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Kevin Durant Hopes Jeff Green Joins Him in Landing Contract Extension

DENVER -- Kevin Durant is locked up in Oklahoma City through the 2015-16 season. The star forward would like some company on the Thunder front line also sticking around. Durant, who last July signed a five-year extension worth about $85 million that kicks in for next season, said he hopes Thunder forward Jeff Green also...

Kevin Durant Shows Why He Is Ultimate Teammate on SI Cover

DENVER -- No, Sports Illustrated isn't trying to sell more copies in Switzerland and Serbia by putting Thabo Sefolosha and Nenad Krstic on the cover with Oklahoma City star teammate Kevin Durant. The magazine wanted Durant to pose for the cover of the Oct. 25 basketball preview issue, which hits newsstands Wednesday. The...

Scott Brooks on Kevin Durant's Gold Medal Play at FIBA World Championship

For once, Oklahoma City head coach Scott Brooks was just like the rest of us. He watched Team USA in action from a distance, checking the local programming before plopping on the couch and enjoying so many outings that led to Sunday's win in the FIBA World Championship game over host Turkey. It was the first time since...

The Works: Tracy McGrady in Exile

In The Works today: the Positional Revolution rages on; a good, young ref is hard to find; and we introduce the inaugural League Pass Cup. But first, some thoughts on the return of Tracy McGrady. So Selfless It Hurts: Even before this Miami Heat team came together, fans of the NBA have had a deep-seated bias against...

Kevin Durant Announces Extension With Thunder on Twitter

It's a new era we live in. Instead of press conferences or even leaked reports, the first official word of major sports signings are happening on Twitter. On Wednesday, Kevin Durant announced his five-year extension with the Thunder on his Twitter account -- a 140-words-or-less burst that has to send joy throughout the...

Sam Presti News From the Web

05/31/12 NBA focuses on small markets: Spurs, Thunder pave the... Source: LoHud.com - White Plains NY Is the world ready for a Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves NBA Finals?
05/29/12 On Pro Basketball: Harvey Araton: Small Markets Thrive... Source: International Herald Tribune Beyond location, the final four playoff teams remind us that there is no exact title contention mold, rhetoric of the last two seasons be damned.
05/25/12 Thunder, Spurs bring connection into West finals Source: The News-Record - Gillette WY When Clay Bennett was seeking a leader for his team that would one day become the Oklahoma City Thunder, he picked a rising star from a San Antonio franchise on the verge of winning its fourth NBA championship in a decade.
05/24/12 Thunder, Spurs bring connection into West finals Source: ABC - KSWO 7 - Lawton OK Built by a general manager who earned his stripes with the San Antonio Spurs, the Oklahoma City Thunder now must face the 4-time NBA champions who in some ways served as a model for their franchise.

Background on Sam Presti

Sam Prestigiacomo (born c. 1976 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American basketball executive. Since June 7, 2007, he has been the General Manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics.

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