Sam Presti just traded his headache to Billy Donovan. And who on Earth can blame Presti? Not even Donovan.

The Thunder pulled off the improbable, if not the impossible, on Thursday when Presti traded Carmelo Anthony and upgraded the Thunder roster.

Getting Dennis Schroder and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot is not all sunshine and cherry blossoms, particularly since it likely costs the Thunder another first-round draft pick in 2022. But saving $100 million comes at a cost.

For three weeks, Presti has been looking at a luxury tax bill with nine digits left of the decimal point, and even in the Monopoly-money world of the NBA, that's hard to swallow. Presti was glad to have the problem, since it was caused by Paul George signing on long-term to the Good Ship Thunder, but no good deed goes unpunished. So escaping Carmelo's $27.9 million was next on Presti's to-do list.