Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff Record 41–41 (.500) | General manager Bob Whitsitt Playoff finish DNQ | |
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western) | ||
The 1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season 22nd season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was Bernie Bickerstaff's last season as head coach of the Sonics, and the first season for rookie and future All-Star forward Shawn Kemp. After winning two of their first three games, the Sonics lost in a quintuple-overtime game on November 9 to the Milwaukee Bucks, 155–154 at the Bradley Center. The Sonics played around .500 for the entire season, as they finished fourth in the Pacific Division with a 41–41 record, losing the eighth seed in the Western Conference to the Houston Rockets, who had the same record but were ahead after tie-breaks, and thus did not reach the playoffs. This was also Xavier McDaniel's final full season in Seattle, as he was traded midway through the following season to the Phoenix Suns.
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Draft picks
Seattle drafted future All-Stars Dana Barros and Shawn Kemp as their only two picks of the 1989 Draft. Kemp would go on to have a successful 8-year run with the Sonics.