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Posted by Rosemary Lavery In the Press

Presti ’00 Takes Team to NBA Finals: Boston.com, WSJ

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Oklahoma City Thunder EVP and GM Sam Presti ’00, right, hugs his former coach and mentor Hank Smith on Saturday, January 11.
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EVP and General Manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder Sam Presti ’00 and his team are returning to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012.

Alum Presti ’00, named NBA Executive of the Year, returned to the College in January to honor his former basketball coach at Emerson, Hank Smith, in a court-naming ceremony.

Rob Hennigan, ’04 who is VP of Basketball Operations for the Thunder, hold’s the Emerson Lions’ all-time scoring record.

Read the Boston.com piece, and the Wall Street Journal profile of Presti (reprinted by MSN.com).

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