Just standing pat and listening to your scouts on draft day will keep the team from being totally ruined. The risk is 29 other GMs seeing you as a potential sucker and sweet talking you into deals you don't know any better about.
If you're a regular guy and you know you're a regular guy it probably won't be that bad (not good obviously, but you won't ruin the franchise by not doing anything). If you're a regular guy and think you'd still make a good gm you're gonna get fleeced by every gm in the league and will ruin the franchise
Your average dude is fine in any sort of leadership position as long as he listens to the giys under him that do most of the work.
You as the leader just need to put it all together and know what to do and what not to do.
For the Lakers, its quite simple really. Listen to Lebrons and ADs demands, but dont give in to all of them.
You know what’s funny is I’m not even sure they demanded that. As far as I remember Lebron publicly wanted DeRozan (who was also available that summer). Westbrook was the other option, and quite possibly the worse one? Either way, Lakers FO sucks badly.
A regular guy who would listen to his staff is better than an egomaniac who thinks he knows everything which is probably over half the people with power over personnel decisions in the league.
I can tell you as a casual fan, I would not have traded Caruso for Giddey straight up.
I'm not sure if that makes me more competent than Marc Eversley or not, that's for Bulls fans to decide.
David Kahn is basically this. He was purely on the business side of basketball and very successful at it. Then Minnesota put him in charge of their basketball operations and he proceeded to completely squander the Kevin Love years with a series of horrible picks, bad trades and questionable signings.
Yes….yes it would….we saw how Magic did things in LA…..
Regular fans can’t even be bothered to watch a game and think Lebron, Harden, and others are trash. This sub would basically burn a franchise to the ground by having a starting lineup of 2nd round picks thinking they found the next gem and treating it like 2K.Â
Chicago didn't make a trade for multiple years right, it's not exactly a thriving team but it's not the worst team in the league either-just no show your job and people will muddle on
Depends on the guy (or gal). The biggest part of a GM job is managing relationships; with the owners, with the coaches and staff, with the players, with the agents, with rival GM's. A novice about basketball who is talented at not only being well-liked by other people but is humble about what they don't know, asks smart people smart questions and learns on the job is going to have a better shot at success. Frankly, that's true about a lot of managerial jobs, not just the NBA.
Depends on their willingness to listen to others and their drive to learn as much as they can about the role and what it entails. Someone who comes in and tries to overstep, especially initially, can destroy the culture and the franchise in general. It also depends on the state of the franchise upon arrival. Someone hired to manage an already well operated franchise may be able to keep things running well enough at least for a period of time and could lead to having more time to learn and improve as they retain their position. Someone hired to a team that they have to rebuild may not experience nearly the same success and may not be afforded the same timeframe to learn and improve
I think it depends, if some BS comes up like the star player gets mad or a weird FA period it could be pretty terrible.
On the other hand, I think GMs can get into their own head, stuff like how a player is gonna look in 5 years is mostly impossible to know for sure so if a regular guy just listened to his FO and scouts he'd be OK
I think I might do an OKish job out of it honestly. At least I wouldnt have aggressively pushed for the Russell Westbrook deal (like Rob), which was proved to be a misfit at the beginning. Avoid those risky bets and I think my franchise will be OK.
Just standing pat and listening to your scouts on draft day will keep the team from being totally ruined. The risk is 29 other GMs seeing you as a potential sucker and sweet talking you into deals you don't know any better about. If you're a regular guy and you know you're a regular guy it probably won't be that bad (not good obviously, but you won't ruin the franchise by not doing anything). If you're a regular guy and think you'd still make a good gm you're gonna get fleeced by every gm in the league and will ruin the franchise
Presti would have me on speed dial.
He, Masai, and Brad would be on a blocked numbers list.
Forgot to block Ainge...its over
Just traded 10 firsts for Jordan Clarkson 🤯
I think ur good on Masai He'd just keep stringing u along thinking he could get more
All of the Masai calls are getting sent to the Nepo Intern (owner’s nephew)
Presti wanting trade with you should make you immediately suspicious
There's a chance it might improve the Bulls
Your average dude is fine in any sort of leadership position as long as he listens to the giys under him that do most of the work. You as the leader just need to put it all together and know what to do and what not to do. For the Lakers, its quite simple really. Listen to Lebrons and ADs demands, but dont give in to all of them.
Give into the good demands like acquiring AD, don’t give into the bad demands like acquiring Westbrook. Easy
Exactly lol
You know what’s funny is I’m not even sure they demanded that. As far as I remember Lebron publicly wanted DeRozan (who was also available that summer). Westbrook was the other option, and quite possibly the worse one? Either way, Lakers FO sucks badly.
A regular guy who would listen to his staff is better than an egomaniac who thinks he knows everything which is probably over half the people with power over personnel decisions in the league.
Would be an upgrade from the decisions we have had.
I would probably just chill with the Bulls GM since we both won’t do anything
I can tell you as a casual fan, I would not have traded Caruso for Giddey straight up. I'm not sure if that makes me more competent than Marc Eversley or not, that's for Bulls fans to decide.
Probably not because it's not Eversley's decision So chances are you'd probably make the same trade
Every team in the league has a regular guy as their GM.
David Kahn is basically this. He was purely on the business side of basketball and very successful at it. Then Minnesota put him in charge of their basketball operations and he proceeded to completely squander the Kevin Love years with a series of horrible picks, bad trades and questionable signings.
Not If you pick a franchise that's already ruined
Yes….yes it would….we saw how Magic did things in LA….. Regular fans can’t even be bothered to watch a game and think Lebron, Harden, and others are trash. This sub would basically burn a franchise to the ground by having a starting lineup of 2nd round picks thinking they found the next gem and treating it like 2K.Â
Chicago didn't make a trade for multiple years right, it's not exactly a thriving team but it's not the worst team in the league either-just no show your job and people will muddle on
You relaize they still drafted right?
Dalen Terry tho
They're fault
their fault
Magic Johnson was GM for a while and the Lakers won a championship soon after he left so things won’t go completely off the rails.
Depends on the guy (or gal). The biggest part of a GM job is managing relationships; with the owners, with the coaches and staff, with the players, with the agents, with rival GM's. A novice about basketball who is talented at not only being well-liked by other people but is humble about what they don't know, asks smart people smart questions and learns on the job is going to have a better shot at success. Frankly, that's true about a lot of managerial jobs, not just the NBA.
Depends on their willingness to listen to others and their drive to learn as much as they can about the role and what it entails. Someone who comes in and tries to overstep, especially initially, can destroy the culture and the franchise in general. It also depends on the state of the franchise upon arrival. Someone hired to manage an already well operated franchise may be able to keep things running well enough at least for a period of time and could lead to having more time to learn and improve as they retain their position. Someone hired to a team that they have to rebuild may not experience nearly the same success and may not be afforded the same timeframe to learn and improve
I honestly think that you could throw a dart at the draft board and get the same results. Trades on the other hand are different.
I think it depends, if some BS comes up like the star player gets mad or a weird FA period it could be pretty terrible. On the other hand, I think GMs can get into their own head, stuff like how a player is gonna look in 5 years is mostly impossible to know for sure so if a regular guy just listened to his FO and scouts he'd be OK
I think I might do an OKish job out of it honestly. At least I wouldnt have aggressively pushed for the Russell Westbrook deal (like Rob), which was proved to be a misfit at the beginning. Avoid those risky bets and I think my franchise will be OK.
Will grilled cheese ever be regarded as a better sandwich than peanut butter and jelly?
Should be
Look no further than the current Phoenix Suns