Fortson sits, and it might be permanent By Percy Allen(Seattle Times staff reporter) The Sonics suspended Danny Fortson for last night's game against Washington, but the pertinent question is whether the power forward will play another game this season. Fortson will not accompany the team when it flies to Memphis this morning and will remain in Seattle during the Sonics' two-game trip that concludes Wednesday in San Antonio. General Manager Rick Sund said he spoke with Fortson on Saturday and decided that the time away would give an injury to the 6-foot-8 reserve forward's left ankle a chance to heal. Sund said Fortson was suspended after coach Nate McMillan asked him to play in Friday's game against the New York Knicks and the forward declined. Fortson wasn't wearing a complete uniform beneath his warm-ups, according to Sund. "He asked him to go into the game in the second half, and he felt he wasn't ready," Sund said. "You have to be ready, you have to go in the game when the coach asks you to." Fortson was apparently angered Friday after McMillan benched him in the first half because he arrived late to a game-day workout Sund emphasized that the missed road games were not a suspension. He said he asked Fortson if he wanted a couple of games off because of the ankle, and the forward agreed. "Let's get his ankle ready," Sund said. "Let's get his mind ready." The suspension for last night's game will cost Fortson $64,644, or one game paycheck. Sund said Fortson had no plans to appeal. Fortson also was suspended for two games by the NBA for throwing a chair after being ejected from a game Feb. 11. McMillan is unsure if he'll use Fortson when the team returns. Reserve forward Nick Collison and center Vitaly Potapenko could replace him in the rotation. Fortson, who arrived from Dallas last summer in a trade for Calvin Booth, endeared himself to Sonics fans with his desire to do the dirty work early in the season. But after averaging 9.7 points through Jan. 18, Fortson's contributions have steadily declined. His season average has dipped to 7.8 points in the past 27 games, and only once over that span has he played longer than 18 minutes. "I don't know what Danny's issues are," co-captain Ray Allen said. "He seems as if he's been angry the last couple of days, and I don't know why because there's no reason to be angry when we're having the kind of season that we're having." Said Sonics guard Luke Ridnour, one of Fortson's closest friends on the team, "He's had some tough things going on with his family and everything. We just have to stay encouraging and let him know that we're praying for him and here for him. That's the biggest thing. We can't cut him loose now." Several teammates insisted Fortson hasn't been disruptive, but were aware of his history. This is Fortson's fifth team in seven NBA seasons. At Golden State, he bristled while sitting for long stretches on the bench, and the Warriors essentially told him to stay away from the team during the latter half of the 2002-03 season. On Friday, he appeared in good spirits on the sideline. Afterward, he muttered expletives while walking out of KeyArena. "Everything was working so well and now it's not," he said. "It's not me. Everything I'm doing now, I've always done. It's not me." http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2002222067_fortson28.html 大意是说，Fortson对灰熊和对马刺都不会跟着球队远征。 Sund和McMillan希望他能够养好伤 and 心态上准备好上场比赛， 虽然Collison和Potapenko现在表现不错， 可是我们还是需要一个肯打篮下的前锋，James实在是...扛不下这个重责大任阿， 前一阵子有一两场很神，今天又恢复以前的死样子，老是进攻犯规不然就是失误掉球， Fortson对我们来说是很重要的， 希望他心态上能调整好，因为练球迟到被罚有什麽好不爽的，有伤在身就多休息两天吧， 季後赛希望看到完整的超音速阿。 ----- 最近都没Radmaonvic的消息...上次看他穿得帅帅的，笑得挺开心的， 今天这场比赛看到双R被守得死死的，就很怀念起这位落腮胡先生阿。 --

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