If you happen to believe …
… that the 30 gentlemen who, at present, hold the General Manager’s positions, in the NBA, for the 30 best basketball teams in the world are, in fact, the 30 men with ”the best” grasp of what it actually takes to succeed in this league, as a player, then, this specific video clip is posted here expressly for your benefit.
DeJuan Blair [PF, 6-7, 265] was selected in the 37th [overall] position of the 2009 NBA Draft [i.e. No. 7, in the 2nd Round], by R.C. Buford, GM of the San Antonio Spurs … with the 1st of the team’s 2 available picks … which means that all 29 other general managers in the league each had the chance to take him - as an under-sized PF without anterior cruciate ligaments in either knee - and, instead, simply chose to pass him by.
When the Spurs are once again playing in the NBA’s post-season tounament this spring, fans of other teams across the league who repeat, ad naseum, the phrase,
“In ______________ [substitute whatever GM's name you may want that's not R.C. Buford], we trust,”
would do well to keep this simple fact in-mind.
The best GM in the NBA currently resides in San Antonio, Texas … and, it’s by a wide margin.
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January 15th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
hmmm…. I think Presti and Morey are at least in the discussion, no? T-mac + Yao have basically been worthless over the past couple years and they’re still that good? And the Thunder are already a competitive team, with a very solid young core?
but yes, Buford is the master of the late pick becoming a star phenomenon… parker, ginobili, blair, etc.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Scott G.,
There are several names on this list that have my respect, as a solid GM in the NBA … including Presti and Morey … however, at-present, RC Buford is alone, at the top of the pile.