While Gilgeous-Alexander gets all the headlines, Daigneault's fingerprints were all over the Oklahoma City Thunder 's NBA championship. The duo has been together for the last five years. Easy to say now, but Sam Presti nailed the franchise star and head coach tandem.

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?

"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.