1990–91 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	K. C. Jones
General manager	Bob Whitsitt
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (lost to Trail Blazers 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KING-TV KTZZ-TV Prime Sports Northwest
Radio	KJR
< 1989–90 1991–92 >

The 1990–91 NBA season was the 23rd season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association.^[1] Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff was replaced by his former assistant K. C. Jones, and went on to occupy the desk of vice-president of Basketball Operations for Seattle,^[2] resigning months later to accept a job as General Manager of the Denver Nuggets.^[3] The Draft Lottery gave the SuperSonics the No. 2 pick, which was used to select future All-Star point guard Gary Payton out of Oregon State in the 1990 NBA draft.^[4][5][6]

Substantial changes were made on the roster, first by trading Sonics referent Xavier McDaniel to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Eddie Johnson during the first months of competition.^{[7][8][9][10]} Following the All-Star break, the team traded Dale Ellis, whose off-the-court problems were the focus of much unwanted attention,^[11][12] to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Ricky Pierce,^{[13][14][15][16]} and sent center Olden Polynice to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Benoit Benjamin.^[17][18][19] The Sonics held a 22–23 record at the All-Star break,^[20] and would finish with a 41–41 record like the previous season, this time being able to reach the playoffs as the #8 seed in the Western Conference, where they lost in the Western Conference First Round to the top-seeded Portland Trail Blazers in five games.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Johnson averaged 17.4 points per game with the team after the trade, while Derrick McKey averaged 15.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, and second-year forward Shawn Kemp showed improvement, averaging 15.0 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. In addition, Sedale Threatt contributed 12.7 points and 1.4 steals per game, while Payton provided with 7.2 points, 6.4 assists and 2.0 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and Michael Cage averaged 6.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.^[25] Following the season, Threatt was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.^[26][27]

Offseason

Draft picks

Of the 3 players Seattle picked in the draft only Gary Payton would stay with the team, since Jud Buechler was traded to the New Jersey Nets and Abdul Shamsid-Deen went to Europe to play for the French team Paris Basket Racing.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Gary Payton	PG	United States	Oregon State
2	38	Jud Buechler	SF/SG	United States	Arizona
2	53	Abdul Shamsid-Deen	C	United States	Providence

Pre-season

1990 Pre-season Game Log: 5–3
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Record	Recap
1	October 12	Golden State Warriors	L 111–134	Spokane Coliseum	0–1
2	October 15	Golden State Warriors	L 97–117	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	0–2
3	October 18	Chicago Bulls	W 109–103	Florida Suncoast Dome	1–2
4	October 21	Detroit Pistons	W 101–82	East Lansing, Michigan	2–2
5	October 23	Chicago Bulls	L 90–102	The Kingdome	2–3
6	October 24	Chicago Bulls	W 109–87	Pacific Coliseum	3–3
7	October 27	Sacramento Kings	W 98–89	ARCO Arena	4–3
8	October 29	Sacramento Kings	W 117–116	Chico, California	5–3

Roster

1990–91 Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 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 F/C 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1962–01–28 San Diego State C 42 Corzine, Dave  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1956–04–25 DePaul G 20 Dailey, Quintin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–01–22 San Francisco F 22 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–05–01 Illinois F 40 Kemp, Shawn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC F 31 McKey, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1966–10–10 Alabama G 10 McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 NC State F 8 Meents, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1964–01–04 Illinois G 2 Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–07–23 Oregon State G 21 Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice G 4 Threatt, Sedale 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–10 West Virginia Tech

Head coach K. C. Jones Assistant coach(es) Bob Kloppenburg Kip Motta Gary Wortman Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	—	36–5	27–14	18-10
x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5	33–8	25-16	19-9
x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8	32–9	23-18	17–11
x-Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	19	30–11	14–27	13–15
x-Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22	28-13	13–28	12-16
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	32	23–18	8-33	10-18
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	38	24-17	1–40	9–19

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=1990–91_Seattle_SuperSonics_season
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#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	9