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1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics Season
The 1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 3rd season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA. After the resignation of Al Bianchi, Lenny Wilkens took the role of player-coach and led the team to a 36–46 record, a six win improvement over their previous season and 3 games behind the Chicago Bulls, who got the last playoff spot in the Western Division. Wilkens led the league in assists with 9.1 apg. Draft picks ''Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.'' Roster Depth chart Regular season Season standings :x – clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents Game log , - bgcolor=#fcc , 1 , October 14 , @ New York , L 101–126 , Bob Rule (27) , , , Madison Square Garden14,796 , 0–1 , - bgcolor=#fcc , 2 , October 15 , @ Atlanta , L 119–124 , John Tresvant (29) , , , Alexander Memorial Coliseum3,718 , 0–2 , - bgcolor=#fcc , 3 , October 18 , @ Chicago , L 126–131 (OT) , John Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States Olympic "Dream Team," for which he was an assistant coach. In 1996, Wilkens was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team, and in 2021 he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In addition, in 2022 he was also named to the list of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History, being the only person to be in both NBA 75th season celebration list as player and coach. He is also a 2006 inductee into the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Wilkens was a combined 13-time NBA All-Star as a player (nine times) and as a head coach (four times), was the 1993 NBA Coach of the Year, won the 1979 NBA championship as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, and an Olympic gold me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Texas Mean Green Men's Basketball
The North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represents the University of North Texas (UNT) in NCAA Division I college basketball, competing as a member of Conference USA. For most of its history, the Mean Green have had patches of success, starting in the 1970s when the team received its first ever top-20 ranking under head coach Bill Blakeley as well as success in the late 1980s and early 1990s under head coach Jimmy Gales and then again in the mid to late 2000s under head coach Johnny Jones. Blakeley coached three consecutive 20-win seasons: 1975–76 (22-4); 1976–77 (21-6); 1977–78 (22-6). North Texas has appeared in the NCAA tournament on four occasions: 1988, 2007, 2010, and 2021, recording their first-ever tournament win in 2021. The Mean Green went on an especially strong run in the 2006–2010 era, with two tournament appearances, two conference championships, and posting more wins over this time period than any other Division I team in the state of Texas. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969–70 Atlanta Hawks Season
The 1969–70 NBA season was the Hawks' 21st season in the NBA and second season in the city of Atlanta. Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , 1 , , October 15 , , Seattle , , 124–119 , , Jim Davis (31), , Alexander Memorial Coliseum , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , 2 , , October 18 , , Phoenix , , 121–116 , , Joe Caldwell (26) , , Alexander Memorial Coliseum , , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" , 3 , , October 22 , , San Francisco , , 93–94 , , Lou Hudson (25) , , Alexander Memorial Coliseum , , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , 4 , , October 24 , , Boston , , 122–110 , , Lou Hudson (28) , , Boston Garden , , 3–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" , 5 , , October 25 , , Detroit , , 104–125 , , Lou Hudson (31) , , Alexander Memorial Coliseum , , 3–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" , 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorie Murrey
Dorie S. Murrey (born September 7, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (2.03 m) 215 lb (97½ kg) forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has played in the NBA from 1966 to 1972. He was originally selected with the second pick in the 2nd round of the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. He was taken in two expansion drafts. In 1967 he was made available by the Pistons to be selected by the Seattle SuperSonics, and in 1970 he was made available by the Sonics to be selected by the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Con .... He was traded 3 games into the 1970–71 season, on October 10, 1970, by the Trail Blazers to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for a 1971 2nd round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Rule
Bobby Frank Rule (June 29, 1944 – September 5, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. He played at center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Milwaukee Bucks. Early years Rule played high school basketball at Riverside Polytechnic High School. Early in his college career, Rule played under the legendary Jerry Tarkanian, then head coach at Riverside Community College. It was under Tarkanian that Rule honed his defensive and footwork skills. In 1964, Rule was named the Most Valuable Player of the California Junior College State Championships after leading the Riverside City College Tigers to a 35-0 record and the school's first state championship team. Looking back years later, in retirement, Tarkanian commented that Rule "might be the best player I ever coached" and that Rule was "the most dominant player in the history of California junior college basketball." Rule then tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwin Mueller
:''This is an article about the basketball player. For the physicist, see Erwin Wilhelm Müller.'' Erwin Louis Mueller (March 12, 1944 – June 7, 2018) was an Americans, American basketball player. A 6'8" forward (basketball), forward/center (basketball), center,he attended the University of San Francisco where he was All-Coast, All Conference & All-America and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the second round (10th pick overall) of the 1966 NBA draft. During his first season, Mueller averaged 12.7 points per game for the Bulls and earned NBA All-Rookie Team honors. He was traded midway through his second season to the LA Lakers for Jim Barnes (basketball), Jim Barnes and a draft choice on January 9, 1968. Mueller would return to the Bulls for the start of the 68-69 season by way of another trade through the Lakers sending Keith Erickson to LA for Erwin on September 23, 1968. However his tenure in Chicago would not last through the season. On January 31, 1969 Mueller was trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tresvant
John B. Tresvant (born November 6, 1939) is a retired American basketball player. A native of Washington, D.C., he played high school football and baseball, but not play basketball as he was cut from the team. After graduating, he joined the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed at Paine Field in Everett, Washington and repaired aircraft radar units. He grew several inches and was playing AAU basketball when Seattle University spotted him and gave him a scholarship after his military service had concluded. A 6'7" forward/center, Tresvant played three seasons in Seattle. He averaged 17.9 points and 14 rebounds per game as a senior, and 12.6 and 11.1, respectively, in his three-year career in Seattle. In 1963, he snared 40 rebounds in a game against the University of Montana at the Seattle Center Arena, the fourth-highest total in NCAA history. He was selected in the fifth round (40th overall) of the 1964 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks. He played nine seasons in the league with St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Boozer
Robert Louis Boozer (April 26, 1937 – May 19, 2012) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Boozer won a gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics and won an NBA Championship as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971. Boozer was a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, which was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a unit in 2010. Early years Boozer was born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Tech High in Omaha. One of his teammates was future Baseball Hall-of-Famer Bob Gibson. He attended Kansas State University, where he helped lead the Wildcats to the 1958 Final Four and where he received All-America honors in 1958 and 1959. A versatile 6’ 8" forward, he was selected by the Cincinnati Royals with the first non-territorial pick of the 1959 NBA Draft, but he postponed his NBA career for one year so that he could remain eligible to play in the 1960 Summer Olympics. During that year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kennedy (basketball)
Joseph Aloysius Kennedy (January 12, 1947) is a retired American professional basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for two seasons and the American Basketball Association (ABA) for one season. He played college basketball at Duke, and played professionally for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA, and finally the Pittsburgh Condors The Pittsburgh Condors were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association (ABA). Originally called the Pittsburgh Pipers, they were a charter franchise of the ABA and captured the first league title. The team pla ... of the ABA. References # # 1947 births Living people American men's basketball players DeMatha Catholic High School alumni Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players Pittsburgh Condors players Portland Trail Blazers expansion draft picks Seattle SuperSonics draft picks Seattle SuperSonics players Small forwards {{1940s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Meschery
Thomas Nicholas Meschery ( ; born Tomislav Nikolayevich Meshcheryakov (russian: Томислав Николаевич Мещеряков); October 26, 1938)TOM MESCHERY: THE FIRST RUSSIAN IN THE NBA is an American former professional player. Born in China, Meschery was a with a 10-year career from 1961 to 1971. He played for the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Clemens
John Barry Clemens (born May 1, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player. The 6' 6" Clemens attended Xenia High School and Ohio Wesleyan University before being drafted by the NBA's New York Knicks in the 1965 NBA draft, and he went on to have a productive 11-year career with five teams: the Knicks, the Chicago Bulls, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Con .... He retired in 1976 with career totals of 5,312 points and 2,532 rebounds. Clemens surprised many observers by making it all the way to the final round in ABC television's one-on-one NBA basketball tournament in 1973. Portland All-Star guard Geoff Petrie defeated ex-Knick Clemens in the championship game at Madison Squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hairston
Alan Leroy Hairston (born December 11, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player and a college and high school head coach. His high school coaching career has garnered him multiple league, district and state championships, as well as numerous individual awards. A 6'1" (1.85 m) guard from Bowling Green State University, Hairston was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the fifth round of the 1968 NBA draft and by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1968 ABA draft. Hairston appeared in two seasons for the Sonics, averaging 2.2 points per game. basketball-reference.com. After a stint with the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers in 1970-71, Hairston was released. He went into coaching, serving as head coach at Seattle Central College (formerly Seattle Central Community College) 1975-79. He led the team to the Northwest cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
