D'Alessandro said a lot of important things: about having a small but diverse staff, about the importance of analytics and technology, about avoiding building an echo chamber, about leaning on Michael Malone's presence at recent draft workouts when the choice is made next week. But I think the most important thing said at the press conference came from Vivek Ranadivé himself.

When I hear an endorsement like that from someone as successful, eloquent and smart as Vivek, I don't need to hear about Pete D.'s experience, expertise or other endorsements. That's all I need to know: that this guy blew Vivek away. Right now, that's plenty enough for me.

The fact that Pete D. also has endorsements from Chris Mullin, Larry Coon and Masai Ujiri doesn't hurt. But he is smart enough to blow away a guy who surrounds himself with some of the smartest people in Silicon Valley. I'm on board.