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• Sam Presti Criticizes NBA For Being Too ‘Defensive’, Not ‘Rational’ About Injuries
Before this 2024-25 season, you might have not cared too much about what Sam Presti had to say, but now that he’s led the Thunder to their first-ever title, I think we should listen. The OKC general manager publicly criticized the NBA for pushing back on the amount of injuries players suffered this campaign. The […] The post Sam Presti Criticizes NBA For Being Too ‘DefensiveR...2025
• Jalen Williams to Undergo Wrist Surgery After Championship Run
Jalen Williams just played the best basketball of his life, all with a torn ligament in his shooting wrist. The 24-year-old will undergo surgery on his right wrist after powering through the entire 2025 postseason with the injury, Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti confirmed Monday. Williams suffered the tear during a late-season win over […] The post Jalen Williams to Undergo Wrist Surgery...2025
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• Presti: NBA should be rational about injury causes
OKC GM Sam Presti said the league has been too "defensive" in its analysis of why so many players suffered Achilles injuries this season....2025
• Thunder GM Sam Presti says NBA can't put 'head in the sand' about injuries: 'It's almost insulting'

Presti said that playing one NBA game today is almost like playing two a decade ago...2025
• Presti argues NBA too 'defensive' about injuries
OKC GM Sam Presti argued that the league has been too "defensive" in their analysis of why so many players suffered Achilles injuries this season....2025
• Thunder’s Jalen Williams To Undergo Surgery On Right Wrist
Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Jalen Williams will have surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist and will be ready for the start of the 2025-26 season, general manager Sam Presti announced Monday. “It’s not an injury that people have a problem recovering from,” Presti said at his end-of-season news conference Monday. […] The post Thunder’s Jalen Willia...2025
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• Sam Presti Criticizes NBA For Being Too ‘Defensive’, Not ‘Rational’ About Injuries
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• Presti: NBA should be rational about injury causes
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• Thunder GM Sam Presti says NBA can't put 'head in the sand' about injuries: 'It's almost insulting'
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• Thunder’s Jalen Williams To Undergo Surgery On Right Wrist
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• Wrist Surgery Set For Jalen Williams
Thunder guard Jalen Williams will undergo surgery to fix a torn ligament in his right wrist, according to Rylan Stiles of the Locked on Thunder podcast (Twitter links). General manager Sam Presti made the announcement today, revealing that Williams played two months with the injury. Presti added that the surgery was expected once the playoffs […]...2025
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• Dunc'd On: The Oklahoma City Thunder are the 2025 NBA Champions; KD is Traded to the Rockets

Even with our moods a bit muted in light of the Tyrese Haliburton injury, we celebrate the championship journey of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Sam Presti and the Thunder organization for one of the great turnarounds in NBA history. Indiana is devastated by the Tyrese Haliburton injury. We look back on their unbelievable postseason and turn a somber eye to what comes next. Kevin Durant played this tra...2025
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• The Thunder’s dynasty potential can break the NBA’s parity era

Photo by Logan Riely /NBAE via Getty Images The Thunder won an NBA championship, and they’re only getting better. Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder on the Fourth of July, Russell Westbrook posted a picture of a plate of cupcakes the next day, and the future of the Oklahoma City Thunder hung in the balance. Sam Presti had drafted three future NBA MVPs to start his tenure in OKC, a...2025
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• The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Thunder drafted Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams in the 2022 lottery. Is it the best NBA Draft team class ever? The idea of the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first ever NBA championship seemed like an impossible dream as the franchise entered the 2022 NBA Draft. The Thunder were coming off a 24-58 season that followed a 22-60 season. ...2025
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• Durant Departure Will Test Westbrook, and OKC's Belief in His Leadership
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"Sam Presti of the Oklahoma City Thunder was announced Tuesday as the NBA's executive of the year, the reward for building that team into a juggernaut that won a league-best 68 games this season."

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"And as he sat in the x-ray room in front of OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti, a wide range […] The post Chet Holmgren Reflects on How He Propelled Past Season-Ending Injury to Assemble Historic Rookie Season appeared first on SLAM."

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"Photo by David Berding/Getty Images For the second time in his career, Sam Presti is building a winner."

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"Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti is well-known around the NBA for his ability to rack up the draft picks and build this franchise for the future."

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"The Oklahoma City Thunder are back at it again as Sam Presti acquired yet another future first-round draft pick just hours after 2021 NBA Draft day."

2020
"As the Bulls consider changes to their front office, Sam Presti‘s name is one that has now surfaced multiple times."

2019
"GM Sam Presti told the media during his annual postseason press conference that George will see a specialist outside of Oklahoma City, but Thunder staff members will be present."

2018
"Sam Presti is […] The post Report: Thunder Expressed Interest In Trading For Marcus Smart appeared first on SLAMonline."

2017
"Sam Presti has had himself one heck of an offseason, adding Paul George and Patrick Patterson"

2016
"On Thursday, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reported the latest twist in the seemingly never-ending saga surrounding Durant's exit from Oklahoma City: When Russell Westbrook traveled to Oklahoma City to meet with general manager Sam Presti in the aftermath of the franchise's lost weekend in the Hamptons, Westbrook held no interest for a post-mortem on Kevin Durant."

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"General manager Sam Presti's decisions will all have some bearing on his former MVP's future with the organization, and matching the Portland Trail Blazers' offer to Kanter is no different."

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""He fit the profile of the types of players that we're generally attracted to," general manager Sam Presti said, listing Jones' size, length, quickness and positional versatility."

• Thunder Sign Jaylin Williams to Three-Year, $24M Contract Extension
The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed forward/center Jaylin Williams to a multi-year contract extension, Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti announced Sunday. Jaylin Williams’ New Deal Carries An Average Annual Salary Of $8 Million According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Williams is signing a new three-year, $24 million contract extension with the Thunder after […...2025
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• On the Zombie Sonics NBA title, and why I cherish the Seahawks Super Bowl even more now

Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images The Seahawks’ Super Bowl winning season needs greater context in light of Seattle’s former NBA team winning a title. It finally happened, much to the disappointment and bitterness of former Seattle SuperSonics fans. The Oklahoma City Thunder, the best team all regular season, avoided what would’ve been the greatest upset in NBA Finals history with a 10...2025
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• How the Thunder stole an NBA championship

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Thunder won an NBA championship the old fashioned way. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The Thunder arena scoreboard might be the only one in the NBA which eschews typical box score stats in exchange for providing attendees with Four Factors, and an insight toward why the Thunder are what they roll. The Four Factors, an advancement coined in the last century b...2025
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• The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class
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• The Pacers were almost lost to history. Now they’re making it in the NBA Finals

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images The Pacers are unkillable, and the Thunder are learning it the hard way. The Pacers are two wins from the team’s first NBA title, with two Finals games left to play in Indianapolis. It is the closest the Pacers are to an NBA title since the team’s previous NBA Finals game in Indianapolis a quarter-century ago, when Indiana struck in the f...2025
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• Why the Royals must not sell at the deadline

It would be unwise to trade Seth Lugo. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Take a page from history, specifically 2015 The Royals must not sell at this trade deadline. Instead, they need to buy. The Royals currently find themselves in the middle of a competitive window, one of which they took advantage last season by making the playoffs for the first time in nine years, defeating the favored Ba...2025
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• How OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti became the best executive in sports

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images Sam Presti is the GM every fan wishes they could have, or even be. Sam Presti has nothing left to prove. But his team might do some proving anyway. General Manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder; the 2025 NBA Executive of the Year; drafter of Tony Parker, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden; traded for Paul George when the team was flo...2025
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• Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals predictions for champion and MVP

Photo by William Purnell/Getty Images Here are our 2025 NBA Finals predictions. The matchup in the 2025 NBA Finals shouldn’t be as surprising as it feels at first blush. Doubting the Oklahoma City Thunder was always a fool’s errand. The Thunder won 68 games this year, tied for the sixth-most ever, while posting the second-best net-rating ever behind the 72-win 1996 Chicago Bulls. It wasn’t...2025
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• Sam Presti's Contractual Status With Thunder One Of NBA's Biggest Unknowns

Sam Presti is expected to remain with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the long-term even though his contractual status is one of the bigger unknowns in the NBA. Presti was hired by the then-Seattle Supersonics in 2007 when he was just 29 years old after making his mark with the San Antonio Spurs. "People have been trying to steal Sam Presti for about a decade and a half. Generally with most executi...2025
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• How the Thunder stole an NBA championship
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• How OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti became the best executive in sports
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• Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals predictions for champion and MVP
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• Remembering the last time the Pacers and Thunder made it to the NBA Finals

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Time for a trip down nostalgia road. The Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder might not be the NBA Finals that anyone predicted or wanted, especially leaving teams like the Knicks, Celtics, Rockets and Lakers in their wake — but damn if it isn’t the Finals we need. Not only do these Finals represent a reality where small market teams ...2025
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• The NBA Media is about to give the MVP to the wrong guy… again

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images The race between Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a clear winner, it’s just not the one NBA media is acting like it is. The MVP race should be over. In fact, it probably is over… for the wrong person. It’s been known for months that this year’s race is between two stars: Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. All available polls, bettin...2025
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• Thunder sign Ajay Mitchell to multi-year contract
The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed guard Ajay Mitchell to a multi-year contract, it was announced yesterday by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. In 34 games (one start) this season, Mitchell is averaging 6.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 16.5 minutes. He is one of two rookies this season shooting … Continue reading "Thunder sign Ajay Mitchell to multi-year...2025
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• Thunder sign Branden Carlson to Two-Way Contract
The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed center Branden Carlson to a Two-Way Contract, it was announced yesterday by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. Carlson (7-0, 220) has appeared in 15 games for the Thunder this season after originally being signed on November 16, 2024. The Utah native scored a career-high 11 points … Continue reading "Thunder sign Branden Carlson to ...2025
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• Pelicans trade Daniel Theis to Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder has acquired center Daniel Theis and a 2031 second-round draft pick in a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans for cash considerations, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. Theis [tice] (6-8, 254) has appeared in 411 career games (160 starts) and averaged 7.1 points … Continue reading "Pelicans trade Daniel Theis to Thunde...2025
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• The Pacers were almost lost to history. Now they’re making it in the NBA Finals
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• NBA Finals’ 17 best players ranked for Thunder vs. Pacers series

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 NBA Finals. The 2025 NBA Finals is a classic matchup of an elite offense vs. a historic defense. The Indiana Pacers vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder might not be the series anyone would have expected at the start of the season, but it should provide a thrilling NBA Finals showdown anyway. The Thunder were a popular preseason...2025
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• 1 trade for all 30 NBA teams to fix the whole league for Christmas

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Are all these trades legal under the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement? Yes. Will every team involved hate them? Quite possibly. The holiday season is about rebirth and renewal. It’s a moment of reflection, when we are all afforded a chance to improve ourselves in the new year. Many people vow to go to the gym more, to quit smoking, to b...2024
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• NBA Draft winners and losers: 4 teams who crushed it, 1 perfect fit, and 3 bad moments

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Here’s our 2024 NBA Draft winners and losers so far. For a class that didn’t have much excitement around it, the 2024 NBA Draft sure did produce a lot of interesting moments. There was Isaiah Collier falling to the bottom of the first round to the Utah Jazz, the Timberwolves making a bold trade into the top-10, Pistons going with a best player available st...2024
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• Grading Bulls-Thunder trade for Alex Caruso and Josh Giddey from both sides

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let’s grade the Bulls-Thunder trade that sends Alex Caruso to OKC for Josh Giddey. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Chicago Bulls have completed the first trade of the new NBA offseason, and it’s sending one of the best role players in the NBA to the Western Conference. The Thunder are acquiring Alex Caruso from the Chicago Bulls for guard Josh Giddey, according to ...2024
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• Dunc'd On: 15 in 60 Mailbag (West 12.23.23)

Our bi-weekly look at the Western Conference with great questions from listeners: UTA: Did they blow up the Mitchell/Gobert team too early? What are the trade possibilities? SAS: Should the Spurs be tanking hard? Would Trae Young be a fit? SAC: Can they afford Malik Monk? Should they make a lower-level trade for a forward? POR: Anfernee Simons, point guard? PHX: What do they need to add in a trad...2023
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• Oklahoma City Thunder 2021 NBA Draft Grades For Every Pick
The Oklahoma City Thunder may have ended the 2020-21 season near the bottom of the Western Conference with a disappointing 22-50 record. However, it can’t be denied that the team still possesses one of the best young cores in the league as of the moment. In the 2021 NBA Draft, general manager Sam Presti added […] The post Oklahoma City Thunder 2021 NBA Draft Grades For Every Pick appea...2021
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• Report: John Calipari expressed interest in Knicks presidency
Maybe the itch to compete in the NBA still hasn’t escaped John Calipari.ESPN New York’s Ian Begley reported on Thursday that Calipari’s people reached out to the Knicks to express interest in their presidency. Begley says the Knicks do not have interest in Calipari at the moment. Though it is unconfirmed, Begley presumes Calipari would be interested in a dual-job of coaching the Knicks in addition...2017
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• Enes Kanter's Max Contract Is All About Kevin Durant's 2016 NBA Free Agency
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• Thunder acquire Waiters in three-team trade
The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired guard Dion Waiters from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Oklahoma City's protected 2015 first round pick and as part of the transaction, Lance Thomas was sent to the New York Knicks, Thunder Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti announced Monday....2015
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• Kevin Durant: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation Surrounding Thunder Star
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• Kevin Durant Injury: Updates on Thunder Star's Recovery from Foot Surgery
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• Kevin Durant Reveals Unknown Bone Break in Foot, but Says He's Healthy Now
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• Ailing Durant shut down, no return timetable
Kevin Durant has been "removed from basketball activities," Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced Friday....2015
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• Kevin Durant Injury Update: Star to Be Re-Evaluated in 1 Week After Procedure
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• Kevin Durant Reportedly Told Russell Westbrook He Was Leaving Thunder via Text
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• Can Thunder Tread Water in West Until Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook Return?
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• Wrist Surgery Set For Jalen Williams
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• On the Zombie Sonics NBA title, and why I cherish the Seahawks Super Bowl even more now
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• How the Thunder stole an NBA championship
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• The Pacers were almost lost to history. Now they’re making it in the NBA Finals
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• Why the Royals must not sell at the deadline
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• How OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti became the best executive in sports
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• Thunder Notes: Offseason, Mitchell, Caruso, Daigneault
While the Thunder look to avoid a 2-0 deficit to the Pacers in tonight’s Game 2 Finals matchup, around the league, teams are eyeing their roster construction with interest, writes Jake Fischer for The Stein Line. That’s not just because of the success general manager Sam Presti has had building a small-market powerhouse, but also because […]...2025
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• Thunder vs. Pacers NBA Finals predictions for champion and MVP
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• Remembering the last time the Pacers and Thunder made it to the NBA Finals
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• NBA Draft winners and losers: 4 teams who crushed it, 1 perfect fit, and 3 bad moments
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• Grading Bulls-Thunder trade for Alex Caruso and Josh Giddey from both sides
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• Reload or Rebuild: What’s next for Nuggets, Thunder, Cavs and Knicks after losing in the NBA playoffs?

Graphic by Anton Tabuena, original photo via Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Trade rumors are expected to grow louder after the Nuggets, Cavaliers, Thunder and Knicks were all eliminated in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The 2024 NBA Playoffs has already been very eventful to say the least. Several superstar-heavy teams were sent packing way earlier than they hoped, and now t...2024
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• Sam Presti comments on Vasilije Micic as NBA speculation grows
Sam Presti spoke about Vasilije Micic following Saturday's rookie press conference....2023
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• Rival Execs Hear Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 'Frustrated With The Losing'

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is having a breakout season, averaging 31.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.6 assists this season with a PER of 28.3. Gilgeous-Alexander is in Year 1 of a five-year, $172 million max extension. Following the Donovan Mitchell trade, there was speculation that Gilgeous-Alexander could be the next star player to seek a new situation. Both Gilgeous-Alexander and Sam Presti tried to ...2022
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• Sam Presti Believes Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Speculation Due To Media Seeking 'Little More Content'

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is entering Year 1 of a five-year, $172 million max contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder and his future with the franchise has been questioned by some in the media as he could be the next potential trade target for teams trying to make an all-in move. The Cleveland Cavaliers recently acquired Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz for a package of future first round picks, ...2022
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• Thunder owner Sam Presti fires back at Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trade speculation

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been rebuilding for a few years now. Their general manager, Sam Presti, has done a great job of acquiring draft capital. They also have some young talented players on the roster. One such player is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Gilgeous-Alexander has recently been rumored to be the next name in the NBA […] The post Thunder owner Sam Presti fires back at Shai Gilgeou...2022
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• Chris Paul Trade Market Favors Buyers
The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired star point guard Chris Paul with the idea of flipping him for further assets. Unfortunately for general manager Sam Presti and company, there has never been a significant market for the expensive veteran. I wrote last July about how speculation about a potential Heat-Thunder deal might have been premature. Despite […] The post Chris Paul Trade Market Favors...2019
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