SEATTLE – The Seattle SuperSonics picked up options on guard Luke Ridnour and forward Nick Collison for the 2006-07 season today.
Financial terms of the options were not released.
Both played in all 82 games last season, but it was the first full season for Collison, who missed 2003-04 after undergoing surgery on both shoulders. Collison averaged 5.4 points and 4.6 rebounds last season as a reserve.
Ridnour started every game at point guard for the SuperSonics in his second season and averaged 10.0 points and 5.9 assists. In the playoffs, Ridnour averaged 9.7 points and Collison 8.4.
They were lottery picks in the 2003 draft - Collison was taken 12th out of Kansas, while Ridnour was selected 14th from Oregon.