During his tenure as the OKC Thunder General Manager, Sam Presti has shown trends in the type of players he likes to go after either in trades or NBA free agency. A more recent trend has been acquiring former high draft picks that didn’t pan out with the team who drafted them. Examples of this include Hasheem Thabeet, Dion Waiters, Enes Kanter, and most recently, Victor Oladipo. Presti has banked on these still young players simply needing a change of scene and thriving in a stronger development program.
With that in mind, former European sensation Mario Hezonja fits this trend.