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There are bigger fish, true. But this one actually looks it will happen in our lifetimes, as Seattle and Atlanta are reportedly near an agreement sending point guard (!) Luke Ridnour to Atlanta in exchange for the #11 pick in tomorrow's draft.

Gary Washburn of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says the rumor has serious legs and could go down today. Of course, Atlanta is now apparently caught up in the Garnett cluster@%#%, so things could slow down as the Hawks wait for the official 'No chance in Hades you're getting Amare' statement from Phoenix.

What do the Sonics want with the #11 pick? Two scenarios:

• They want Greg Oden, so they'd package #2 and #11 in exchange for Portland's #1.
• They want one of these glorious swing prospects -- Jeff Green, Julian Wright -- to pair up with Kevin Durant and Ray Allen, thus creating an offensive juggernaut which leads to Jerry Sloan's face melting.

Given what we know about Sam Presti, I'd say Door #1 is the answer. Other trade scenarios between Portland and Seattle get messy because of salaries; just trading draft picks makes things a lot simpler.

Of course, Atlanta is still a big question mark. Ridnour was disappointing on the fifth-worst team in the league. Is he so much better than, say, Acie Law to offset his three-year, $20 million deal versus the rook's four years of chump change? I'm not certain.