Presti is My Hero
Sincerely. He was an intern for the Spurs. He became Assistant G.M. at 28 years of age. Now, at the tender age of 31, Sam Presti is the General Manager of the Seattle (Super)Sonics. He has everything I want professionally.
The guy has the opportunity to draft a once-a-decade scorer in Kevin Durant, and all the marketing potential that comes with it. He has a proven star at the shooting guard, who also has the prettiest jumpshot in all of basketball, in Ray Allen. He has some talented, although unrefined, in Robert Swift, Nick Collison, Chris Wilcox, Sene Sene, and Johan Petro. He has two solid backup point guards in Earl Watson and Luke Ridnour. Ridnour (or Watson) and one or two of the bigs can easily be packaged in a deal to bring in a quality veteran, read Jermaine O’Neal. Presti also has the chance to try to swing a deal to perhaps bring in someone like Zach Randolph if Rashard Lewis truly wants out. Oh yeah, I forgot, Marcus Camby may be available. The Nuggets are trying to cut some tax money, why can’t Presti try to get in on that sweet deal. Once again, he may not have all the pieces to get a deal done, but his bigs and guards can certainly be used to sweeten someone else’s deal.
The possibilities are endless for him right now. Let’s just hope he (and Durant) can save Seattle basketball, because the Oklahoma Sonics sounds just as stupid as the Utah Jazz (or Memphis Grizzlies).
For the record: tonight’s score, San Antonio 94 - Cleveland 81.
