SGA to Sam Presti When I first arrived at OKC you gave me the book The Tortoise and the Hare You explained the meaning behind it and the next few years were very rough When we won the championship you gave me a statue of the tortoise I keep that beside my championship ring and MVP trophy

Sam Presti Theres no silver platters in Oklahoma City We dont expect to be given anything we dont expect to unfold favorably as some teams in some cities are accustomed to Every year our goal is to repeat a process not chase an outcome

Sam Presti In this job as a leader what you want to do is build teams that you wish you could have been a part of and I feel that way about this era of the Thunder

Sam Presti I'm more or less made a career from listening to people much smarter than meHe lists people he learned from Steve Kerr Stephon Jackson Malik Rose Manu Ginobili Kendrick Perkins Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Thunder GM Sam Presti making some calls while watching the NBA Combine scrimmages

Sam Presti answers what books he is reading this summerHe also mentions a basketball book at the end

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got the entire Thunder team Audemars Piguet watches to thank his teammates for helping him win MVP