They reached the mountaintop as 2025 NBA champions. The achievement took nearly two decades of work and a recasting of characters. So now what? The obvious answer is you run it back with hopes of a repeat.

"I think the one thing we have to do is get away from the defensive nature of trying to convince people, players and teams that there's no connection between the loads and the injuries," Presti said.

Sam Presti is more measured than the construction of the Devon Tower, so what was with the tears after the Thunder won the NBA title?