Outside of a select few exceptions, the vast majority of the core that guided the OKC Thunder to their first championship this past season was assembled by way of the NBA Draft.
From Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren to Cason Wallace and Aaron Wiggins, the number of hits Sam Presti has had over the years is truly astonishing and deserves to be celebrated by both fans and pundits alike.
Of course, this is not to say that all of Oklahoma City's draft-day swings have ended up panning out.
Whether it was the painful failure of the Aleksej Pokusevski experiment or last summer's fallout with 2021 lottery pick Josh Giddey, though perhaps not all that common, Presti has certainly seen a few misses throughout his tenure as well.