Despite being on the good side of injury luck in the playoffs, Sam Presti says the NBA can't play dumb. There's a clear correlation between workload and an uptick in injuries. Instead of running a victory lap over his first championship, the OKC GM got on his soapbox in his 2024-25 end-of-season press conference.

Sam Presti is more measured than the construction of the Devon Tower, so what was with the tears after the Thunder won the NBA title?

Some thought Presti’s many interests would take him away from running the Thunder, but not even the championship seems likely to do it now, writes Berry Tramel.