# 1974–75 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1974–75 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 8th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In their second season with Bill Russell as head coach and with rookies comprising half the roster, the SuperSonics finished the regular season in 4th place in the Western Conference with a 43–39 record and reached the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. After defeating the Detroit Pistons in three games in the first round in a best-of-three series, the team fell to the eventual NBA champions Golden State Warriors in six games.

## Offseason

Head coach Bill Russell anticipated a roster overhaul during the offseason. After trading Dick Snyder on draft day to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange of the Cavs' first round selection, the SuperSonics selected center Tommy Burleson with the 3rd overall pick.

### Draft picks

Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 3 | Tommy Burleson | Center | United States | North Carolina State |
| 2 | 26 | Leonard Gray | Forward | United States | Long Beach State |
| 3 | 44 | Talvin Skinner | Guard / forward | United States | Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 5 | 80 | Dean Tolson | Forward | United States | Arkansas |
| 5 | 98 | Wardell Jackson | Forward | United States | Ohio State |
| 10 | 169 | Rod Derline | Guard | United States | Seattle |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Pacific Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Golden State Warriors | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 31–10 | 17–24 | 19–11 |
| x-Seattle SuperSonics | 43 | 39 | .524 | 5 | 24–16 | 19–23 | 18–12 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 29–13 | 9–31 | 16–14 |
| Phoenix Suns | 32 | 50 | .390 | 16 | 22–19 | 10–31 | 12–18 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 10–20 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-Golden State Warriors | 48 | 34 | .585 | – |
| 2 | y-Chicago Bulls | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 |
| 3 | x-Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 |
| 4 | x-Seattle SuperSonics | 43 | 39 | .524 | 5 |
| 5 | x-Detroit Pistons | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 |
| 6 | Portland Trail Blazers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 |
| 6 | Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 |
| 8 | Phoenix Suns | 32 | 50 | .390 | 16 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Lakers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 |
    z – clinched division title
    y – clinched division title
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1974–75 NBA records :
| Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NOJ | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA | WAS |
| Atlanta | — | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–5 |
| Boston | 4–0 | — | 5–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 7–2 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Buffalo | 3–1 | 4–5 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Chicago | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 4–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–5 |
| Detroit | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 3–1 | 3–6 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Golden State | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 |
| Houston | 5–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 |
| Kansas City-Omaha | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | — | 3–1 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Los Angeles | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 2–6 | 1–3 |
| Milwaukee | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 0–4 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| New Orleans | 5–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–7 |
| New York | 4–0 | 2–7 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 4–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Philadelphia | 2–2 | 3–5 | 3–6 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 5–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Phoenix | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–3 |
| Portland | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | — | 2–6 | 1–3 |
| Seattle | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 6–2 | — | 1–3 |
| Washington | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — |

### Game log

1974–75 game log Total: 43–39 (home: 24–16; road: 19–23; Neutral: 1–0) :
October: 6–2 (home: 4–0; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 17
@ Phoenix
L 97–114
Archie Clark (27)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,2150–1
2
October 18
Detroit
L 95–100
Spencer Haywood (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,5370–2
3
October 20
Cleveland
W 100–93
Fred Brown (31)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,2411–2
4
October 23
Portland
W 107–97
Archie Clark (19)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,2832–2
5
October 25
Phoenix
W 106–97
Spencer Haywood (27)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,1913–2
6
October 27
@ Portland
L 94–120
Fred Brown (32)
Memorial Coliseum 10,8703–3
7
October 30
Los Angeles
W 117–97
Spencer Haywood (40)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,9384–3 :
November
: 7–10 (home: 3–3; road: 4–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 1
Golden State
L 88–99
Spencer Haywood (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,7774–4
9
November 3
Milwaukee
W 101–89
Fred Brown (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,8395–4
10
November 7
@ Golden State
W 104–93
Fred Brown (31)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,3916–4
11
November 10
Philadelphia
W 109–95
Spencer Haywood (27)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,8257–4
12
November 13
Los Angeles
W 108–103
Spencer Haywood (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,0048–4
13
November 15
@ Detroit
L 103–117
Archie Clark (25)
Cobo Arena 6,7898–5
14
November 16
@ New York
L 94–104
Spencer Haywood (34)
Madison Square Garden 18,9328–6
15
November 19
@ Atlanta
L 113–122
Spencer Haywood (31)
Omni Coliseum 3,7698–7
16
November 20
@ New Orleans
W 99–95
Three players (18)
Municipal Auditorium 4,3189–7
17
November 22
Chicago
L 89–93
Spencer Haywood (32)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,0829–8
18
November 23
@ Portland
W 117–110
Fred Brown (40)
Memorial Coliseum 11,82510–8
19
November 24
Houston
L 109–124
Spencer Haywood (30)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08210–9
20
November 26
@ Cleveland
L 94–102
Spencer Haywood (29)
Coliseum at Richfield 4,53710–10
21
November 27
@ Boston
L 99–104
Fred Brown (29)
Boston Garden 10,54310–11
22
November 29
@ Philadelphia
W 121–119 (OT)
Fred Brown (40)
The Spectrum 8,66011–11
23
November 30
@ Washington
L 90–122
Archie Clark (23)
Capital Centre 8,86511–12 :
December
: 5–7 (home: 2–4; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24
December 2
@ Kansas City-Omaha
W 110–106
Spencer Haywood (26)
Omaha Civic Auditorium 4,72112–12
25
December 4
@ Milwaukee
W 112–103
Spencer Haywood (37)
MECCA Arena 10,49713–12
26
December 6
New Orleans
W 121–108
james (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08214–12
27
December 7
@ Golden State
L 96–132
Spencer Haywood (20)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,60814–13
28
December 8
Atlanta
L 95–102
Spencer Haywood (18)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,57514–14
29
December 11
Cleveland
L 95–97
Archie Clark (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,03314–15
30
December 13
@ Los Angeles
L 93–109
Fred Brown (16)
The Forum 10,29614–16
31
December 17
@ Chicago
L 84–87
Fred Brown (23)
Chicago Stadium 5,59114–17
32
December 18
@ Detroit
W 100–97
Fred Brown (34)
Cobo Arena 4,36515–17
33
December 22
Detroit
W 108–90
Rowe (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,34616–17
34
December 27
Kansas City-Omaha
L 98–108
Fred Brown (37)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,26016–18
35
December 29
Boston
L 101–121
Spencer Haywood (30)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08216–19 :
January
: 7–7 (home: 3–3; road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36
January 1
Washington
W 123–118 (OT)
Spencer Haywood (32)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,36317–19
37
January 3
@ Portland
W 98–93
Fred Brown (32)
Memorial Coliseum 10,69518–19
38
January 4
New Orleans
W 111–89
Spencer Haywood (20)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,47419–19
39
January 8
New York
L 102–113
Spencer Haywood (38)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,20319–20
40
January 10
Golden State
L 94–119
Fred Brown (27)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,05519–21
41
January 12
Chicago
L 123–127 (2OT)
Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08219–22
42
January 16
@ Houston
W 127–125 (OT)
Fred Brown (36)
Hofheinz Pavilion 2,27420–22
43
January 17
@ New Orleans
L 109–113
Jim Fox (28)
Municipal Auditorium 3,12020–23
44
January 19
@ Atlanta
L 109–117
Fred Brown (22)
Omni Coliseum 5,65120–24
45
January 21
@ Buffalo
L 108–118
jackson (18)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 10,27120–25
46
January 24
@ Chicago
L 81–86
Fred Brown (24)
Chicago Stadium 7,10720–26
47
January 26
@ Cleveland
W 96–93
Fred Brown, Tommy Burleson (21)
Coliseum at Richfield 4,21921–26
48
January 29
@ Phoenix
W 99–85
Fred Brown (24)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4,27322–26
49
January 31
Portland
W 106–103
John Brisker (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08223–26 :
February
: 7–8 (home: 4–4; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
50
February 1
@ Portland
W 93–91
Fred Brown (28)
Memorial Coliseum 11,87024–26
51
February 2
@ Los Angeles
W 119–112
Archie Clark (22)
The Forum 11,58625–26
52
February 5
Phoenix
L 102–107
Fred Brown (18)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,00225–27
53
February 6
@ Phoenix
L 105–112
Fred Brown (36)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,86525–28
54
February 7
Washington
L 76–99
Spencer Haywood (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,72025–29
55
February 9
Buffalo
L 93–99 (OT)
Spencer Haywood (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,08225–30
56
February 12
Houston
W 104–103
Spencer Haywood (31)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,59526–30
57
February 14
@ Portland
L 88–90
Spencer Haywood (23)
Memorial Coliseum 11,88526–31
58
February 16
Los Angeles
W 109–87
Spencer Haywood (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,05327–31
59
February 19
Boston
W 121–95
Tommy Burleson (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,68028–31
60
February 21
Atlanta
W 110–108
Spencer Haywood (39)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08229–31
61
February 23
Philadelphia
L 100–114
Fred Brown (25)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,87129–32
62
February 25
@ New York
W 102–101
Spencer Haywood (37)
Madison Square Garden 17,09630–32
63
February 26
@ Washington
L 98–104
Spencer Haywood (20)
Capital Centre 6,20230–33
64
February 28
@ Philadelphia
L 111–112
Spencer Haywood (32)
The Spectrum 7,68230–34 :
March
: 9–5 (home: 6–1; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
65
March 2
@ Boston
W 104–97
Spencer Haywood (30)
Hartford, CT 11,28331–34
66
March 4
@ Buffalo
L 97–104
Leonard Gray (33)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 12,66531–35
67
March 6
@ Milwaukee
L 92–102
Fred Brown (25)
MECCA Arena 10,93831–36
68
March 8
@ Kansas City-Omaha
W 103–99
Fred Brown (24)
Municipal Auditorium 12,38932–36
69
March 11
@ Houston
W 122–117 (OT)
Leonard Gray (25)
Hofheinz Pavilion 6,15333–36
70
March 14
Buffalo
W 125–105
Tommy Burleson, Spencer Haywood (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08234–36
71
March 15
@ Golden State
L 84–120
Fred Brown (23)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 9,59434–37
72
March 16
New York
W 97–94
Fred Brown (37)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08235–37
73
March 19
Milwaukee
W 101–100
Leonard Gray (20)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08236–37
74
March 21
@ Los Angeles
L 109–112 (OT)
Archie Clark (29)
The Forum 10,10236–38
75
March 23
Phoenix
L 96–102
Spencer Haywood (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08236–39
76
March 26
Los Angeles
W 110–89
Archie Clark (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,12837–39
77
March 28
Golden State
W 96–92
Tommy Burleson (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08238–39
78
March 30
Portland
W 98–88
Spencer Haywood (40)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08239–39 :
April
: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
79
April 2
Kansas City-Omaha
W 99–96
Spencer Haywood (25)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,62840–39
80
April 4
@ Los Angeles
W 111–102
Tommy Burleson (25)
The Forum 10,94641–39
81
April 5
@ Golden State
W 109–108
Tommy Burleson (26)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 11,06442–39
82
April 6
Phoenix
W 114–111
Archie Clark (31)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,08243–39 :
1974–75 season schedule :

## Playoffs

1975 playoff game log :
First Round: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 8
Detroit
W 90–77
Fred Brown (23)
Spencer Haywood (14)
Slick Watts (6)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082
1–0
2
April 10
@ Detroit
L 106–122
Fred Brown (30)
Tommy Burleson (10)
Slick Watts (8)
Cobo Arena 10,490
1–1
3
April 12
Detroit
W 100–93
Tommy Burleson (23)
Tommy Burleson (16)
Slick Watts (6)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082
2–1 :
Conference semifinals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 14
@ Golden State
L 96–123
Leonard Gray (20)
Leonard Gray (8)
Watts, Brown (4)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,279
0–1
2
April 16
@ Golden State
W 100–99
Spencer Haywood (28)
Spencer Haywood (15)
Slick Watts (7)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787
1–1
3
April 17
Golden State
L 96–105
Tommy Burleson (25)
Tommy Burleson (11)
Slick Watts (9)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082
1–2
4
April 19
Golden State
W 111–94
Fred Brown (37)
Tommy Burleson (15)
Slick Watts (10)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082
2–2
5
April 22
@ Golden State
L 100–124
three players tied (15)
Tommy Burleson (8)
Leonard Gray (5)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787
2–3
6
April 24
Golden State
L 96–105
Slick Watts (24)
Tommy Burleson (11)
Slick Watts (11)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082
2–4 :
1975 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Season

| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| John Brisker | 21 | 13.1 | .426 | .857 | 1.6 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 7.7 |
| Fred Brown | 81 | 33.0 | .480 | .831 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | .2 | 21.0 |
| Tommy Burleson | 82 | 23.0 | .417 | .687 | 7.0 | 1.4 | .8 | 1.9 | 10.1 |
| Archie Clark | 77 | 32.2 | .495 | .834 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 1.4 | .1 | 13.9 |
| Rod Derline | 58 | 11.5 | .428 | .768 | 1.0 | .8 | .4 | .1 | 5.6 |
| Jim Fox | 75 | 23.5 | .469 | .802 | 6.5 | 1.8 | .6 | .2 | 9.0 |
| Leonard Gray | 75 | 30.4 | .489 | .722 | 6.4 | 2.2 | .8 | .3 | 11.5 |
| Spencer Haywood | 68 | 37.2 | .459 | .811 | 9.3 | 2.0 | .8 | 1.6 | 22.4 |
| John Hummer | 43 | 13.2 | .380 | .275 | 2.4 | .9 | .2 | .2 | 2.2 |
| Wardell Jackson | 56 | 16.8 | .397 | .718 | 2.4 | .5 | .5 | .1 | 4.3 |
| Kennedy McIntosh | 6 | 16.8 | .207 | .667 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .7 | .5 | 3.0 |
| Talvin Skinner | 73 | 21.6 | .409 | .649 | 4.7 | 1.2 | .7 | .2 | 4.8 |
| Dean Tolson | 19 | 4.6 | .432 | .647 | 1.2 | .3 | .2 | .3 | 2.3 |
| Slick Watts | 82 | 25.1 | .421 | .608 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 2.3 | .1 | 6.8 |

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Fred Brown | 8 | 30.0 | .496 | .844 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 | .1 | 20.6 |
| Tommy Burleson | 9 | 40.4 | .513 | .750 | 10.7 | 1.4 | .8 | 2.0 | 20.7 |
| Archie Clark | 9 | 29.9 | .436 | .900 | 3.6 | 3.4 | .7 | .1 | 7.0 |
| Rod Derline | 6 | 10.7 | .545 | .857 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .3 | .0 | 7.0 |
| Jim Fox | 8 | 5.0 | .286 | .571 | 1.1 | .3 | .0 | .1 | 1.5 |
| Leonard Gray | 9 | 29.2 | .488 | .846 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | .6 | 9.9 |
| Spencer Haywood | 9 | 37.4 | .359 | .770 | 9.0 | 2.0 | .8 | 1.2 | 15.7 |
| John Hummer | 6 | 11.3 | .000 | | 1.5 | .7 | .3 | .0 | .0 |
| Talvin Skinner | 9 | 23.4 | .467 | .737 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .2 | 6.2 |
| Dean Tolson | 4 | 5.5 | .125 | 1.000 | 1.8 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Slick Watts | 9 | 31.1 | .462 | .538 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 3.0 | .4 | 11.1 |

## Awards and records

* Spencer Haywood was selected to the All-NBA Second Team and represented the West in the 1975 NBA All-Star Game.
* Tommy Burleson was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players added Via draft Tommy Burleson Rod Derline Leonard Gray Wardell Jackson Talvin Skinner Dean Tolson Via trade Archie Clark | Players lost Via draft (1974 NBA Expansion Draft) Isaac Stallworth (to New Orleans) Via trade Dick Gibbs Dick Snyder Via free agency Milt Williams Waived Kennedy McIntosh |

### Trades

| May 28, 1974 | To Seattle SuperSonics1974 first round pick | To Cleveland CavaliersDick Snyder 1974 first round pick |
| August 20, 1974 | To Seattle SuperSonicsArchie Clark | To Washington BulletsDick Gibbs 1975 third round pick |