Sonics' Roster Taking Shape

Yes, Pat Robertson's PR guy has had a busy couple of days, but so has Sonics general manager Rick Sund.

On Tuesday, Sund re-signed center Vitaly Potapenko. On Wednesday, he secured the services of backup forward Damien Wilkins.

Potapenko will be the Sonics' starting center this season. His backups are rookie Johan Petro, the team's first-round draft pick this year, and Robert Swift, the team's first-round draft pick last year.

Neither Petro or Swift, though their combined names would be a good moniker for an oil company, are NBA-ready. Would the Sonics really begin the year with these two tyros backing up the injury-prone Potapenko? We hope not.

Art Thiel, however, writing in the P-I, is ok with it. Seattlest remains unconvinced.