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 SEATTLE (AP) - Kevin Durant is the cornerstone of the Seattle SuperSonics' future. P.J. Carlesimo gets the first opportunity to teach Durant the ways of the NBA.
The Sonics concluded a two-month search on Thursday when they hired Carlesimo as their coach, eight years after he was fired from his last head coaching job. After spending the last five years as an assistant with San Antonio, Carlesimo will take charge of a young team still in the throes of a roster overhaul.
It is Carlesimo's first head coaching job since the 1999 season, when he was fired by Golden State. Carlesimo replaces Bob Hill, who was fired on April 24 after Seattle went 31-51 in his only full season as coach.
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