The 1982–83 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 16th season in the NBA.1982-83 Seattle SuperSonics 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.

Offseason Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 3 65 John Greig SF Oregon 4 88 Ken Owens G Idaho 5 111 Rod Camp C Southern Illinois 6 134 Bobby Potts F Charlotte 7 157 Allen Rayhorn C Northern Illinois 8 180 Steve Burks G Washington

Roster

Standings

Game log

Regular season GameDateOpponentScoreHigh PointsHigh ReboundsHigh AssistsRecordAttendance 1 October 29 Houston W 128–95 David Thompson (21) Danny Vranes (13) Gus Williams (11) Kingdome21,885 1–0 2 October 31 @ San Diego W 127–109 David Thompson (25) Jack Sikma (10) Gus Williams (8) San Diego Sports Arena3,507 2–0 3 November 2 @ Utah W 120–92 Jack Sikma (24) Jack Sikma (16) David Thompson (5) Salt Palace7,378 3–0 4 November 3 San Antonio W 109–107 David Thompson (21) Jack Sikma (17) Gus Williams (6) Kingdome9,808 4–0 5 November 5 New York W 112–103 David Thompson (30) Jack Sikma, Lonnie Shelton (8) Gus Williams (7) Kingdome14,665 5–0 6 November 7 @ Milwaukee W 102–90 Fred Brown, Lonnie Shelton (20) Jack Sikma (11) Fred Brown (6) MECCA Arena10,975 6–0 7 November 9 @ Chicago W 112–111 Jack Sikma (21) Jack Sikma (9) David Thompson, Mark Radford (7) Chicago Stadium9,122 7–0 8 November 10 @ Dallas W 94–91 Gus Williams (24) Jack Sikma, Danny Vranes (9) Gus Williams (12) Reunion Arena9,813 8–0 9 November 13 @ San Antonio W 107–98 David Thompson (32) Jack Sikma (12) Gus Williams (9) HemisFair Arena14,814 9–0 10 November 14 @ Houston W 102–99 Gus Williams (20) Jack Sikma (14) Jack Sikma (5) The Summit6,576 10–0 11 November 17 Atlanta W 119–97 David Thompson (24) Lonnie Shelton (9) Lonnie Shelton (8) Kingdome11,169 11–0 12 November 19 Cleveland W 101–94 David Thompson, Jack Sikma (17) Jack Sikma (8) Gus Williams (9) Kingdome14,190 12–0 13 November 21 New Jersey L 91–111 Gus Williams (21) James Donaldson (10) Fred Brown (3) Kingdome13,353 12–1 14 November 24 Los Angeles L 93–111 Jack Sikma, Lonnie Shelton (15) Jack Sikma (13) Gus Williams (8) Kingdome26,320 12–2 15 November 26 Denver W 127–106 Gus Williams (20) Jack Sikma (13) Phil Smith (10) Kingdome 13–2 16 November 27 @ Golden State W 133–118 Gus Williams (36) Jack Sikma (15) Jack Sikma, Gus Williams (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena12,968 14–2 17 December 1 San Diego W 131–110 Not announced 15–2 18 December 5 @ Kansas City L 103–106 8,180 15–3 19 December 7 @ Houston W 107–88 7,049 16–3 20 December 8 @ Dallas L 94–110 10,063 16–4 21 December 10 Golden State L 100–101 13,711 16–5 22 December 14 Phoenix L 109–114 (OT) 12,432 16–6 23 December 16 Dallas W 103–93 9,116 17–6 24 December 17 Kansas City W 93–90 11,263 18–6 25 December 18 @ San Diego W 121–107 3,594 19–6 26 December 21 Portland W 99–94 12,976 20–6 27 December 23 Golden State W 120–95 10,791 21–6 28 December 25 @ Portland L 88–95 12,666 21–7 29 December 26 Phoenix W 88–87 14,412 22–7 30 December 29 Utah W 109–92 14,223 23–7 31 December 30 @ Los Angeles L 117–137 17,505 23–8 32 January 2 @ Phoenix L 99–116 11,318 23–9 33 January 5 Indiana L 104–108 9,203 23–10 34 January 8 @ Golden State L 104–110 12,269 23–11 35 January 9 @ Portland L 101–110 12,666 23–12 36 January 11 Denver L 119–131 Not announced 23–13 37 January 13 @ Phoenix L 99–102 13,536 23–14 38 January 14 Portland L 99–102 14,482 23–15 39 January 16 Kansas City W 111–96 14,253 24–15 40 January 19 @ Atlanta L 111–116 5,795 24–16 41 January 21 @ Philadelphia L 117–130 18,482 24–17 42 January 23 @ New Jersey L 102–105 13,276 24–18 43 January 26 @ Detroit W 118–109 25–18 10,184 44 January 27 @ Washington L 86–99 7,261 25–19 45 January 29 @ Cleveland L 88–89 3,650 25–20 46 February 2 Milwaukee W 117–114 10,158 26–20 47 February 4 San Antonio W 115–103 13,082 27–20 48 February 6 Philadelphia L 96–97 22,217 27–21 49 February 8 San Diego L 118–121 19,726 27–22 50 February 9 @ Denver L 125–134 12,847 27–23 51 February 10 @ Utah W 105–99 8,939 28–23 52 February 16 Boston L 100–108 17,870 28–24 53 February 18 Washington W 115–112 12,661 29–24 54 February 20 Golden State W 116–112 15,006 30–24 55 February 22 San Diego W 117–101 19,732 31–24 56 February 24 @ Denver L 129–138 15,748 31–25 57 February 25 Phoenix L 101–106 15,688 31–26 58 February 27 Utah W 101–98 20,167 32–26 59 March 1 @ San Antonio L 104–119 7,988 32–27 60 March 2 @ Dallas L 105–108 11,194 32–28 61 March 5 @ Houston W 126–103 7,183 33–28 62 March 8 @ New York L 98–107 8,743 33–29 63 March 9 @ Boston W 112–106 15,320 34–29 64 March 11 @ Indiana W 127–121 4,176 35–29 65 March 13 @ Kansas City W 120–115 (OT) 7,754 36–29 66 March 16 Kansas City W 110–102 10,981 37–29 67 March 18 Denver W 147–117 14,268 38–29 68 March 20 Chicago W 128–116 11,139 39–29 69 March 22 @ Los Angeles L 108–123 17,505 39–30 70 March 23 San Antonio W 137–117 14,203 40–30 71 March 25 Houston L 104–106 11,884 40–31 72 March 27 @ Utah W 122–108 8,923 41–31 73 March 30 Detroit W 135–124 10,069 42–31 74 April 1 Dallas W 101–95 12,782 43–31 75 April 4 Los Angeles W 121–111 18,045 44–31 76 April 5 @ San Diego W 115–109 (2OT) 4,228 45–31 77 April 7 San Diego W 102–96 9,601 46–31 78 April 10 @ Portland W 102–93 12,666 47–31 79 April 12 Portland W 106–101 14,361 48–31 80 April 13 @ Phoenix L 96–109 10,882 48–32 81 April 15 @ Los Angeles L 99–100 17,505 48–33 82 April 16 @ Golden State L 122–133 7,713 48–34

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc | 1 | April 20 | Portland | L 97–108 | Gus Williams (34) | Jack Sikma (15) | Williams, Sikma (7) | Kingdome9,211 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc | 2 | April 22 | @ Portland | L 96–105 | Gus Williams (31) | Danny Vranes (18) | Jack Sikma (4) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 0–2

Player statistics +LegendGPGames playedRPGRebounds per gameGSGames startedAPGAssists per gameMPGMinutes per gamePPGPoints per game PlayerGPGSMPGRPGAPGPPGFred Brown80117.91.23.010.2James Donaldson821121.86.11.28.9John Greig902.90.70.02.1Steve Hawes31117.94.31.25.5Greg Kelser80918.85.01.28.3Mark Radford5428.10.91.93.7Lonnie Shelton827931.46.02.912.4Jack Sikma757134.211.43.118.2Phil Smith791715.71.62.75.7David Thompson756428.73.63.015.9Ray Tolbert45215.83.40.75.0Danny Vranes827325.05.21.56.9Gus Williams808034.52.68.020.0 +PlayoffsPlayerGPGSMPGRPGAPGPPGFred Brown215.01.52.53.0James Donaldson223.58.51.012.0Steve Hawes217.53.01.06.0Greg Kelser29.53.00.52.0Lonnie Shelton226.510.52.55.0Jack Sikma237.513.05.515.0Phil Smith29.51.50.53.0David Thompson232.50.03.512.0Danny Vranes228.09.50.56.0Gus Williams240.53.54.032.5

Awards and records PlayerAwardDate awardedRef.Zollie VolchokNBA Executive of The Year1982-83 NBA Season

Transactions

Free agents

Additions Date Player Signed Former team June 16, 1982David 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 SuperSonicsSteve Hawes (from Atlanta) To Atlanta Hawks1984 2nd round pick (from Detroit) 1985 2nd round pick (from Detroit) To Detroit PistonsRay Tolbert (from Seattle)

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