"Wearing a black button-up shirt, Presti cleared his throat and reached for several sheets of paper in front of him, squaring them up. Presti read for the next 12 minutes, talking about the growth of the NBA and the challenges ahead for the Thunder's forthcoming season, which he referred to as Chapter 18, a nod to the team's 18th season in Oklahoma."
"But he makes these news conferences count, and they often last for two hours. 'As has been the case since the first time I sat in front of the media in Oklahoma City in 2008, I'll sit here until the last question is asked, until you guys start asking me questions like, 'What books are you reading?' and things like that, that's when I'm probably going to call it,' he said in 2022."
Five days before the Thunder opened training camp after their first NBA title, general manager Sam Presti held his annual preseason news conference at the team's practice facility. Presti delivered prepared remarks that lasted about 12 minutes, addressing NBA growth and the challenges ahead for the Thunder in what he called Chapter 18. Presti is highly regarded as an executive yet uncomfortable in the spotlight and prefers to remain in the background. His news conferences are lengthy and public. At the conclusion of the conference, a recurring tradition occurs: someone asks Presti what he has been reading, and he answers.
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