The Sonics had a light practice today, which included lifting weights, watching video and shooting.

Chris Wilcox will have a second doctor look at his finger tomorrow and probably will not play against Charlotte on Wednesday.

Earl Watson did go through today's light practice, and may play on Wednesday.

Francisco Elson appeared OK after playing for the first time since spraining right knee and missing five games, and should be ready to go on Wednesday.

Carlesimo talked after practice. You can listen to that conversation here.

Most of the team went to Rainier Beach High School to have lunch with students there and to present four, college-bound students with $2,500 scholarships each as part of the Dennis Johnson Memorial Scholarship fund.

Also, the campaign for Al Horford as Rookie of the Year continues, with Atlanta Hawks players lobbying for their teammate to win the award here.

I thought these comments by Atlanta rookie point guard Acie Law, who played against Kevin Durant when Durant was at Texas and Law was at Texas A & M were interesting.

Hawks rookie point guard Acie Law IV has ties to both candidates, giving him a unique perspective.

"Listen, Kevin Durant's a good friend of mine and a great player," Law said, "but for what Al contributes to our team, what he means to this team and how important he is to the resurgence of this franchise, I don't see how anybody but Al could win this award.

"Durant is having a great scoring year. But as far as making his teammates better and his team better, you just don't see that. With Al in the game, he makes it easier on all of our players. I think it's his award, hands down. It shouldn't even be close."

I still think Durant should and will win the Rookie of the Year award this season.

The "playoff bound" Hawks are 30-39, and if they were in the Western Conference would be 12th in the standings and on the outside looking in. The team's record also would be worse because they'd have to play teams like San Antonio, the Lakers, Phoenix, Houston and Dallas four times a year.

Atlanta is 12-17 against the Western Conference this season, and 9-26 on the road.