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[Ben Kaplan] While researching Pipeline to the Pros, we found the earliest document of Sam Presti’s team-building philosophy – a letter to the editor in the Boston Globe on 4/10/94. Presti argued it was time to “clean house,” “clear salary room,” and draft JKidd. He was just 16 years old.



[Ben Kaplan] While researching Pipeline to the Pros, we found the earliest document of Sam Presti’s team-building philosophy – a letter to the editor in the Boston Globe on 4/10/94. Presti argued it was time to “clean house,” “clear salary room,” and draft JKidd. He was just 16 years old.

by NotoriousHothead37

10 Comments

  4. rb1242

    Easy call, Jason Kidd went second in that draft, and Boston was 9th. Would’ve been impossible unless Boston won the lottery somehow

  6. ladygagadisco

    As someone who wasn’t alive in 1996, how much hype was Jason Kidd getting? Is it actually impressive that he was pounding the table for Kidd, or was Kidd a Zion-like prospect where everyone knew he could be special even in HS?

  7. KingCakeBabyOKC

    This is such a damn cool find. Thank you for sharing!

  8. Timelycommentor

    I want Sam to win one so he can redeem his mistakes. I’d hate to see him go down as just the guy who traded Harden.

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