The Seattle Supersonics extended qualifing offers to Vladimir Radmanovic, Ronald Murray, Reggie Evans and Damien Wilkins on Tuesday.

The small forward Radmanovic has put his Seattle house up for sale and there is much speculation he will go for a bigger contract elsewhere.

Ronald "Flip" Murray has seen very little time playing behind shooting guard Ray Allen, however, can be explosive in the few minutes he does play.

Reggie Evans had a breakthrough year as the Sonics power forward with tough defense and tenacious rebounding.

The youngster Damien Wilkins has shown much promise and had some very big games late in the season filling in for the injured Radmanovic and Rashard Lewis.

Late last night, the Seattle SuperSonics traded the rights to their second round pick Lawrence Roberts (selected 55th overall) to the Memphis Grizzlies for two future second round draft picks and cash considerations.

The state of Washington has the opportunity to produce three first found picks this year as Marvin Williams and Martell Webster seem to be locks as lottery picks and Husky Nate Robinson potentially sneaking into the first round.

Next draft promises to be the same with two Washingtonians coming into the draft with first-round potential, Washington's Brandon Roy (Garfield) and Gonzaga's Adam Morrison (Mead High in Spokane).

"It seems like every year we just keep getting better and better," said Roy of the status of basketball in Washington.

Current and retired NBA players from the state have paved the way for this new class to make the jump to the League including: Jason Terry, Michael Dickerson, Brian Scalabrine, Jamal Crawford, Doug Christie Luke Ridnour and Dan Dickau.

Kendall Gill, 37, who spent many seasons in the NBA playing for teams like the Seattle Supersonics and the Charlotte Hornets won his debut boxing match with a knockout in 1-minute, 58-seconds at the Aragon Ballroom.

The 5-foot-10-inch Trevor Biley was no match for the 6-foot5-inch inch Gill.

"I feel great," the 37-year-old NBA veteran and former Illini star said. His trainers told him to take it easy early.

"But I couldn't resist," Gill said. "I saw him hurting."

"I want to fight one more time and then go back to the NBA," Gill said, adding that he'll return to boxing after his 15th season. "I'm a very young 37."

LeBron James would like to have some input on which players the Cavaliers go after in this summer?s free agency market set to begin next week.

On the top of Lebron?s list of Cavalier potential pick-ups are: Phoenix?s Joe Johnson, Milwaukee?s Michael Redd, Seattle?s Ray Allen, Washington?s Larry Hughes and Chicago's Eddy Curry, all shooting guards with the exception of the Bulls big man.  All big names in the 2005 free agent market, with each player demanding a max contract or close to it.

Johnson will not be available because the Suns are certain to resign the shooting guard with the departure of Quentin Richardson.

The Seattle SuperSonics today signed General Manager Rick Sund to a multi-year contract extension, Sonics & Storm President and CEO Wally Walker announced.

?Rick has done excellent work as our general manager over the past four years, and we?re very pleased he?ll be continuing in his role,? said Walker. ?Rick does a superb job of managing our day-to-day basketball operations, a little-recognized, but critical component of his job.?

Sund, 54, possesses more than 30 years of front-office experience in the NBA. In the last four years that he?s served as Sonics general manager, the team has compiled a 174-154 (.530) record and has qualified for the postseason twice. During the 2004-05 season, the Sonics won the NBA?s inaugural Northwest Division Championship and advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals after eliminating Sacramento in the First Round, four games to one.

?I believe that with our mixture of veteran players and young talent, there is a very bright future for the Sonics,? said Sund. ?There are plenty of challenges ahead, but I greatly look forward to working with Wally, Nate and Howard Schultz to make this team better.?

Sonic ownership is offering McMillan, who has been a player, assistant coach or head coach in Seattle the past 17 years, a multiyear deal at between $4 million and $4.5 million per year.

Blazer owner Paul Allen apparently is willing to go as high as $8 million to $9 million a year to get McMillan.

Allen, who is said to have recently balked at giving $8 million to Flip Saunders, may now want to pass on the chance to steal the coach of the rival Sonics.
 
The Blazers can have no contact with McMillan or his representative, Lonnie Cooper, until after June 30, when McMillan?s contract is up.
 
?Nate doesn?t want to leave Seattle, but he is insulted by the offer so far,? says an NBA insider close to the situation. ?It?s likely he will stay with Seattle, but he feels he?s getting low-balled. He?ll probably still sign with the Sonics (before June 30), but if he waits to talk to Portland, it?s not impossible he would wind up coaching there.?
 
If McMillan re-signs with Seattle, the likely scenario would be for the Blazers to hire Phoenix assistant coach Marc Iavaroni.

Seattle Supersonics general manager Rick Sund is expected to re-sign with the team this week for a contract that is said to be three-years in length.

When reached last night, Sund declined to comment on the situation other than to say, "I'm optimistic that something will get done in the next couple of days." A voice-mail message left for team president Wally Walker was not returned.

Minnesota Timberwolves is denying reports that the T-Wolves head coaching job has been offered to Seattle assistant Dwayne Casey.

"We haven't offered the job to anybody," said McHale, vice president of basketball operations. "Unless I missed it, and usually I'm involved in that, so we haven't got to that point, yet."

The T-Wolves are also in the process of extending the contract of general manager Jim Stack.

"Well you've hired five coaches so far," McHale said to a group of reporters, referring to several speculative reports this offseason. "You guys haven't been right yet, why would you be right right now?"

The Minnesota Timberwolves are currently negotiating with Seattle Supersonics longtime assistant coach Dwayne Casey after offering him the head coaching position.

According to NBA coaching sources, Casey beat out current San Antonio Spurs assistant P.J. Carlesimo for the job.

Casey is also a finalist for the Portland job and may still be available if the negotiations between him and the Timberwolves do not go as planned.

It has not been confirmed as to whether Latrell Spreewell's presence on the Minnesota roster influnced managment's decesion to choose Casey over Carlesimo.