{"id":138461,"date":"2025-07-01T05:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/138461\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T05:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:50:14","slug":"sam-presti-reveals-okcs-offseason-plan-after-2025-nba-finals-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/138461\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Presti reveals OKC’s offseason plan after 2025 NBA Finals victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> GM Sam Presti<\/a> addressed the media following his team’s championship victory, the first in franchise history, on Monday. Presti revealed Jalen Williams will undergo wrist surgery<\/a> among other things, such as the Thunder’s offseason direction as Oklahoma City will look to defend its first title in 2025-26. For Presti, there’s a formula the front office sticks to.<\/p>\n

Speaking before a packed room of reporters, one asked if Presti takes pride in seeing his vision<\/a> translate into a championship run with room to grow into a potential dynasty led by a pair of All-Stars, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Williams, and Chet Holmgren.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know if pride is the right way. To me, that’s a little judgmental of the other ways you can do it,\u201d Presi said. \u201cTo me, there’s kind of three ways in the league; you can assemble teams, you can inherit\/modify a team, or you can build a team. So, I think there are three kind of modes; build, modify, assemble. How you do that or the way in which you do that, I think, is very contextual. For us, building is probably our best path here.\u201d<\/p>\n

To keep the Thunder competitive, Presti know he has to think three steps ahead as defending champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of that, we don’t have a lot of time to determine which way we should go. The paradox of choice is not really in our vantage point,\u201d Presti added. \u201cSo, I think that helps us. We kind of know what our circle of confidence is and we try to really lean into that. But I think the way the guys have expressed that kind of in their play, the philosophies of the organization, and that’s been a really special thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Mark being able to bring that to the court itself was really unique, and that’s one of the reasons why I love working with him,\u201d Presti concluded.<\/p>\n

It’ll be interesting to see the Thunder offseason unfold.<\/p>\n

Sam Presti on Jalen Williams’ wrist injury before Thunder playoffs\"ThunderAlonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

After All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander thanked Thunder GM Sam Presti<\/a> for the opportunity to compete for an NBA title, Presti commended Jalen Williams for playing through injury en route to a championship. Presti announced Williams will go under the knife, and that it was an injury Williams suffered during the regular season.<\/p>\n

\u201cJalen Williams, Dub, is going to have surgery on that wrist\u201d Presti said. \u201cI want to just acknowledge for a second how impressed I am with him. The injury took place before the playoffs began.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams scored 40 points in Game 5 of the NBA Finals before helping the Thunder secure Game 7 against the Pacers.<\/p>\n