Articles about Seattle Sports in ESPN

There's one article about football http://http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/news/story?id=2766985&CMP=ILC-INHEAD, that says the needs of the NFC West teams. First off, it says that St. Louis needs an offensive tackle, and it acknowledges that Pace and Barron are two of the best in the league, but there is not much depth behind them. If all they need is an adequate backup, I don't really see this as a need.
For the Seahawks, our need is TE, FB, Center, SS, and OLB. Sure we need a tight end, but Stevens played great when healthy, and Hannam was a good blocking tight end. For FB we still have Mack Strong, and we drafted David Kirtman last year. For Center, it says that Robbie Tobeck's retirement brings up a need, but it doesn't mention our first round pick 2 years ago, Chris Spencer, who played great at Center last year. Strong Safety is a need because I'm still not sure what we're going to do with Boulware. He has the talent, I'm just not sure if he'll ever put it together. And lastly, and perhaps the funniest comment, it says that we need another Julian Peterson, "Although Julian Peterson is the most athletic player of this group, having another linebacker of equal talent will make this the most revered unit in the NFL." This is funny because That's like saying that the Panthers need another Julius Peppers because Mike Rucker isn't good enough. Leroy Hill is a pretty good player, and our backups DD Lewis and Kevin Bentley aren't bad either. After SS, our needs our CB and that's pretty much it.

For the Sonics article, http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&id=2771327, Chad Ford suggestst this:
Ray Allen and Robert Swift to the Celtics
Rashard Lewis to the Bobcats
Sebastian Telfair to the Hawks
Adam Morrison, Gerald Green, Josh Childress, Ryan Gomes, Theo Ratliff and a Bobcats protected first-round pick to the Sonics.
In essence, we lose Ray Allen, Robert Swift, and Rashard Lewis for Morrison, Green, Childress, Gomes, and Ratliff. Ford is right in that we're not going anywhere, and getting us prospects and cap space isn't a bad idea. Morrison would be loved in Seattle, except for the fact that he is HORRIBLE right now. I love Gerald Green, and consider him a young T-Mac. Childress is an underrated small forward who can do a bit of everything, and is good defensively, something that we need. Gomes is an underrated young, but short, power forward, who is sort of like a softer Danny Fortson with no attitude problem. I would like the idea if we received a first round pick, but giving up over 40% of our team for these guys seems a bit much. The good part though is that as much as I like Ray Ray and Rashard, they both are just good shooters who don't play with enough defensive intensity.