news and notes, Luke

Half way through and what do we have?
Luke Ridnour named to the Rookie/Sophomore challenge, Sophomore team.
Below are the rosters for the 2005 got milk? Rookie Challenge:
ROOKIE TEAM ROSTER
Tony Allen
Boston
G
6-4
213
Oklahoma State
Luol Deng
Chicago
F
6-8
220
Duke
Ben Gordon
Chicago
G
6-3
200
Connecticut
Devin Harris
Dallas
G
6-3
185
Wisconsin
Dwight Howard
Orlando
F
6-11
250
SW Atlanta Christian Academy
Andre Iguodala
Philadelphia
F
6-6
207
Arizona
Emeka Okafor
Charlotte
F/C
6-10
252
Connecticut
Josh Smith
Atlanta
F
6-9
225
Oak Hill Academy
Beno Udrih
San Antonio
G
6-3
203
Slovenia

SOPHOMORE TEAM ROSTER
Player
Team
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
College/Country
Carmelo Anthony
Denver
F
6-8
230
Syracuse
Chris Bosh
Toronto
F
6-10
235
Georgia Tech
Udonis Haslem
Miami
F
6-8
232
Florida
Kirk Hinrich
Chicago
G
6-3
186
Kansas
Josh Howard
Dallas
F
6-5
210
Wake Forest
LeBron James
Cleveland
F
6-8
245
St. Vincent-St. Mary HS
Kyle Korver
Philadelphia
F
6-6
211
Creighton
Luke Ridnour
Seattle
G
6-1
167
Oregon
Dwyane Wade
Miami
G
6-4
212
Marquette
http://www.nba.com/milk_rookie/rookie_challenge_050127.html

All very nice, I'm happy for him but I'll kick this out there.
Here are the top 10 assist PG's in the NBA, Luke is #9, second in the Western Conference.
http://tinyurl.com/4vst9

He's #5 in Assit/TO (AD is #1)
http://tinyurl.com/5fw2f

He might not be on the Allstar team, but maybe he should.

He turns 23 in 2 weeks.
You can get a better idea of how good a player will be by his 3rd or 4th season. He'll be 24 or 25, maybe an allstar second teamer. Stunning.

I think it is fair to say that the improvement in the Sonics has come from young guys maturing. Do nothing trade-wise works for young players. Return this same team next year and they are even better, just because.
I wonder if Ray will be around to see it.