2026 NBA draft thread

[DanSchwartzgan]

Great video ^ to explain the dynamics at play in getting a GM. Whoever has not watched it, should watch it.



All the posts above with all the claims of how unlikely Presti would be, and how hard, and how OKC wants to keep him, and on and on, I get that. Already all baked into my thinking. But it doesn't change the situation's bottom line in pursuing a top-tier GM who is a proven expert, which is that there's only one or two things that really can't be overcome: if the guy they want has no interest AT ANY PRICE in making the move, or if he's under contract and the team isn't willing to let him make a change (for compensation, at any price). As long as there's a price, there's a path.

Stein also points out the thing that I’ve long thought gives you some plausible chance of being right…Dumond’s history on the one hire he’s made to date.  I still don’t think Presti happens, but if it does, it will be because Dumond money-whipped him into submission.  

I’ve never been against Presti.  I’ll be quite happy if it comes to pass.  Holding out for him will come at some price and I’d rather we try to employ the next Presti versus some retread (thought I was a fan of some of the deal constructs that happened while Lindsay was here).  

I think we might have someone who will likely be a successful GM in the not too distant future already on the staff.  So, I don’t really enjoy this new habit of yours trying to disparage the people who were in the organization when Nico went rogue.  None of us really KNOW who knew what or who did what, but I’ve seen nothing that indicates anything beyond the single shooter theory being the accurate one.  This week Finley flat out denied any advanced knowledge.  These aren’t easy jobs to come by and once the deal was done, there was no point in publicly disparaging the deal while Nico was still the boss.