What was the nickname of the Seattle SuperSonics player who was selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game during the 1999-2000 NBA season?
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.
Wardell Jackson Wardell Jackson (born July 18, 1951 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is a retired professional basketball small forward who played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics during the 1974–75 season. He attended Ohio State University where he was drafted by the Sonics during the sixth round of the 1974 NBA Draft.