OKC will never pay monstrous luxury taxes like the Warriors and Celtics. It's been a long while, but I've listened to a number of Presti's media lectures over the years and there were 3 things he kept repeating year-after-year-after-year: (1) culture, (2) process and (3) sustained success. With their accumulated pile of future draft picks, they won't have to re-sign every single player. I'll go on record now and say Dort and I-Hart won't be re-signed after their contracts expire and could be traded as soon as next summer when decisions on J-Dub and Chet must be made.
I had no idea he was one of the biggest cogs in the SA front office. Per RC bufford, he was the one that scouter Tony Parker for years and brought him to SA
OKC will continue to recycle their role players, hand out contracts but then trade them, and then replace them with drafted players........ Other teams have to trade players like KAT or now eventually let go of Naz Reid. That way Presti would still be ahead of the Curve......he is like in his own tier as a GM and Vice President.
More to say they are Superteam killers .....which is fine by me..... They should get rid of the Super Max while they are at it and such things as All NBA linking to contracts. Nobody has attempted to build advantages thru the deepest benches, Cers and Thunder are trying. Also why teams are hell bent on playing stifling Defense all of the sudden and go out and run, so they can mitigate the collective scoring of real Superstars. Playing Defense comes cheap at the dollar cost.
Maybe. I think teams completely disregarded the salary cap for many years/decades. CBA was a harsh change trying to get more parity and teams are adjusting to the 2nd apron. I think in a 2-3 years, teams will have their budgets more in line with 2nd apron. With a rising cap, I'm not so sure the current problems associated with high payrolls will still be there, as total player nominal salaries (i.e., before CBA adjustments to ensure a revenue split) will be a smaller percentage of the cap. I could see 2nd apron making it hard for good teams to add players. A team like OKC that has a lot of draft picks could end up as a dynasty, as it is hard for contenders to match their cost-controlled talent.
