Thunder general manager Sam Presti met with the media on Thursday morning.
Here are three takeaways from that session:
This rebuild will take time
If some fans were expecting next year’s squad to push for the postseason, Presti re-iterated that OKC will not take shortcuts in this rebuild.
“When we do get back to the postseason, we want it to be an arrival, not an appearance,” Presti said. “We’re not interested in lowering our aspirations. We’ve been here for 13 years and have averaged about 50 wins a season. It takes time to retool.