Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder Govt Vice President and Normal Supervisor Sam Presti has been named the 2024-25 NBA Basketball Govt of the 12 months.
Presti has earned the annual honor for the primary time. He beforehand completed second within the voting 3 times (2009-10, 2019-20 and 2023-24).
Presti assembled a crew that went an NBA-leading 68-14 within the 2024-25 common season, tied for the sixth-best report in league historical past. Oklahoma Metropolis set the NBA report for scoring differential, outscoring opponents by 12.9 factors per sport.
Final offseason, Presti’s participant acquisitions included guard Alex Caruso and middle Isaiah Hartenstein. Caruso, a Kia NBA All-Defensive Group choice in every of the earlier two seasons, averaged 7.1 factors and 1.61 steals per sport and helped Oklahoma Metropolis lead the NBA in defensive score (106.6) this season. Hartenstein averaged profession highs of 11.2 factors, 10.7 rebounds and three.8 assists per sport in his first season with the Thunder.
Presti is in his 18th season with the Thunder franchise after being named common supervisor in June 2007. Previous to that, he spent seven years with the San Antonio Spurs, rising from video intern to vp/assistant common supervisor.
