SEATTLE When the Seattle SuperSonics open their playoff season,they'll be playing for the future as well as the here and now.
If the Sonics collapse in the playoffs for the third straightyear, coach George Karl knows he could be fired and the team with thesecond-best record in the NBA dismantled.
"I'm very proud of the job I've done here," Karl said. "I knowit's been first class. If they want to change it, they have thatright. Then I have to live with it."Despite the Sonics' 64-17 record after a victory Friday nightagainst Minnesota in Seattle, Karl has not been offered a newcontract. General manager Wally Walker has told Karl that decisionwill be made this …

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