with WIRED headphones on

beside himself, driving thru the streets of, what is it again

Oklahoma City 

Brook Dillion style

Looking for the next Poku

It’s the implication

there’s a lot ppl here that haven’t ever watched Spongebob and it shows

and now i feel old

He’s been great at scouting

That means media is going to act as if he’s behaving like Batman or something every time there’s an occasion scouting is going on. It’s how it works.

The media and fans love having a hyper-mythologized GM/lead exec in the league. Saw it with Ainge, Riley, Jerry West, RC Buford even

In terms of drafting/scouting he basically is

The more they pump him up, the less embarrassing it is for all the GMs he’s fleeced.

Bros good at his job and probably is gassed up enough to lean into it

Bc there’s nothing nba fans love more than glazing and shitting. every time a successful player/coach/exec pops up, there will be endless glazing until they make one mistake then it’s shitting time. The more you glaze now, the more you can shit on later

He created 2 big 3. One went to Final, and one won in Final. The ear buds probably listening to fuck the big 3, it’s just big me.

He’s the Logan Roy of NBA GM’s

Because this quote cuts off the part where Kyle was joking about trying to figure out what he was looking at to make it seem like some kind of praise

Presti famously does do his own scouting. He went to France from 2020-2022 to scout Ousmane Dieng, who obviously didn’t pan out. My point being, he still values doing his own legwork for players he is interested in.

I think that’s very different than many other GM’s - especially for teams who are not great at drafting

There was a clip the other day of him having a phone call at the draft combine

lmao

*Presti staring intently at another dude on the other side of the court wondering if it’s Danny DeVito*

Reporters: Look at how intense and deep in thought he is during these scouting opportunities, wow

I call that an average Tuesday

I legit spit out my drink when I read this comment

I mean he probably is the best GM in all of pro sports right now? And has a unbelievable track record for talent, back to his early Spurs days (he’s the guy who spotted Tony Parker).

Right now on his roster he has - stolen Jared McCain, Ajay Mitchell #38, Isaiah Joe off waivers, Aaron Wiggins #55, Jalen Williams #12, Cason Wallace #12, Jaylin Williams #34, Lu Dort undrafted. 

That is a beyond unbelievable return and we dont even know what Topic and Sorber are just yet. 

The track record on drafting, let alone trades and contract management are rightfully getting near mythical at this stage.

Well he did seem to be the only one according to the quote…..

Stupidly locked in

Seriously. Presti is definitely one of the best executives if not the best right now. However, the over the top glazing is insufferable at this point. They make it seem like he’s some generational genius out there with secrets that no one else has. The guy has made plenty of mistakes as well.

You guys aren’t alone. The guy is just about as important as anyone in the organization and I hope never takes on a bigger market but he’s being glazed for doing his job.

Its ridiculous the levels sports media goes on the love/hate trains. Trully WWE stuff.

Presti is a god amongst GMs and one of the best in recent memory, but he is also just some dude. Not everything needs to be 4D chess

Probably thinking about dinner

Until Presti spends a week and a half in Japan and the media starts hyping him up as if being a samurai has been a part of his identity his entire life and shaped his managing style Wemby still holds the n1 spot

All because Clippers were brain dead and gave him the deal of a lifetime, surrounded Westbrook, KD and even PG with shitty as big non shooting wings for years, awful roster construction

The perfect example of a great GM being very lucky, this is why you also need luck, Presti has made great decisions but also awful ones

Not many GMs would get to keep their job after losing their best players and be allowed to rebuild like that

From 2007-2020 they were top 10 in 3P% once, they had two MVP level players who were begging to be surrounded by good shooters and were so close to winning a ring yet he was drafting and signing ass non shooters

Both kinda earned it tbh 

You assume the other GMs aren’t talking about the players as a group

Or he’s the only one who finished his homework early and already know who he’s picking.

It’s funny because if this was a guy people hated, they’d be like “he is not even having a conversation, he is a loser, he should talk with people and exchange ideas”

This is literally the best basketball podcast there is

You’ll get a perfect modern NBA combo guard and you’ll like it. 😡

You already took my sweet boy Jared McCain. You arent allowed Yaxel!!! I cannot hate another of my faves!

It is a bit much, he’s fantastic but also has had misses / made mistakes before. But ngl it’s kinda funny seeing these articles of everyone being so concerned about what he’s doing and what crazy move he’s gonna do when maybe he’s just spacing out wondering if he left the stove on at home.

I agree with the first part but he’s absolutely the best GM in the league on his own merit, not just the Clippers mishap

He still made great moves as of the past trade deadline, fleeced the sixers for a great rotation player that’s actively contributing to okc this post season

I mean he built the KD Thunder… those MVP Russ teams.. got PG for actually great value (Oladipo & Domas) flipped him for essentially a championship (SGA - who absolutely no one had as MVP).. actually picked the correct running mates (Chet, J Dub) and has essentially set up his franchise to contend in the new CBA for a substantial amount of time between the picks, top level role players drafted and signed, coach and staff… I hate to say it but the man deserves a little glazing.

He’s not getting praise because he made only one good trade lol

Ajay Mitchell is dropping 20 points in the playoffs as a 2nd round pick. Dude was GOATED for picking KD-Russ-Harden in a row, now he’s getting incredible production out of dudes no one else wanted

Picks Jalen Williams at 12, moves Giddey for Caruso, picks Ajay Mitchell second round, Wiggins pick 55, Jaylin Williams second round, Cason Wallace at 12

Snatches Joe and McCain off the sixers

Holds off desperately taking a center to finally getting the perfect one for the team in IHart

Only spent two years tanking

Did right by previous stars in Pg, Russ and Cp3 while getting good returns at the same time

Casual

There are plenty of other GMs that might get the same assets back from the Clippers, but those GMs likely aren’t drafting Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace, AJ Mitchell, heck Jaylin Williams and Aaron Wiggins. It’s easy to draft Chet. It’s not easy to draft Dub. Other GMs would have drafted guys like Johnny Davis, Jeremy Sochan, Taylor Hendricks, Jett Howard, Ron Holland, etc.

It goes significantly beyond that, this is way underplaying what presti has done.

Getting jdub at #12, Ajay in the 2nd, hitting on guys like cason, jwill and Aaron wiggins

Trading for caruso and signing ihart

Getting McCain at his lowest value

Finding valuable role players from guys that werent wanted by any other team (Joe, Dort)

Getting insane long term value deals for said players and then developing them (seriously, go look at some of the contracts on the team)

Taking a chance on a first time head coach that panned out.

Reminder that this OKC team still has THIRTEEN firsts in the next 6 years. I think the glazing is a bit much but presti is absolutely the best GM in the league, for good reason

I will if he won’t

Either $1000 custom molded IEMs or the same 20 year old earbuds that came bundled with an iPod nano. No in between.

Yes

Which was also glazed lmao. And we also have the “The equipment staff likes to be neurotic about the angle the balls are at and this is why they’re so good” page up too. Real fascinating content

oh he went full J Kyle Mann lol

Clay Bennett is the owner that hired Presti. That circle was never broken. AKA, the Sonics would have never had this team. If they don’t get bought by Clay, then they stay in Seattle but never hire Sam Presti.

True except for the fact presti hasn’t said a word and the only time he actually talks to the press is his end of year press conference. All the glazing is just from media looking for a story