On May 22, 2007, the Seattle SuperSonics hit the NBA draft lottery, lucking into their 9.7% chances of landing the No. 2 overall pick. Two weeks later, they hired 29-year-old Sam Presti as general manager, and three weeks after that, he made the most obvious of selections, drafting Kevin Durant behind Greg Oden.
Presti used his team's next two top-five picks on less obvious choices, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. In between, the beloved franchise moved to Oklahoma City, where their unprecedented collection of future league MVPs formed the foundation of a 55-win Western Conference finalist inside of two years.