Over the last five years, ‘The Process’ has become a term that has entered the lexicon of the league. It is a term which has been used by everybody from basketball hipsters to the talking heads who populate cable television. When Sam Presti moved to tear down the Thunder and enact a rebuild, ‘The Process’ tag was quickly attached to Oklahoma City.
As much as I respect ‘The Process’ and feel that it was an innovative idea, the Thunder’s rebuild cannot be referred to in the same way. There are too many differences between Sam Hinkie’s regime in Philadelphia and Presti’s stewardship of the Thunder.