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@SleeperThunder@CAlmanza1007 I love how Sam is publicly demonstrating what a good front office should look like — talking to players, coaches and discussing goals to see what his options are instead of immediately hitting the trade button. World class.
Sam Presti on the team options to Hartenstein, Dort, Williams “The first thing is like I said I gotta talk to everybody. Got to get a sense of where everybody is…Is it possible that we just pick up the options for everybody and roll into next season? That’s certainly possible I certainly wouldn’t rule that out because we haven’t gotten through those conversations…The process itself could take a little while because I want to understand what all is available to me.” Said “If we feel that it’s more beneficial to the organization to have the draft rights to those players irrespective of if they’re going to be on the team..” said it may not fit into a box
Sam Presti will NOT be trading or moving on from Chet Holmgren anytime soon, per @BannedMacMahon
"This idea that it's time to pull the plug on Chet Holmgren in Oklahoma City and I can promise you this, Sam Presti will not be taking that advice."
This was kind of obvious.
Chet will get his cussing / reminder of expectations and what they’re paying him and that’ll be that.
No sense in giving up Chet’s youth for an older Giannis but Mobley is very interesting and always has been tied to OKC
The Thunder are not expected to show interest in Giannis Antetokounmpo, but they have shown interest in Evan Mobley, per @sam_amick
“League sources have long maintained that Oklahoma City would not take part in the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes that will dominate the summertime conversation, but this sort of stunning finish is enough to re-spark that conversation. Nothing should be off the table when the end goal wasn’t reached. There has long been chatter about the Thunder having interest in Cleveland big man Evan Mobley as well, but Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman insisted in an end-of-season news conference that Mobley wasn’t going anywhere.”
(Via https://t.co/7rk81tRvhc)