Robert Swift is out tonight, and possibly for the foreseeable future Seattle coach P.J. Carlesimo announced during his pre-game conversation tonight.

Carlesimo said Swift had an MRI this afternoon, which may have shown further damage in his surgically repaired right knee. Carlesimo will meet with Swift before the game, and the Sonics should make an announcement about Swift's status later this evening.

Asked if Swift tore his ACL again, Carlesimo said it's a concern.

Here's Carlesimo talking about the Swift situation.

With Swift out, new arrival Francisco Elson will be on the active list and probably will see some time tonight. Carlesimo said he'll limit the offensive and defensive sets when Elson is on the floor.

Carlesimo also said that even though Elson was not playing a ton of minutes for San Antonio, he keeps himself in good shape and should be ready to play.

Seattle general manager Sam Presti also met with the media today to discuss the recent trades. During the press conference Presti was asked if the Sonics ownership group had requested that he dump salary in order to help save the organization money, with the Sonics currently struggling financially. Here's what Presti said.

"Absolutely not. Clay (Bennett) has been tremendously supportive in our decision making from the basketball side. And I think the best example of that I the Kurt Thomas deal. That’s a deal where we took Kurt into the exception with nothing going out. And that increased our payroll significantly, but we felt that was the right thing to do for our team on the basketball court, and clearly we were able to add some additional assets at the same time."

Listen to the Presti conversation here and here.

Starters are the same for Seattle tonight, with Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Chris Wilcox and Johan Petro getting the nod.

Probable starters for Portland are Steve Blake, Jarrett Jack, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Joel Przybilla.