AROUND the NBA:

[cow]

Well, I'm not convinced they were ever a potential "dynasty," because I don't think they have all that much top-tier talent, actually. SGA is unquestionably a top-5 player in the world, and as long as that remains the case, they'll be great, but...I don't know. Nobody else on that team has ever really scared me. What makes it work is the sheer number of 2nd-4th tier player they have together, and that they've gotten them all to buy into team basketball, imo. 

But...what I'm confident about with Presti and OKC is that if Holmgren isn't worth a max, they'll be able to pivot out of that position with shocking grace, and potentially even turn it to their advantage, somehow. THAT's what Presti is good at, imho.

My line of thinking for the past few months is that they'd try to move on from Chet in order to not be so top heavy.  Then the western conference finals happened which reaffirmed that thinking.  Their draft selection makes a lot of sense in that regard.