Percy Allen of the Seattle Times reports that Kenny Anderson is unhappy. He knew he would be backing up Gary Payton when he was traded to the Sonics this summer, but he had no idea his minutes would be cut this much.

After a short run in the first half, Anderson sat the entire second half of Seattle?s 84-82 loss to the New Orleans Hornets. As he sat in the locker room after ghe gam looking at the stat sheet, he lamented.

"Six minutes," he said. "Whoa. Man. I really don't know if I can do this. I don't know if I can do six minutes. That's not me. That's not where I'm at in my career. Not yet, at least."

Coach Nate McMillan said that he wasn?t happy with the level of intensity the reserves brought in the first half, so he decided to go with his starters almost exclusively. "Our bench hadn't showed me that they could change anything," McMillan said. "We wanted to try and make a run with our guys that we run with in the clutch."

Desmond Mason was the only Seattle bench player to log double-digit minutes.

"If I were anywhere else, this would really just drive me crazy, but I know the deal here," said Anderson, who scored one point and had one steal. "I know Gary is the man. But man, six minutes? I mean, I know I can get more time than that. I know there's got to be a way to get me on the court."