Sam Presti wasn't shocked by Kevin Durant's decision on Monday to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder to sign with the Golden State Warriors.

"When you do this long enough, I would say this: I would say we have means known and unknown to try to understand and interpret where things probably are headed, and so we had a pretty good indication, I think, that this was a potential outcome," he said.

Presti was informed by Durant a few minutes before the decision went public.

"I found out a few minutes before the media," he said. "He called me with his agent and business manager, and we had a conversation. Kevin was great."

The Thunder's two meetings with Durant didn't feature any players, while the Warriors, Clippers and Celtics brought players to pitch Durant. Presti was asked why Russell Westbrook wasn't involved.

"How do you know that we didn't?" Presti asked. He said Nick Collison and Westbrook met with Durant alone, before any of the team meetings started.

"I think it's important to give those guys time away from a meeting setting so that they can talk openly and candidly," Presti said. "I talk all the time about those guys being the founding fathers, and those guys, they need to have those conversations that are authentic, and I feel really good that given the outcome that they had time together one more time as teammates."