OK, so here was the details of what happened with Randy Livingston and Earl back in 2001-02, when Earl was left off the playoff roster in favor of Livingston. The other irony that Livingston pointed out while we were interviewing him was that he initially came to the Sonics because of an injury to Earl. Livingston had played for the Suns the year before, and with Jason Kidd out he started in a playoff series against San Antonio. The Suns upset the Spurs. And so the Sonics thought Livingston would be useful when they faced the Spurs in the first round, leaving Earl off the playoff roster. They pushed that series to five games but ultimately lost but it made Earl angry and he left that summer for Memphis. Anyway, Livingston said he expects to be named the MVP of the D league in the next few days, so it's a little bizarre this is the first time he was picked up by a team. But he has little upside because he is 32 years old. The Sonics signed him instead of Mateen Cleaves because he has size and the Sonics did not want to have two 5-10 point guards.

Danny Fortson is not here, he had an excused absence to stay home. Personal issues.

I asked Bob if he was thinking about playing Rashard less time in fear of him getting hurt like everybody else. His response was that Rashard is in a contract year and would shoot him if he did not allow him to play his normal minutes. So you'll be seeing Rashard 38 minutes a game for the next four games.

Nothing abnormal came back on Luke's MRI. Just a sprained ankle. Bob said even if Luke or Earl were able to play, he doubts he would even play them because they are not going to be 100 percent.