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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Russell Westbrook may see more floor time at point guard than he expected to begin the season. The Sonics announced late Tuesday that veteran point guard Earl Watson fractured his right thumb on his shooting hand, and could miss up to four months. At the latest, that would put Watson's return at the end of training camp.
Watson suffered the injury while playing basketball in Los Angeles, and is scheduled to have surgery on Thursday in Los Angeles.
"We are confident Earl will work hard towards a healthy and timely recovery and look forward to getting him back on the court," Seattle general manager Sam Presti said in a prepared statement.
Watson averaged career highs in points (10.7), assists (6.8), rebounds (2.9) and minutes (29.1) last season. Over his seven-year NBA career, Watson has averaged 7.4 ppg, 4.5 apg and 2.2 rpg.
The Seattle SuperSonics announced the team’s roster for the Orlando Pro Summer League, which runs from July 7-11. Sonics draft choices Russell Westbrook, D.J. White and DeVon Hardin will compete in the weeklong league. The team’s other draft pick, Serge Ibaka, will return to Spain to compete professionally there, and will not play in the summer league.
Seattle played in the Las Vegas Summer League and the Salt Lake City Revue last year. But Sonics brass decided to play in Orlando instead this summer, which is not open to the public and is shorter than Las Vegas.
Jeff Green is a surprise addition to the roster. Both Green and Kevin Durant were expected to sit out summer league play this season. Green and Durant also have been selected to play on the U.S. Select team that will compete against the U.S. Olympic team in Las Vegas in preparation for the Beijing Summer Olympics. Read more about the Orlando Summer League here.
Name No. Pos. HT/WT Birthdate From
Russell Westbrook 0 G 6-3/190 11/12/88 UCLA
Devin Green 2 F 6-7/210 10/25/82 Hampton
D.J. White 3 F 6-9/250 8/31/86 Indiana
Mykal Riley 5 F 6/6/185 7/14/85 Alabama
Ndudi Ebi 8 F 6-9/200 6/18/84 Westbury Christ.HS
Aaron Bruce 11 G 6-3/185 12/19/8 Baylor
Ronald Dupree 12 F 6-7/210 1/26/81 LSU
Jeff Green 22 F 6-10/235 8/28/86 Georgetown
Ronnell Taylor 23 G 6-5/200 7/26/82 UAB
Justin Williams 30 F/C 6-10/260 5/12/84 Wyoming
Brian Randle 42 F 6-8/220 2/8/85 Illinois
Nick Lewis 44 F/C 6-10/235 4/20/83 San Diego
DeVon Hardin 50 C 6-11/250 6/3/86 Cal.
