At his exit interview at the Thunder's practice facility on Monday, general manager Sam Presti reached back into history in an attempt to sum up the 2015-16 season.
“I think there's a quote from Teddy Roosevelt from a speech he made in 1910 in France called the Citizen Republic,” Presti said. “… and in it he says that a great man is someone that spends himself on a worthy cause, and I thought this team really did that. I thought this team spent itself on a worthy cause.”
Presti took time Monday to reflect on Billy Donovan's first season, Kevin Durant's free agency and more:
On Donovan: “I thought Billy did an excellent job through the year.