WATCH: Sam Presti on the Thunder's offseason trades of Dort, Joe and Wiggins

It was an offseason of change for the Thunder as they moved on from three contributors from last year's team and, more importantly, the 2025 title team: Lu Dort, Isaiah Joe, and Aaron Wiggins.

Today at Sam Presti's preseason media availability, he was asked about dealing those players, how they help position the team financially for the future, and OKC ownership's commitment to the team.

“Yeah, what I would say is certainly our anticipation, it's our expectation, but I would also say I've done this long enough to know that certainly things can change. I don't want to sit here and be definitive about that. I would say it would probably be another round of conversations like were had this past summer. I'll do a lot of listening. I'll try to understand where everybody is. Then we'll know what we have to work with, and we'll attack it from there.

I would say that I think the thing we have to balance, and everybody is aware of this, is just honoring the moment and the rare and unique opportunity we have with this particular team and this particular group of guys, because what makes this group of guys so unique isn't just that they fit together on the floor and they play well together on the floor, but it's their connection with one another, which is really kind of where you get the marginal gains with this particular group.

But we'll have those conversations at the end of the season, and I'll get a better understanding of what I have to work with, and then we'll go from there.”