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Eric Williams covered the Sonics' last season in Seattle. A Tacoma native, Eric graduated from Mount Tahoma High and the University of Puget Sound.

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Keeping an eye on the NBA and Seattle's efforts to get back into the game
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Posted by Eric Williams @ 02:15:34 pm

Listen the full interview with Sam Presti after the draft on Thursday here, here, and here.

Presti provided some thoughts on the overall draft class.

"We got some defensive-minded guys, and we got some athletes. we also have accumulated players in this draft the come from winning backgrounds, and those are things that we emphasized in our scouting process, and he culminate in a night like this."

Presti also provided a couple thoughts on each player

On UCLA's Russell Westrbook:

"Russell Westbrook in our opinion is the best perimeter defender in the draft. We had him targeted from early in the year. He's a competitor, and he is the ultimate teammate."

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