Just got this from Realgm.com The Sonics have a lot of hope for Luke Ridnour, the lanky native of Blaine, WA this season. However, a training camp injury has struck him again. It is the second consecutive year in which Ridnour suffered an injury. Last year, he severely pulled an abdominal muscle in a pre-draft workout and underwent surgery. "I just pulled it pretty bad," Ridnour said of the most recent injury. "It doesn't have anything to do with what I did before, but it's a pretty bad pull, so I've got to get it taken care of." With the absence of an all-star roster, the Sonics will rely heavily on their young role-players to emerge into effective scorers and defenders. With that, they can ill-afford to lose more to injury, such as the season ender sustained to rookie Nick Collison last year. How does this affect us getting AD????
Off topic, but if Collison stays healthy this year, I think he will be a force at the four. Ok, back to the topic. It's too early to jump to conclusions. There's still a long while (unfortuantely) left until the start of the regular season.
I watched just watched a summer league game last weekend between the Sonics and the Hawks. Collison was very good. He is very fundamentally sound and reliable on the floor. I think he will be a force like you said.
