The Sonics have finally decided on a general manager, agreeing on a contract with San Antonio Spurs vice president Sam Presti, who will be in Seattle on Thursday for an official announcement, according to a source familiar with the situation.

The team scheduled a news conference for noon on Thursday.

Presti, 30, has been tabbed as a wunderkind, promoted four times since joining the Spurs organization in 2000 and was credited with developing a highly sophisticated scouting system that has been used by the Spurs the past several years.