Oklahoma City Thunder lead executive Sam Presti said he's never talked to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander about the internet's relationship with his drawing fouls, and that the back-to-back NBA MVP would 'kill me for talking about this,' but Presti needed to say his piece. In a near-seven-minute tangent during Presti's annual end-of-season availability, which ran almost two hours, Presti addressed the discourse surrounding SGA's proclivity to draw fouls - a subject that swelled this season between opposing coaches and players to fans and pundits. 'He's playing against six people,' Presti said Monday. 'He's got five defenders, and the sixth defender is social media. That's a reality. He's not going to be the last player that the machine decides to target, but no one's going to handle it as gracefully, because when they turn it on somebody else, they're not going to step up there every night and not acknowledge it.' This past season, several coaches vocalized their frustrations with the way Gilgeous-Alexander is officiated, including New York's Mike Brown, Detroit's J.B. Bickerstaff, Golden State's Steve Kerr and Minnesota's Chris Finch. Their comments ranged from taking exception to how rules are applied and how SGA is officiated relative to other players, all the way to questioning the physicality teams are permitted to use against him and the frequency with which they feel he flops. Presti noted that postgame news conferences had 'turned into the bully pulpit to create competitive advantage.' 'We know what that is,' Presti added. 'It used to be you'd get up there, you'd talk about your own team. Now, everyone gets up there, and they talk about the officials, and they discredit the other team. Again, like, they're great competitors, so we know why that's happening, and I don't fault them because I think they may think it works.' As a way to pivot away from the discourse, instead of hoping to credit Gilgeous-Alexander for the season he had and the career he's built, Presti cited the critical narratives he feels surround the league's product and how Gilgeous-Alexander is perceived by the media and fans.