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According to people close to Sam Presti, his relationship with ownership of the Oklahoma City Thunder is at a place where he would be allowed to leave the franchise for another job should he prefer to do so.
Presti has been general manager of the Thunder since 2007.
Presti has been mentioned in the media as a potential candidate for the New York Knicks.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
Revived wrote:Considering how Presti has done in recent years (or basically after drafting KD/Westbrook/Harden/Ibaka), I’m not sure he’s someone the Knicks should even be going after.
Man appears to have lost his touch.
PerfectJab wrote:Revived wrote:Considering how Presti has done in recent years (or basically after drafting KD/Westbrook/Harden/Ibaka), I’m not sure he’s someone the Knicks should even be going after.
Man appears to have lost his touch.
That's an oversimplification if I've ever seen one. The top 3 you mention were lottery picks and management was stingy after they became successful.
He turned Oladipo into George which would have been a bad trade if it weren't for the haul he got:
July 10, 2019: Traded Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers for Danilo Gallinari, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a 2021 1st round draft pick, a 2022 1st round draft pick, a 2023 1st round draft pick, a 2023 1st round draft pick, a 2024 1st round draft pick, a 2025 1st round draft pick and a 2026 1st round draft pick. (2021 first-round pick is MIA's unprotected pick.) (2023 first-round pick is MIA's pick, top-14 protected.) (Right to swap with LAC.) (Right to swap with LAC.)
Then he does this:
July 16, 2019: Traded Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul, a 2021 1st round draft pick, a 2024 1st round draft pick, a 2025 1st round draft pick and a 2026 1st round draft pick. (top-4 protected) (top-4 protected; if 2026 first-round pick is protected, it becomes $1MM and 2026 second-round pick) (2021 first-round pick is right to swap with HOU, top-4 protected.) (2025 first-round pick is right to swap with HOU, top-20 protected.)
Now with his history of successful lottery picks (Adams, Ibaka, Westbrook, Durant, Harden) what do you think is the likelihood of Presti making something happen?
