Seattle Sonics Sign Rookie Draft Pick Sene

From Supersonics.com:

Sonics Sign Sene

SEATTLE - The Seattle SuperSonics today announced they have signed first round draft pick Mouhamed Sene. The Sonics selected Sene with the 10th overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft.
"We’re glad to get Mouhamed on board," Sonics General Manager Rick Sund said. "His participation in this month’s summer league in Salt Lake City will give him a feel for the NBA and he can begin to get acclimated to the style of play."
An early-entry candidate for the draft, Sene garnered the attention of the basketball community at the 2006 Nike Hoop Summit, when he recorded 15 points, six rebounds and nine blocked shots in 27 minutes of action. He spent the 2005-06 season with Verviers-Pepinster of the Belgium Division I League. Sene also participated in the Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy in both 2004 and 2005.

"We’re excited to sign Mouhamed," said Sonics Head Coach Bob Hill. "With his ability to block shots and rebound, we hope he can give support to Robert Swift and Johan Petro to improve our defense in the paint."

Sonics player page for Sene states that his uniform number is 18.

Also in the news today the Sonics announced that Mikki Moore has taken his player option to stay in Seattle for one more year.
With the signing of Sene and new of Moore staying that puts the number of players on the roster that have contracts at 12:

Ray Allen - SG
Nick Collison - PF
Noel Felix - SF
Danny Fortson - Doghouse
Rashard Lewis - SF
Mikki Moore - C
Johan Petro - PF
Luke Ridnour - PG
Robert Swift - C
Earl Watson - PG
Damien Wilkins - SG
Mouhamed Sene - PF

Two free agents the Sonics have rights are:
Chris Wilcox - PF - Restricted FA
Mike Wilks - PG - FA

That would put the roster at 14 if Wilks were to return, but that's very unlikely. 13 is the likely total not including other draft picks.

Three second round draft picks are on the summer league roster taking court this week at the Rocky Mountain Revue starting July 14.
Denham Brown - SF
Paccelis Morlende - G
Yotam Halperin - G

That would put the rother at 16.

As much as I like Moore, and think he would be a better influence on the young players than wrestle mania's Danny Fortson, but he may have opted in to get paid all summer until the Sonics cut somebody loose. If the Sonics want to keep all of the second rounders then somebody has to go. They are not paying Danny Fortson $6,596,990 to leave, not when they can pay Moore $1,070,000 to open the roster spot.

The reality is that the Sonics have 3 more picks coming next year and they have to figure out who can play, who they keep, and who they don't. They should consolidate the roster into 10 guys that will play and 2 or 3 guys that are developing. Swift, Petro and Sene look like they will land on both of those lists, playing and developing.
It's also quite likely that Yotam Halperin goes back to Europe for another year. Paccelis Morlende was drafted in 2003. They need to know this summer if he can play.

Consolidate.