Eric Williams covered the Sonics' last season in Seattle. A Tacoma native, Eric graduated from Mount Tahoma High and the University of Puget Sound.
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The Sonics had a spirited, hour-long workout session this morning before tonight’s game against Cleveland, and coach P.J. Carlesimo seemed pleased with what the team accomplished afterward.
“We got better just now,” Carlesimo said. “And I hope to hell we get better tonight. I don’t think we got better against Sacramento. But we just got better this morning.”
Listen to Carlesimo’s full conversation here.
The starters for tonight are:
PG – Earl Watson
SG – Mickael Gelabale
SF – Wally Szczerbiak
PF – Chris Wilcox
C – Kurt Thomas
I imagine Mouhamed Sene, who did not play on Tuesday against Sacramento, will get some run in tonight, probably with this opening group.
Carlesimo said veterans Szczerbiak and Thomas will play about 20 minutes each.
Luke Ridnour (broken nose), Robert Swift (knee tendonitis), and Delonte West (lower back strain) will all sit out tonight.
Ridnour practiced with the group today, but Carlesimo said he wants to give Ridnour time to adjust to the mask he’ll have to wear to protect his nose. West practiced a little bit and could go if he had to, but Carlesimo is sitting him out as a precaution. And Swift did not practice at all this morning, resting his surgically repaired right knee. But if Swift feels OK tomorrow could play against Indiana on Saturday.
Rookies Kevin Durant and Jeff Green should see extended minutes on the floor together with the second unit. Carlesimo said they’ll probably also play against Indiana on Saturday, in part to get used to playing back-to-back nights in the NBA.
Cleveland is playing rare back-to-back home games. They defeated Detroit 96-90 on Thursday, and will play Seattle tonight, then travel to China Saturday for a two-game trip against Orlando.
I talked to Durant for a few minutes. He’ll face LeBron James for the first time in an NBA game. But the two faced off during Team USA camp over the summer.
“I talk to LeBron a lot,” Durant said. “We talk pretty much on and off. He just told me to have fun, and to just go through your rookie year and take it all in stride.”
Listen to the full conversation with Durant here.
I’ll have a pre-game report and will be blogging throughout the game tonight, so check back.
