Originally Posted by
N.O.Bronco
Huh?
Let's look at his team's recently:
- 47 wins, 1st round
- 55 wins, Western conference Finals
- 45 wins, missed playoffs
- 59 wins, Western conference finals
- 60 wins, Western conference semi finals
- 49 wins, NBA Finals.
Now who drafted Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, Adams? That is the product of an elite GM.
The guy has been a model of consistency. Has he made some bad trades? Sure, so has Morey, arguably Aldridge may have been a mistake in hindsight with SA. Ainge has been pretty terrible drafting. You can kinda poke holes in even the best GM's. But over the course of his tenure, Presti has been near the top compared to his peers.
I will ask again, rank for me the better GM's then Presti? The only ones that have gotten it done since Presti took over and are still in the league are Buford, Myers, Ainge, Reilly, Nelson and Griffin. The latter you would be hard pressed to call better than Presti. And other then SA and Orlando, OKC is the only small market team(unless you consider Dallas one) that made it to the finals in that period.