Attorneys for the Sonics also filed the defendants proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in anticipation of Thursday's final day of court.

You can view the document here.

Seattle general manager Sam Presti addressed the media on Tuesday to discuss the team’s preparation for the upcoming NBA draft.

With six picks in this year’s draft, and 13 picks in the next three years, the team is expected to be an active participant on Thursday.

The Sonics already have been involved in a couple trade rumors with the draft approaching.

One has Seattle trading its No. 4 overall pick and power forward Chris Wilcox, heading into the final season of a three-year deal that will pay him $6.75 million, to Miami for power forward Mark Blount and the Heat’s No. 2 overall pick, and a chance to select Kansas State power forward Michael Beasley, a Washington D.C. native and close friend of Durant.

Another rumor has the Sonics looking to trade down with the hopes of selecting UCLA product Russell Westbrook. Seattle reportedly is enamored by Westbrook because of his on-the-ball defense and overall athletic ability, but may not consider him worthy of the No. 4 pick.

Presti (shown in these photo's by Associated Press photographer Ted Warren) addressed the rumors and other questions regarding the draft in 20-minute conversation with the media. You can listen to part of that conversation here.

And here are some answers to some of the questions heading into the draft.

Q: If the first two guys go as planned and you do pick at No. 4 is there one guy that you want?

Presti: We certainly have a direction that we’re leaning. You always have to be ready for every scenario. And that’s not without a lot of thoughtful discussion and debate and preparation that goes into it. But we feel good about where we are.

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The Sonics filed a motion to exclude Seattle deputy mayor Tim Ceis' testimony in the city's trial against the team.

Attorneys for the city had planned to call Ceis as a rebuttal witness on Thursday to counter Friday's testimony that suggests the city may have been involved in a "Poisoned Well" plan to make the Sonics bleed money with the hope that the Oklahoma City-based owners would sell to a private, local investment group.

The Sonics claim in Tuesday's filing that Ceis would not answer questions about members of K&L Gates, the law firm representing the city in the case, and their involvement with potential private investors interested in keeping basketball in Seattle.

Here's an excerpt from the filing:

"The city should not be allowed to now ambush the PBA on the last day of trial by impliedly waiving this same privilege in its questioning of Ceis."

Read the entire filing here.