2002–03 Seattle SuperSonics season

2002–03 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Nate McMillan
General manager	Rick Sund
Owner(s)	Howard Schultz
Arena	KeyArena
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 2002-03 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 36th season in the NBA.^[1] The season is notable for trading Gary Payton and Desmond Mason to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Ray Allen. More changes continued as Kenny Anderson, who was acquired from Boston before the start of the season was traded to the New Orleans Hornets for Elden Campbell, who spent only half of the season with the Sonics. Campbell left the team at the end of the season and he later signed with the Detroit Pistons, where he won a championship. The Sonics, now led by newly acquired Allen, finished the year at 40-42, missing the playoffs.

Before the trade, Payton was named to play in the All-Star Game for the final time in his career.

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	48	Peter Fehse	PF	Germany

Regular season

Season standings

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Sacramento Kings	59	23	.720	1
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	–
4	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	51	31	.622	9
5	x-Los Angeles Lakers	50	32	.610	10
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	10
7	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	13
8	x-Phoenix Suns	44	38	.537	16
9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	17
10	Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	20
11	Golden State Warriors	38	44	.463	22
12	Memphis Grizzlies	28	54	.341	32
13	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	33
14	Denver Nuggets	17	65	.207	43

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ray Allen
Kenny Anderson
Brent Barry
Calvin Booth
Elden Campbell
Predrag Drobnjak
Reggie Evans
Joseph Forte
Jerome James
Rashard Lewis
Desmond Mason
Ronald Murray
Kevin Ollie
Gary Payton
Vitaly Potapenko
Vladimir Radmanovic
Ansu Sesay

Awards and records

• Ray Allen, Player of the Week (Mar. 2)
• Ray Allen, Three-Point Field Goal Leader
• Rashard Lewis, Player of the Week (Nov. 17)

References

1. "2002-03 Seattle SuperSonics". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

See also

• 2002-03 NBA season