I have been told by a league source that the Luke Ridnour deal is close to getting done. It still can fall through, obviously, and the Hawks may want to go in a new direction or get a better offer from somebody else as the draft quickly approaches. They are still having discussions about a three-team deal that will bring Amare Stoudemire, and if that goes through it may scuttle Seattle's chances of getting the 11. But for now it looks like it has a decent chance of being consummated. I was under the impression that the Hawks were going to take Mike Conley with the third pick, but I am now told they have their eye on Al Horford, which is the reason they would do the deal for Ridnour. Interestingly, Acie Law told me today that he did not work out for the Sonics. He was originally scheduled to because it seemed like they were going to move up, but then they canceled it. So the Sonics have not had a first-hand look at Law.