Rob Mahoney
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first heard Jul 2026
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Rob Mahoney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And it's like, if you can target guys during those second quarter minutes where it's like they are expecting opposing stars to finally get theirs, to get their opportunity to really cook, and in comes Lou Dort as like the antidote to that, I actually think that could be a pretty powerful thing.
I mean, I don't know that I've ever seen a general manager get in front of what feels like an ownership promise in this particular way of, look, Lou Dort had been a trade candidate for exactly this reason.
Like, okay, so he was close enough to the second apron.
Lou Dort's contract was the most convenient way to get there if they wanted to make that kind of trade.
But Sam Preston going on the record, something he does pretty infrequently, especially in this kind of interview setting and saying overtly, this is a financial decision and it was made with the assumption that we're going to
be more competitive and pay out more down the line.
We're saying all the quiet parts out loud in a way that I really appreciate.
But like Topesh could be good and a very different kind of playmaker than they've had as far as like working around Shea and certainly when J-Dub was out.
I also think like part of the reason the Isaiah Joe move happened in the first place is Jared McCain just like so clearly supplanted him in the first place.
Love Isaiah Joe.
I think all three of these guys who the Thunder have had to part ways with are valuable players, especially to teams with less expectation than the Thunder have been.
it's like what Isaiah Joe can't do, what Lou Dort can't do, what Aaron Wiggins can't do.
It's just less damning.
If you're mostly trying to advance in the playoffs as opposed to win everything.
And for a championship team to have like three or four question mark guys off the bench, but all question mark guys with lottery pedigrees for the most part, that's a pretty thrilling regular season project to have, especially for people like us who are trying to figure out who they can be, where their ceiling might change.
Like I'm not taking it off the table that
their depth might be even more impressive next season.
If those guys start panning out.
All right.
Well, I think there's still one very fun team off on the board.
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