Sonics Win, Petro and Swift Play.

A couple of things of note: I was hoping that Swift and Petro would play a total of about 40 minutes, that they would play until they had 5 fouls each, and that this would be the norm. I wasn't hoping that Bob Weiss would get canned, but, if that's what it took to get the centers on the team to play at the center spots in actual NBA games, then so be it. This isn't about Bob, Bob, or even the rest of the players on the team, it's about playing shot blockers, it was about the gaurds directing players to those shot blockers, it was about other players rotating over to shut off the paint and cover the man the help defender was leaving to block shots.
Petro and Swift played 39 minutes, 5 fouls each, 8 points, 9 rebounds, just one block.
Here's the Popcornmachine game flow from last night. I don't see how that is any worse than playing Potapenko, or any other player at center other than Swift and Petro. What was important was that the two twenty year-young kids played. Potapenko isn't going to be better in 29 more games, Petro and Swifty might.
Check the ESPN shot chart, click on the 1st quarter, see one (1) shot made in the paint, really, check any quarter. Maybe they didn't have but 1 block between them, but they kept players out of the paint.
Now look at the ESPN shot chart from Monday's games against Indy (no JO in that game, mind you). Notice anything?

I know Petro and Swift will be overmatched on many nights, but it is unlikely that the team will be giving up as many points in the piant.

Let's see what happens in Detroit on Friday.