This coming from a non-Prestette, Sam Presti did really, really good with this trade. Without a single draft pick he traded a player in Serge Ibaka who wasn’t happy with his shrinking role and landed a very good combo guard still on his rookie contract, a crafty vet big who can score and has natural offensive instincts, and the 11th pick in the draft who will become the heir to Nick Collison.
If you didn’t see Sabonis play much this season at Gonzaga rest assured Presti landed a heck of a player who will grow into a good professional player within a year or two–maybe even sooner.
I was still kind of moping around after the Game 6 meltdown, but not anymore. I can’t wait to see these three new players in October. Sam Presti did a helluva job is all I can say. Durant would be silly to not at least come back for one year and see how it all fits. Plus, all three of these guys are high basketball IQ players.