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Seattle SuperSonics: 9 stars you forgot played for the Sonics

By Luke Duffy

Seattle SuperSonics' Patrick Ewing (L) battles with former teammate Larry Johnson (R) for a rebound in the first quarter at Madison Square Garden in New York 27 February 2001. Ewing, who was traded from the Knicks to Seattle in the off-season, was making his first visit to New York since the trade. AFP PHOTO Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo by HENNY RAY ABRAMS / AFP) (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Seattle SuperSonics' Patrick Ewing (L) battles with former teammate Larry Johnson (R) for a rebound in the first quarter at Madison Square Garden in New York 27 February 2001. Ewing, who was traded from the Knicks to Seattle in the off-season, was making his first visit to New York since the trade. AFP PHOTO Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo by HENNY RAY ABRAMS / AFP) (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP via Getty Images) /
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7. Luke Ridnour

Another guy who wasn’t a star, but did well to carve out the career that he did in the league, is Luke Ridnour. Like Evans his first stop was in Seattle, although he was actually drafted by the team. He would spend five years there, but the second season was when he would have his most success in their colors.

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Ridnour played and started in every regular season game, a run that included the team getting to the conference semi-finals where they lost to the San Antonio Spurs. Ridnour’s numbers during that regular season were pretty pedestrian (10 points and 5.9 assists per game), but he was playing alongside Allen and Lewis.

The following year Ridnour would average the most minutes (33.2) and points (11.5) while he was there, but they couldn’t reach the same heights as before, going 33-49. This perhaps highlighted even then that Ridnour was best served as a backup, and bar a stint with the Minnesota Timberwolves later in his career that’s what he would become.

He was still with the franchise when they relocated to Oklahoma, but by the end of his tenure there he was average only 20 minutes a night. He was then traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team deal, which is best remembered for landing Mo Williams in Cleveland to play with LeBron James and the Cavaliers.

Another guy who was with the SuperSonics through a transitional period, although by his last year there he was sharing a locker room with Durant and Jeff Green. a real bridge between two eras, who is definitely more recognizable for later seasons with the Timberwolves and Bucks (who he played for on two separate occasions).