Kevin Durant will get another opportunity to show off his growing wardrobe in two weeks.

The league’s Rookie of the Year will represent the Sonics in the NBA draft lottery on May 20 in Secaucus, N.J., according to the team’s spokesperson Tom Savage.

The No. 2 overall pick last season, Durant and Sonics are in the lottery again after finishing a franchise-low 20-62 overall, the second-worst mark in the NBA this season behind the Miami Heat.

The Sonics have a 19.9 percent chance of getting the top pick, an 18.8 percent chance of grabbing the No. 2 pick and a 17.1 percent chance of snagging the No. 3 selection.

Seattle can finish no worse than with the fifth pick overall.

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Kansas State forward Michael Beasley and Memphis point guard Derrick Rose are considered the top two prospects entering the draft.

Sonics legend Lenny Wilkins represented the team during last year’s lottery selection.

Seattle has six picks overall in this year’s draft, held June 26 -- the most of any team.

Along with the lottery pick, Seattle has the 24th pick overall in the first round from last summer’s trade with the Phoenix Suns for big man Kurt Thomas.

And in the second round Seattle has picks 32, 43, 50 and 56.

The Sonics likely will not use all six picks, choosing instead to use some of the selections in trades to bring in veteran players to add to a young nucleus that includes Durant, Jeff Green and whoever they choose with their lottery pick.

As currently configured the Sonics have 11 players under contract, and will save about $8 million in cap space over the next two years. Seattle also still holds trade exceptions worth about $3 million and $1.8 million to sweeten any future deals.

At last week’s announcement for Durant’s rookie award Sonics general manager Sam Presti talked about building a team with Durant instead of around him.

“There’s still so much room for him to grow in so many ways,” Presti said. “And we need to allow him the space to do that -- to find himself, and continue to grow from a basketball standpoint, from a competitive standpoint and from an emotional standpoint.”

An active player in last year’s draft, Presti declined to divulge what specific strategies the team will use this season.

“You’re always gathering information,” Presti said. “You can be doing that from watching film, making calls, studying statistics -- there’s just so many different facets to making that decision.

“Obviously until we know where will be selecting, you just have to continue to prepare and be ready for different scenarios. Our objective is to add the best player we can. We’ll have a better idea to where we are positioned after the lottery, and we’ll continue to prepare from there.”

Whatever direction the team goes, Presti said the uncertainty involving the team’s future location will have no bearing on his draft decisions.

“Our commitment is to again building a team that we feel like can compete consistently in the Western Conference in the NBA,” Presti said. “Regardless of where we are the plan has to remain the same, the objectives are the same, and our decision making will remain the same.”

Listen to a conversation with Presti here.

Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman says Seattle should continue to fight to save the Sonics because its hard to regain a pro franchise once a team leaves.

The Tulsa World takes a peek at neighbor Oklahoma City’s effort to bring the Sonics to town to help improve the city’s image.

Jenni Carlson of The Oklahoman also weighs in on the faces of Seattle’s resistance. She profiles five people working to keep the Sonics in town, including Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, former Sonics owner Howard Schultz, Shultz’s attorney Richard Yarmuth, former senator Slade Gorton and Brian Robinson of Save Our Sonics.