Kevin Durant grabbed outlet passes. He stepped out and fed post players who were running down the middle of the floor. When he did go inside, he soared to the baseline for a rebound over Wally Szczerbiak, the veteran small forward who at 6-foot-7 is two inches shorter but far more bulky than the teenager with the body of a greyhound.

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Once Kevin Durant got the ball in his hands, he couldn’t stop himself from twirling it on his finger, dribbling between his legs and swishing a short jumper while being shuttled between photo shoots. For a day, the Seattle SuperSonics tried to ignore the off-court questions about ownership, relocation and lawsuits and put the focus back on their overhauled roster, centered around Durant, the No.

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Paul Westhead is leaving the WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury to return to the NBA, accepting an assistant coach job with the Seattle SuperSonics on Thursday. Westhead’s move to join the staff of friend P.J. Carlesimo was not unexpected after the Mercury won their first title two weeks ago. The WNBA crown was the second title for the 68-year-old Westhead, who also won the NBA championship in 1980 as a…

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The stage is now all his, not that Kevin Durant wants it. Not yet, anyway. The second pick in the NBA draft and the supposed teenage savior of the Seattle SuperSonics is still getting over the loss of Greg Oden, the other half of the twin rookie stars of the Northwest. Oden, the No. 1 choice drafted by Portland, is out for the year after major knee surgery two weeks ago.

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The Seattle SuperSonics may be forced to stay in the Pacific Northwest.

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Seattle officials filed a lawsuit Monday to keep the SuperSonics from leaving town, saying the team’s profitability at KeyArena “has less to do with KeyArena than perhaps the Sonics’ ability to defend the high pick-and-roll.” The lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court just a few days after new Sonics chairman Clay Bennett issued a demand for arbitration, seeking to buy out the remainder…

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Phoenix Mercury coach Paul Westhead is still considering an offer from the Seattle SuperSonics to be an…

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