OKC Thunder: Another front office exec exits as Paul Johnson joins Kings

OKC Thunder LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 02:. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Sam Presti has lost another OKC Thunder front office member as Paul Johnson becomes the Sacramento Kings Director of Basketball Operations.

Of the 30 teams in the National Basketball Association, there is a handful who garner the respect of the majority in terms of their culture. Much of that is due to how the teams run the franchise from the top down. Of the select few the OKC Thunder rank at the top alongside the San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, and Miami Heat.

Each of these franchises has designed and built an identity and culture which other teams try to emulate. The Spurs became the winningest…