How strong is General General s operational ability? A No. 24 show has won the two major stars now, and his vision is too unique

On May 22, in my previous post, I talked about the total salary of the four teams in the division finals this season. I thought that the Pacers' 172 million yuan was enough to be low. After all, such salary is only ranked 21st in the league, but I didn't expect that there are still experts. The Thunder's total salary this season is 160 million, 26th in the league, and he holds the fifth-last salary of the league. As a result, he achieved a record of 68 wins and 14 losses. Alexander was elected MVP and Presti won the Best General Manager of the Year, which seems to be well deserved.

Presti is the longest general manager of the active league. He became the general manager of the Thunder in 2007. Even though the Thunder experienced a trough, they still chose to believe in Presti and finally defended the clouds and saw the bright moon. This season has become the year that the Thunder has the most chance to win the championship since 2012. It has played a good offensive and defensive dominance around the lineup formed by Alexander, Chett and Jewish. Many fans say that they should thank the Clippers for their current status. After all, the Clippers sent Alexander.

But in fact, the Thunder have come to this day. Thanks to Presti for his draft that year, let us go back to 2008. At this year's draft, Presti won Westbrook with the first round of No. 4 draw. At that time, the outside world thought they would win Love with the No. 4 draw. After all, the team lacked excellent No. 4 players, and Westbrook was also the support of Love during the UCLA period. Later, he won Ibaka with the No. 24 draw, which also caused a lot of doubts at the time.

After all, Ibaka was still playing in the Spanish League at that time. Although he had excellent athletic ability, his basic skills were very poor. In addition, he had never been exposed to the NBA culture, so many scouts were not optimistic about this operation. As a result, after joining the Thunder, Ibaka proved his talent. In the second year of his career, he relied on defense to secure the team's rotation position. Later, he became the team's inside starter in 2013. Relying on his outstanding performance, he was selected as the Best Defense for three consecutive years in 2012-14, and won the league block king.

And during this period, Ibaka gradually developed low-post offensive skills and three-point shooting. In 2016, the Thunder were eliminated by the Warriors in the finals. Durant left Golden State, and Ibaka was also abandoned by the team. The team wanted to rebuild around Westbrook, so Ibaka exchanged the Magic for Oladipo, Sabonis and Iliasova. Sa and Oladipo showed good talent in their first season of joining the Thunder. Although they failed to help the Thunder go far in the playoffs, they played trading value.

In the 2017 offseason, Presti sent Oladipo and Sabonis exchanged Paul George from the Pacers. At that time, Paul George was one of the best offensive and defensive stars in the league. The Thunder also won Anthony. They formed the super three for Westbrook. As a result, because Anthony was unwilling to change their playing style, they were eliminated in the first round. The team gave up Anthony next season and began to build a team around George and Westbrook.

The team still stopped in the first round in the two seasons of George and Westbrook's establishment. The Thunder management also shook, and happened to meet the Clippers who wanted George, and Presti was also thinking about rebuilding. This was undoubtedly giving them meat. Presti also slaughtered the Clippers, asking Gallinari, Alexander, 4 unprotected first-round picks, 1 protected first-round pick and 2 first-round exchanges, totaling 9 for 1.

You can also see Alexander now. He won the regular season MVP today. After Durant, Westbrook and Harden, Presti trained another young player to this level. The 12th pick in the first round of 22 years also came from George's deal. You can also see Alexander now. He is one of the best young players in the active league with offense and defense. Jerex's style of playing is very similar to Alexander.

The upper limit of future Jewish is also worth looking forward to. After all, he helped the team to win the league first in just the third year of his career, and was also selected as the All-Star. In addition, they also used these draft picks to get Treman, Hax and Dillon Jones. These are younger. It is hard to say what height they can reach now. Now that I think about it carefully, I realize how outstanding Presti's talent and operational vision are.

The Thunder has reached the level of winning the championship. When they traded Westbrook and Ibaka (George), their dividends have not been finished yet. They still have 13 first-round picks and 4 first-round swaps in the next seven years. He now has 10 first-round picks and 16 second-round picks that can be traded. These draft picks are good choices for themselves in the future, and they have to admire Presti's operation. If they cannot win the championship this season, the Thunder may choose Soha's first-round pick to chase Antetokounmpo. Presti is really amazing.

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