Sam Presti, general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder, said in a press conference to close out the 2023-24 season that the trade of forward Gordon Hayward from the Charlotte Hornets in the middle of last season. This was the mistake he made because the results were not as he had hoped.
Before the trade deadline when This past February, the Thunder made a deal to send Vasilier Misic, Trae Mann and Davis Bertans, plus two second-round draft picks, in exchange for Hayward, who is entering the final year of his contract worth 33. Millions of dollars away from the Hornets
But the 34-year-old hasn’t been able to produce as much as the management thought. Either playing a role as a winger or passing on experience in the dressing room. Create acceptance from a group of young children
“I missed that, I’ll finish it myself, but it made me learn,” Presti told ‘The Thunder Wire’.
“Trying to learn this team…trying to be a better observer of the team. I just think that reading such things is incomplete.”
Hayward will be able to debut for the Thunder on Feb. 22, or more than two months since he was traded because he was rehabilitating a calf injury. It appeared that the work was uneven. Until the average in the regular season was only 5.3 points, going into the playoffs was even harder with 7 matches on the field eating eggs.
As for the attitude from the person, it is OKC’s fault because they placed too little trust in him. Especially when considering his long-distance shooting performance, he was considered unattractive, hitting the basket 15 out of 29 times (accurate 51.7%).
Entering free agent status in the summer of 2024 is the third of the 14-year veteran’s career, most recently getting a four-year, $120 million deal from the Hornets in a trade from the Boston Celtics. s in 2020
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