Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder Government Vice President and Common Supervisor Sam Presti has been named the 2024-25 NBA Basketball Government of the Yr.
Presti has earned the annual honor for the primary time. He beforehand completed second within the voting thrice (2009-10, 2019-20 and 2023-24).
Presti assembled a workforce 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 recreation.
Final offseason, Presti’s participant acquisitions included guard Alex Caruso and middle Isaiah Hartenstein. Caruso, a Kia NBA All-Defensive Staff choice in every of the earlier two seasons, averaged 7.1 factors and 1.61 steals per recreation 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 recreation 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 vice chairman/assistant common supervisor.
