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Yeah, very true. Im so excited to see what he does over the next few years.

Its funny because now that the trade deadline has passed OKC is under the cap floor, meaning all of their players will get a bonus to bring them back up to the floor. For most of them it would be about half or close to equal their current salary. Presti is really trying to build up OKC's reputation for the future

@@zodiac23jj I genuinely don't know how he's able to do all these things so effortlessly while other GMs can't even get out of the lottery for decades

@@zodiac23jj And now has 34 picks over the next 7 years as ammunition to do it the way he wants

@@CaptainProx So many GM's also just make moves to save their jobs

Yeah considering how many assets he is armed with that he can work with

Of course just look at his future picks 😂

The next couple of moves is going to make them or break them.The odds are stacked(excuse the pun) in making them.And we wait.Lets go.

Imagjne we get Wambenyama 😭

Presti’s is a Genius

You are in great hands.

Yeah those trades are looking better by the minute

Thats nice of you to say. I appreciate it

I appreciate that my man. I think he will be around to build his team with all the assets he has accumulated.

Yeah but to be fair by year two Giannis was already a valuable contributor. Dion waiters and Reggie jackson were getting 30 min per night. Giannas was already better in his sophmore year. BTW man I appreciate your support!

Didn't they wanna trade and stash him that way he gets more playing time and experience?

Thanks man--Will do!

So true. Clippers might be horrible even sooner. Same exact thing can happen with the rockets picks.

I appreciate that

So true

Hopefully he wont. But its hard to tell sometimes. Kids turn into egomaniacs when franchises let them do whatever they want and they start getting rich young. I think how a prospect interviews has become a lot more important lately.

@@dugrigm4796 I know, it looked liked Durant was well grounded. Dude came off the rails.

@@josephduncan4356 Yeah exactly. Ego management is unavoidable it seems

Yup get them all overseas and then language is a problem so they don't argue lol

Yeah man he could. Hopefully he wont be like Rob Hennigan was for the magic

Yeah no GM would have done better under his circumstances

I agree

Masai is up there for sure. If you think hes the best i wont argue it. But id choose presti with 40 picks. The difference between the two in skills as executives isnt massive. Its not like one is far more talented than the other. They are both top tier. So i for sure would go with a top tier executive with 40 picks.

Thanks man will do

Thats fair. Pat Riley is elite. Top 5 for sure. How would you rank the top 5 executives

@@dugrigm4796 Riley at one, Ainge at 2.Masai at 3. Presti at 4 and John horst of the bucks at 5

@@primeanon6047 Yeah thats a good list. Not sure id have Horst that high though

Danny made 1 move nothing since danny greedy and 🗑

Yeah that ranking makes sense

For me Morey is on bottom ten list. The Harden find was good but he has destroyed Houston's future.

Also Pat riley should maybe be in that top 5

@@josephduncan4356 You talking about the westbrook trade?

@@dugrigm4796 ooooh riley thats right. Thats tough. I might have to put riley ahead of Ainge actually

Yeah you are right. Thunder indeed would have been better off. Im very surprised at how well the thunder have started the year. I do think they have one of the brighter future in the league

I really believe that the reason he traded harden instead of westbrook came down to their character. Westbrook was starting a family and harden was in the club every night. He obviously ended up trading the wrong person but i really do think that’s what it came down to 🤷‍♂️

I watch basketball foe the highlights. Westbrook was 🔥 to watch.

As a thunder fan you should feel ashamed for saying such blasphemy

Thats fair. Masai is a superstar in his own right. Where do you rank Presti amongst the best executives.

@@dugrigm4796 Top 2. Presti Drafts better at the top of the draft, Masai Trades marginally better and finds better gems from the g-league/outside the draft.

@@shadow_realm47 Masai is incredible at finding gems. But Id argue presti is better at making trades than he is drafting. He has extracted crazy value. like the ibaka trade to orlando for example.

Why is that? Because they are analytics driven? Morey actually doesnt value picks all that much. He thinks they are overrated. Hes been on record saying that.

Yep. Thats when Presti will work his magic again

@@dugrigm4796 I do not know why but I have a feeling Presti is going to take a liking to Zaire Williams and Scottie Barnes. I hope this ages well. OKC developmental team would turn them into superstars. Now you have 4 possible superstars: SGA, Zaire Williams, Scottie Barnes and Pokusevski.

@@Kevinwatts0316 nah he looked outside the box. Looked for someone talks ab or who isn’t hyped up and it’s looking promising

Whats up man. Email is in the about page : )

@@dugrigm4796 Thanks, I'll use that.

@@dugrigm4796 Done, be sure to check it out :D

Very true.

Interesting. How so? I know he has talent. But he hasnt done enough. Also to be honest im not a big fan of that vucevic trade for chicago. I think they will end up regretting it.

Its more a percentage of the salary cap. Its more or less always been this way. It just looks insane when you see hundreds of millions going to one player but in reality the salary cap is much higher now, teams are making much more now and teams are valued at 5 times greater than they were valued 15 -20 years ago.

But it starts with getting talent. His team got close

Actually he has made the conference finals after that run. Also OKC had something like the 6th best record over the course of a decade stretch across all american sports. His job is to put together a winner and he did that. Its the players job to not choke in the playoffs. And at the end of the day he drafted those guys. Remember most thought presti was reaching when he drafted westbrook at 4 and there were some that felt rubio should have been selected 3rd instead of Harden. He has absolutely fleeced teams with trades and now has incredible recourses to rebuild properly. Oladipo and sabonis werent showing signs of crazy potential. And by the way he got them for an aging ibaka on an expiring deal and flipped them for a top 10 player. He made the right moves. Its not his fault they couldn't deliver. And then he pitted two teams against each other for a godfather offer for pg13 and now has a future all star in SGA and a mountian of picks. The guy is a master

@@dugrigm4796 How hard is it to put together a winner when you have three top 4 picks in a span of 3 years? And if the players don't get it done that's also his fault. His job is to assemble a championship team. lol. He never got a championship despite having arguably the best trio in the history of basketball. He's drafted solid outside of the lottery and made some good trades. However, the Harden was a massive blunder. He got absolutely nothing for him and I believe they traded him so they could sign Ibaka. Although I could be wrong. There is just no excuse to not have a championship after having three top 4 picks. Westbrook played 10+ years there, KD played 8-9, Harden played 3 years, Ibaka played about 7-8 years. Presti has done a great of assembling draft picks recently. But I'm not sure how that takes much skill when he was able to acquire them by trading his superstars. Brooklyn could probably acquire about 20 1st round picks if they wanted to trade their superstars. lol.

@@mikegwn1015 as a celtics fan I felt this. Ainge outside the top 6 is mediocre at best. Kyrie trade didnt work out like pg13 trade. Young talent making conference finals appearances only to now faulter. In 2018 they were loaded with vets and the 2 kids, that was their window and it quickly closed. Imo Boston was better off double dipping in the lottery rather than compete with not a championship caliber teams. Now they only have JT and jb with no cap space bc the Kemba deal. 2yrs ago I never thought how bad theyd turn out. 20/20 Danny never trades for it4 stick the course they were on (top10 pick) stay with drafting Marcus smart, they could've went d fox instead of Jaylen brown, drafted MPJ with the #8 pick they sent for kyrie to Cleveland. No need for Kemba bc fox, so that's a max slot (plus bc I went a traditional rebuild not be competitive and still build) haywards max slot is empty in the words of kyrie "2 max slots" oh but now Horford is off the books!!!!! U have a core of fox,smart,mpj and tatum and let's not forget they went full rebuild so now those high 20s picks of their own is now in lottery range, even if u just get 1 good player of the 3 then that's a hit in itself given the projected roster. U can't tell me that fox,smart, mpj, Tatum, player X and 2 max slots (1next yr bc extension kicks in for Tatum) isnt more appealing than the hot mess they got right now. This isnt some crazy unrealistic scenario, it just involved patience of a rebuild instead of trying to speed up the process all by mearly not trading for it4 and drafting fox

@@jonathanoka7866 Completely agree. I think what hurt Ainge is how much he overvalues his own players. I do like Jaylen Brown though. I think Ainge did really well on his top 5 picks but where he failed was not trading some of those mid to late 1st round picks that he got from other teams. When you got Tatum and Brown you gotta try your best to keep them together and then use your 1st round picks and depth to add another superstar. It's a superstar driven league.

@@mikegwn1015 Bro Minnesota have had Number 1 picks and all stars for years. They are yet to make the playoffs without Jimmy Butler.

Thats more on ownership being cheap at the time. He didnt want to trade him

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