When was the 1999–2000 Seattle SuperSonics season All-Star point guard inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame?
1999–2000 Seattle SuperSonics season The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 32nd season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Sonics acquired Horace Grant from the Orlando Magic and Brent Barry from the Chicago Bulls, while signing free agents Vernon Maxwell and second-year forward Ruben Patterson. Two years removed from the George Karl-era, the Sonics once again managed to make the playoffs finishing fourth in the Pacific Division with a 45–37 record. They took the 2nd-seeded Utah Jazz to a fifth and decisive game in the Western Conference first round before being eliminated on Utah's home floor. All-Star point guard Gary Payton earned high individual honors for the season, including All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team selections, while being selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game.
1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season The 1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 9th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The SuperSonics finished the season in second place in the Western Conference with a 43–39 record, the same as the previous year and reached the playoffs for a second consecutive season, where they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the Conference Semifinals in six games.