Another day at training camp and the Sonics are still in learning mode. Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo said he was unhappy with the intensity level in the second practice on Tuesday, but the team picked it up in the morning practice today (Wednesday).

Carlesimo still is taking things slow. He says because of all the learning no one has really stood out in practice. Even the veterans are struggling to get any rhythm because there’s a lot of coaching on the floor by Carlesimo, who wants to make sure the players are doing the drill work the right way.

“You can see it’s hard to think as much as we are thinking right now,” Carlesimo said. “When you get to the point where you understand what’s going on, you can kind of go out and play. You still think but you’ve done it before so you get a comfort level. We don’t have that comfort level right now.”

Listen to the rest of Carlesimo’s comments after practice here.

An injury note, Delante West rolled his right ankle toward the end of practice during some of the drill work and is listed as day-to-day. And Jermaine Jackson caught an elbow in his eye just at end of practice from Nick Collison, but appeared to be okay.

I saw the last 15-20 minutes of practice, which included a controlled scrimmage with referees. Carlesimo said it was the most the team had scrimmaged so far during training camp. Here are a few thoughts on the action.

Damien Wilkins looked comfortable on the floor, hitting a couple jump shots, going strong to the basket and playing solid defense. Wilkins, who changed his number to 21 this season from 12 — the same number his father Gerald and uncle Dominique wore during their NBA careers — has kind of been the forgotten man. But he said during media day that he’s in the best shape of his career, and can play either the two or the three for Seattle. The problem is Wilkin’s main competition for playing time are rookies Jeff Green and Kevin Durant and veteran Wally Szczerbiak. But if Wilkins continues to play well he could make things interesting.

Luke Ridnour looked like his old self on the court. He played a lot looser than he did last year and seemed more relaxed on the floor. Ridnour and Earl Watson matched up during the scrimmage, as they did all of last year, and Watson looked solid as well. So it should be an interesting competition to see who earns the starting job.

Robert Swift seemed to move better than the first day, so maybe the soreness in his knee is feeling better. He had a couple nice put backs inside, and did a better job of getting back defensively.

Wally Szczerbiak continues to shoot well. You can pretty much count it when he’s left open.

Chris Wilcox was impressive as well, exploding past Swift for an easy lay-in and running the floor well. This could be a breakout year for Wilcox if he’s focused and ready to go.

The teams were divided up with seven players on each squad, but Carlesimo again said that the groupings had nothing to do with who may start or not, and that he wouldn’t start formulating a starting lineup until toward the end of the preseason.

“No one is distancing themselves from anyone else and no one is burying themselves right now,” Carlesimo said about the first two days of camp.

Here are the groupings from today.

White squad — Luke Ridnour, Kevin Durant, Wally Szczerbiak, Nick Collison, Chris Wilcox, Kurt Thomas and Mickael Gelabale.

Green — Earl Watson, Jermaine Jackson, Johan Petro, Robert Swift, Damien Wilkins, Mouhamed Sene, Jeff Green.

Let me know if you have other questions or concerns about the team and I’ll try to address them in the comments section.

I’ll have a short feature on Wilkins tomorrow, focusing on his potential role on this team and his push to emerge as a go-to player this season. You can listen to an interview with Wilkins here.