The Sonics used its 32nd and 46th picks in a trade with Detroit to pick up the Pistons' 29th pick, D.J. White, a 6-9, 250-pound bruiser out of Indiana.

And Seattle took another big man with the 50th overall pick, selecting Cal center DeVon Hardin. The Sonics used their last pick, No. 56, to select yet another big guy, 6-11 center Alexander Kaun. However, the Sonics sent Kaun to Cleveland for cash considerations.

With the draft picks Seattle has 15 players in the fold heading into the beginning of free agency on July 1, leaving an expectation that Presti isn't done reshaping the roster before training camp begins in October.

The Sonics introduced Westbrook and the rest of the team's draft picks at the team's practice facility on June 27.

Westbrook, 19, said he spoke to Durant soon after the Sonics drafted him and expects to fit in well with the reigning Rookie of the Year and the rest of his teammates.

"We're both young players," Westbrook said about playing with Durant. "I know he's a great scorer. He was the Rookie of the Year, and I know he's going to do some great things in this league."

White, 21, gives Seattle another option at power forward. The 6-foot-9 Hoosier was the Big Ten player of the year and earned consensus second-team All-America honors as a senior. At the press conference White appeared fit and ready to contribute for the Sonics and said he looks forward to showing what he can do.

"I think I'll fit in well," White said. "I add another scoring threat up front. I can score on the block as well as rebounding and playing tough. That's basically what I do, and I feel I'll help out in those areas."

Talented but unpolished, Hardin, 22, finished as Cal's second all-time leading shot-blocker. The 6-11 senior said playing against Brook and Robin Lopez at Stanford and Kevin Love at UCLA helped prepare him for the type of frontcourt talent he'll face in the NBA.

"Seeing the Lopez twins go high in the draft, I expect them to do well this season," Hardin said. "And the fact that I competed with them, I feel like I can compete here, too."

But the headliner was Westbrook, who has no illusions why the Sonics picked him at No. 4.

"The biggest thing for me is defense," Westbrook said. "That's what I pride myself after. Just coming out and locking people up. And that's what I'm going to try to do to help this team win."

The Sonics hope Westbrook's off-the-chart athleticism translates into the combo guard developing into one of the best defensive stoppers in the league -- similar to what Bruce Bowen has become for the Spurs.

"He's not going to be Bruce Bowen this year, but he's got length," coach P.J. Carlesimo said. "You throw his wingspan on top of that, and he may be our best cover at the wing spot."

--A native of the Republic of Congo, Sonics draft pick Serge Ibaka appeared with his fellow rookies for the first time on June 27.

But don't get used to seeing Ibaka around the practice facility. The Sonics plan on sending the 18-year-old back to Spain, saving some money by allowing him to continue playing in the professional league there with the hope that Ibaka continues to develop and is one day ready to play in the NBA.

And Ibaka feels the same way.

"Both my family and my whole country are very happy that I'm being drafted," Ibaka said through a Spanish translator. "It's definitely a dream come true, but also it is only the beginning of something. It not the only thing I want to accomplish. It's only the beginning of what I want to become, which is a good NBA player. This is only the first step."

Articulate and well-spoken, Ibaka is an intriguing prospect for Seattle. At 6-foot-10, 220 pounds, he starting playing when he was 7 years old, and both of his parents played basketball. International scouts rave about Ibaka's athleticism, jumping ability and quickness up and down the floor. However, they also say he's unpolished offensively and still needs to develop better court awareness.

The Sonics put Ibaka through a private workout while scouting in Europe earlier this year and must have came away impressed because they used a first-round pick on him. Seattle general manager Sam Presti said there's no timetable on when the team will bring Ibaka back from Europe.

"When you speak to people about Serge, the thing that you learn is this is a young man who has tremendous focus," Presti said. "And he's very focused on improving and getting better. He also has a great deal invested, and he cares greatly about his success and how he represents himself.

"I think you can see that in the kind of improvement that he's made. And when you combine that with that kind of drive with the physical attributes that he brings to the table, we feel like that's a good combination."

QUOTE TO NOTE: "His competitor's have tremendous respect for him. His teammates have tremendous respect for him. That kind of character and defensive mentality is what we're attracted to." -- Seattle general manager Sam Presti on his team's top draft pick, Russell Westbrook.