Sam Presti dealt Luguentz Dort to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team trade Sunday in hopes of setting up the Oklahoma City Thunder for the long run.
“This was a financial decision,” the Thunder executive vice president and general manger told Justin Martinez of The Oklahoman. “The impression I have been given is that the savings generated this summer, and from being out of the tax the last several years, will be re-allocated to future teams.
“Along with other new well-documented revenue streams, this will allow us to make more basketball-related decisions over the next several years. We have a team that is capable of contention. And as I understand it, the decisions this summer have positioned us financially to maintain a team of this caliber.”
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