During the rookie introductory press conference, Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti was surprisingly blunt about contract extension talks with Lu Dort.
Presti basically said the team will cross that bridge when they get there and pick up extension talks next summer.
“The only thing I can tell you is that we have an option on that agreement, and obviously it’s our plan to exercise that pending anything different. So I would just plan on that happening unless something changed.
Everybody knows how we feel about Lu and what he means to the team. With that being said, he’ll be a free agent after next season, and we’ll have the ability to have those conversations with him at that time.”
It’s a good situation for us because it’s our decision on the option, and if something changes on that, we’ll certainly let you know.”
