With only 24 games left and not much to look forward to except the NBA draft in June, who will Seattle take in the lottery this season? ESPN’s mock draft lottery machine set up by Chad Ford attempts to answer that question.

The machine scrambles up the 2,184 possible scenarios and spits out its prediction every time you push the “play lottery” button.

I went through 10 different scenarios, and the Sonics actually got the No. 1 pick and chose consensus first pick Kansas State’s Michael Beasley three out of 10 times, even though the Sonics only have an 11.9 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick.

Seattle got the second pick twice, and took Memphis guard Derrick Rose. The Sonics got the third overall pick three times, and the fifth pick twice, each time taking Texas A & M center DeAndre Jordan, a raw, physical 7-footer who can clog the middle, but needs to work on his post-up game.

The picks make some sense, because the Sonics scouting staff has taken a close looks at Rose and Jordan. It would be interesting if the Sonics got the No. 1 pick because Beasley and Durant are similar players, and I’m not sure how they would mesh together, particularly with Jeff Green also in the mix at a wing spot.

The New Tribune columnist Dave Boling wonders aloud with the Sonics on is current, 7-game road trip, folks at home are getting a small taste what it would be like for the team to be gone permanently.

The Seattle Sonics have a cool new Web site.

ESPN’s Bill Simmons continues his effort to help Sonics fans find solutions to keep the team here.