Sam Presti has been named the 24-25 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year. The Oklahoma City Thunder had a 68-14 record, which is tied for the sixth-best record in NBA history. The award is the first in Presti’s tenure with the Thunder.
Presti received 10 First Place votes, six Second Place votes and six Third Place votes to finish ahead of Koby Altman of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Trajan Langdon of the Detroit Pistons. Rafael Stone of the Houston Rockets and Lawrence Frank of the LA Clippers rounded out the top-5.
The current iteration of the Thunder began when Presti traded both Paul George and Russell Westbrook during the 2019 offseason. Those trades helped the Thunder acquire the likes of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams.
