“**The skinny:** Sam Presti will *hate* this kind of attention! He will hate that both he and his front office are being singled out for, yet again, doing exemplary work in roster building and retention in surrounding their MVP candidate, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, by making deals like the one that brings Caruso from Chicago to again sic on wings throughout the West — and somehow doing it without having to give up a single one of OKC’s 1,207,385 future draft picks. No player development staff is better at improving its young guys on the roster; the very talented Topić is next. The one hole in the Thunder’s bag was an inability to get in-their-prime free agents to come to OKC, no matter the money being offered. *Was.* This is not to say dozens of free agents will now line up to sign in Oklahoma City. But breaking the dam is important. Getting Hartenstein to leave New York was a huge moment for this franchise.”
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“**The skinny:** Sam Presti will *hate* this kind of attention! He will hate that both he and his front office are being singled out for, yet again, doing exemplary work in roster building and retention in surrounding their MVP candidate, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, by making deals like the one that brings Caruso from Chicago to again sic on wings throughout the West — and somehow doing it without having to give up a single one of OKC’s 1,207,385 future draft picks. No player development staff is better at improving its young guys on the roster; the very talented Topić is next. The one hole in the Thunder’s bag was an inability to get in-their-prime free agents to come to OKC, no matter the money being offered. *Was.* This is not to say dozens of free agents will now line up to sign in Oklahoma City. But breaking the dam is important. Getting Hartenstein to leave New York was a huge moment for this franchise.”
Rest of Top 10:
2. 76ers
3. Magic
4. Knicks
5. Celtics
6. Kings
7. Nets
8. Cavs
9. Spurs
10. Mavs