Seattle SuperSonics: 9 stars you forgot played for the Sonics
By Luke Duffy
3. Craig Ehlo
Unfortunately for Craig Ehlo, he is often best remembered as the player who was the victim of “The Shot” by Jordan during the Eastern Conference first-round series between the Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers in 1989. This is unfair though, as that particular Cavaliers team was really good, and would spend the late 80s and early 90s as a fun and competitive team.
Ehlo was drafted by the Houston Rockets in 1984 and would play three seasons there, before getting to Cleveland. Alongside Mark Price they formed a deadly duo, with other notable guys such as Dell Curry, Tree Rollins, Steve Kerr and Danny Ferry his teammates throughout Ehlo’s time there.
Some remember him for his move to the Hawks after this, where he was a backup and only started eight games in his three seasons there. After that though, he spent his last season with the SuperSonics, playing 62 games (starting none) and averaging only 13.7 minutes per contest.
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His 3-point shooting had taken a big dip by that point (shot 28.4 percent from deep that season), but looking back it is clear that Ehlo could have excelled in today’s game. He shot over 41 percent from deep in two different years, although he did only take somewhere between 2.5-3 shots from that distance per game.
That SuperSonics outfit that Ehlo played on in 1996-97 had just been to the finals, and if Ehlo had tapped into his shooting abilities more, or been allowed to, he could have been a real asset off the bench or next to a defensive mastermind in Payton. Instead, he shot 28.4 percent, took 95 attempts all season, and was then let go as his career came to an end.