How these brilliant front offices dominated in NBA free-agency 'playoffs'
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Every spring, NBA fans are treated to basketball’s ultimate competition for players: the playoffs. At the end of the four rounds, the last team remaining is crowned champion and we typically have a better appreciation for which players are “16-game playerHow these brilliant front offices dominated in NBA free-agency 'playoffs'
Every spring, NBA fans are treated to basketball’s ultimate competition for players: the playoffs. At the end of the four rounds, the last team remaining is crowned champion and we typically have a better appreciation for which players are “16-game players” and which players are “82-game players” (as Draymond Green would say). We also find some players who surprise us in good ways (Jamal Murray for making a leap) and bad ways (Eric Bledsoe for regressing). Once the playoffs end, we get to the summer, and NBA fans are treated to basketball’s ultimate competition for front offices: free agency. The free-agency period in the NBA is akin to the playoffs for NBA front offices, except that more than one team can win. Like the players, in the Front Office Playoffs, we typically gain a better appreciation for which GMs and team presidents are four-month executives (approximate length of the NBA offseason) and which are the eight-month executives (approximate length of the NBA season). And like the players, we also h Read more