Sam Presti

Sam Presti (born c. 1977 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American basketball executive. Since June 7, 2007, he is the General Manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder. [ [http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/80608.html Sonic youth: Presti, 30, gets job as GM] ] Presti previously served as an assistant general manager to R. C. Buford for the San Antonio Spurs. He is credited with encouraging the Spurs to draft point guard Tony Parker in 2001.

Presti graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in communications, politics and law from Emerson College in Boston. He's an accomplished drummer whose CDs benefitted a children's hospital. Presti once took six charging fouls in one Division III basketball game. A former college professor of his calls him the hardest-working student he's had in 38 years as an educator. [http://www.feedhub.com/iris/items/86777389/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsok.com%2Farticle%2F3297703%2F&c=36d5a5844411739851b6c8bbf8d39e9b9364531601b06455f2c5d3b248799e97]

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