Seattle 1975 Rnd 1 Pick 12 United States
Bruce Seals PF 203cm 95kg 1 Xavier-Louisiana 1975 Rnd 2 Pick 3 United States
Paul Silas PF 201cm 102kg 12 Creighton 1964 Rnd 2 Pick 3 United States
Dean Tolson PF 203cm 86kg 1 Arkansas 1974 Rnd 5 Pick 8 United States
Slick Watts G 185cm 84kg 3 Xavier-Louisiana 1973 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Nick Weatherspoon SF 201cm 88kg 3 Illinois 1973 Rnd 1 Pick 13 United States
Marvin Webster C 216cm 102kg 0 Morgan State 1975 Rnd 1 Pick 3 United States
Bob Wilkerson GF 198cm 88kg 0 Indiana 1976 Rnd 1 Pick 11 United States
Willie Wise SF 196cm 95kg 0 Drake 1969 Rnd 5 Pick 7 United States

1976-1977 Seattle Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Watts F. Brown B. Seals M. Green T. Burleson
Rotation D. Johnson   B. Wilkerson W. Norwood  
Rotation F. Oleynick     D. Tolson  
Lim PT     N. Weatherspoon    
Lim PT     B. Love    

1976-1977 Pacific Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Los Angeles Lakers53-29-
2Portland Trail Blazers49-334
3Golden State Warriors46-367
4Seattle SuperSonics40-4213
5Phoenix Suns34-4819

1976-1977 Seattle Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK
Fred Brown 72 29.1 17.2 3.2 2.4 1.7 0.3
Slick Watts 79 33.3 13.0 3.9 8.0 2.7 0.3
Bruce Seals 81 24.4 11.0 4.4 1.1 0.6 0.7
Tom Burleson 82 22.0 9.7 6.7 1.1 0.9 1.4
Dennis Johnson 81 20.6 9.2 3.7 1.5 1.5 0.7
Mike Green 76 25.4 9.8 6.6 1.6 0.6 1.7
Nick Weatherspoon 51 29.5 12.8 7.9 1.0 1.0 0.5
Willie Norwood 76 21.7 7.7 3.8 1.3 0.8 0.1
Bob Wilkerson 78 19.9 6.7 3.3 2.2 0.9 0.1
Dean Tolson 60 9.8 6.0 2.6 0.5 0.5 0.3
Mike Bantom 44 18.1 7.5 4.2 1.2 0.8 0.5
Leonard Gray 25 25.7 11.5 4.3 2.2 1.1 0.5
Frank Oleynick 50 10.3 4.0 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.1
Bob Love 32 14.1 4.1 2.7 0.7 0.4 0.1
Norton Barnhill 4 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0

1976-1977 Seattle SuperSonics Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Fred Brown was selected as the #6 pick in the First Round of the 1971 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Fred Brown signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on September 1, 1971. Fred Brown re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics on September 1, 1976.

Tom Burleson was selected as the #3 pick in the First Round of the 1974 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Tom Burleson signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on June 10, 1974.

Mike Green was selected as the #4 pick in the First Round of the 1973 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Mike Green signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on September 15, 1976.

Dennis Johnson was selected as the #12 pick in the Second Round of the 1976 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Dennis Johnson signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on July 13, 1976.

Frank Oleynick was selected as the #12 pick in the First Round of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Frank Oleynick signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on May 30, 1975.

Bruce Seals was selected as the #3 pick in the Second Round of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Bruce Seals signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on August 19, 1975.

Bob Wilkerson was selected as the #11 pick in the First Round of the 1976 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Bob Wilkerson signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on August 27, 1976.

Acquired via Trade

Nick Weatherspoon was acquired in a trade by the Seattle SuperSonics from the Washington Wizards on December 13, 1976.

Acquired via Free Agency

Bob Love signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics on January 28, 1977.

Willie Norwood signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics on November 23, 1975.

Dean Tolson signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics on September 7, 1976.

Slick Watts signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics on September 10, 1973.

1976-1977 Seattle SuperSonics Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Bob Blackburn Television Play-By-Play 1967-1968 N/A