Who is the worst owner of the NBA?

taikibansei · Post #21 » by **taikibansei** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 1:03 pm

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Post #22 » by **Slava** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 1:07 pm

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taikibansei · Post #23 » by **taikibansei** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 1:09 pm

Slava wrote:
taikibansei wrote:I think this thread needs a little music:

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Johnny Bball · Post #24 » by **Johnny Bball** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 1:22 pm

God Squad wrote:
Johnny Bball wrote:So easily Vivek. He gets himself involved and doesn’t have a clue he’s so beat.

Jeanie Buss doesn’t deserve to be on the list. That’s just chauvinist BS.

Do we even know if that's true anymore? The Kings recently have been drafting very well.

That he still treats it like a toy? I guess it could have stopped but it doesn’t seem like he cared to think he was outclassed years ago when he was drafting the worst players in bagley and stauskas. This could just be variance …. Not screwing up for two years.

God Squad · Post #25 » by **God Squad** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 1:27 pm

Sofia wrote:Dr Buss would be spinning in his grave, but Jeanie is lucky there are plenty of other bums around.

Yeah shes been pretty bad. Also seems to meddle a lot. But like you said their are worst owners.

God Squad · Post #26 » by **God Squad** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 1:31 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:
God Squad wrote:
Johnny Bball wrote:So easily Vivek. He gets himself involved and doesn’t have a clue he’s so beat.

Jeanie Buss doesn’t deserve to be on the list. That’s just chauvinist BS.

Do we even know if that's true anymore? The Kings recently have been drafting very well.

That he still treats it like a toy? I guess it could have stopped but it doesn’t seem like he cared to think he was outclassed years ago when he was drafting the worst players in barely and stauskas. This could just be variance …. Not screwing up for two years.

Yeah I agree. I could be giving them too much credit for recent drafting in that sense. I hated the Haliburton/Sabonis trade personally.

iLLmatic860 · Post #27 » by **iLLmatic860** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 1:54 pm

Dolan...he has stayed hands off but he keeps hiring clowns lol

ImSlower · Post #28 » by **ImSlower** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 5:07 pm

Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
Slava wrote:
Ticket wrote:How can one misspell friggin MJ of all people

Yep, I never thought I'd see Jordan misspelled on a basketball forum.

probably because you're too young

So you didn't capitalize his name and misspelled it on purpose? Seems a bit silly in an otherwise fine off-season poll. I expect that was your intention for the thread in any case.

I voted Dolan.

KnIcKsYaNkSmEtS1127 · Post #29 » by **KnIcKsYaNkSmEtS1127** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 5:15 pm

No need for a poll it’s James Dolan every day of the week and 10 times on Sunday.

MagicFan12345 · Post #30 » by **MagicFan12345** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 5:50 pm

Dolan easily, no one comes close to him

Ryoga Hibiki · Post #31 » by **Ryoga Hibiki** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 5:56 pm

ImSlower wrote:
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
Slava wrote:
Yep, I never thought I'd see Jordan misspelled on a basketball forum.

probably because you're too young

So you didn't capitalize his name and misspelled it on purpose? Seems a bit silly in an otherwise fine off-season poll. I expect that was your intention for the thread in any case.

I voted Dolan.

that's how I've been spelling jordon's name since decades.
whoever was around usenet talking NBA in th3 mid to late 90s knows the origin of it.

PaulKellerman · Post #32 » by **PaulKellerman** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 5:58 pm

I think Ted does not get enough ridicule. No Conference Finals appearances since forever, content with fielding a mediocre team, that horrid extension for Beal.

Post #33 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:02 pm

Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
Slava wrote:If you wanted a thread to **** on Jeannie Buss, just do that. Why the elaborate charade?

Here's a few your list is missing:

1. An owner who presided over a decade long sexual harassment scandal in his franchise in Dallas.
2. An owner who's openly been trying his best to sell the team in Minnesota only to find a deal that appears to not be complete because he failed to do due diligence to make sure the buyer had funds.
3. An owner in New Orleans who is alleged to have stolen the team away from rightful heirs.
4. An owner who named his arena after a pyramid scheme in Orlando.
5. An owner who bought and relocated a team from Seattle because the city won't build him an arena.

But hey.. Jeannie Buss!

At this stage I am more interested at how they manage their team in terms of basketball operations.
Sorry if the Jeannie reference triggered you so much, I didn't mean to hurt you.

The lakers just won the title under Jeanie’s watch 2 years ago lol, have Lebron/AD on the roster, and have total salary flexibility. What criteria are you even using to judge owners lol

TunaFish · Post #34 » by **TunaFish** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:04 pm

Dolan by a mile!

LarsV8 · Post #35 » by **LarsV8** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:04 pm

You better add Tillman Fertita to your list....

Ckay · Post #36 » by **Ckay** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:10 pm

Jeanie Buss?

You act like Lakers didn't win a championship 2 years ago.

Zeno · Post #37 » by **Zeno** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:10 pm

Ted Leonsis is the most destructive owner in that he's clearly not cheap, but is unbelievably loyal in the face of incompetence and has the bar for success set consistently low. Man is a heat seeking missile for the 7-11th seed every year while his team has zero flexibility.

Beethoven · Post #38 » by **Beethoven** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:17 pm

Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
Slava wrote:If you wanted a thread to **** on Jeannie Buss, just do that. Why the elaborate charade?

Here's a few your list is missing:

1. An owner who presided over a decade long sexual harassment scandal in his franchise in Dallas.
2. An owner who's openly been trying his best to sell the team in Minnesota only to find a deal that appears to not be complete because he failed to do due diligence to make sure the buyer had funds.
3. An owner in New Orleans who is alleged to have stolen the team away from rightful heirs.
4. An owner who named his arena after a pyramid scheme in Orlando.
5. An owner who bought and relocated a team from Seattle because the city won't build him an arena.

But hey.. Jeannie Buss!

At this stage I am more interested at how they manage their team in terms of basketball operations.
Sorry if the Jeannie reference triggered you so much, I didn't mean to hurt you.

Trigger? There's a difference between something that unreasonably sets off someone that usually will not for a mentally/emotionally stable person, and, something that is just mentioned to garner or fish out opposing opinions on it, to slight the person.

Two persons having an argument with two polarized, opposing opinions is nothing triggering in there... to mention it and accuse the other of it is just a cop out , especially when you insincerely gift-wrap it in an apology. It's a thoughless and manipulative ploy when you don't want to admit you may have a wrong opinion. See it occasionally done at the office. Not very cool and sort of a weak move.

HotelVitale · Post #39 » by **HotelVitale** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:17 pm

People keep saying Dolan here, I get he's an idiot but hasn't the Knicks story just been mostly about FO's having impatience and also not finding the right luck? They've had a ton of GMs in Dolan's time and they keep failing for different reasons that focus on those two things, try to win too quickly then get crap luck at rebuilding and then repeat since they think there's a fast-forward button to make up for that.

Feels like those aren't stemming form Dolan so much as he's not able to stop them, which seems way less direct and way more passive a role than some of these other owners.

Warriors Analyst · Post #40 » by **Warriors Analyst** » Mon Sep 5, 2022 6:18 pm

PaulKellerman wrote:I think Ted does not get enough ridicule. No Conference Finals appearances since forever, content with fielding a mediocre team, that horrid extension for Beal.

Ernie Grunfeld at one point in time was one of the longest tenured GM's in the league, despite horrendous moves like trading the #5 overall pick in the 2009 (Steph Curry would have been available at that slot) for Randy Foye, trading Kelly Oubre Jr. at the peak of his value for a washed-up Trevor Ariza to chase the 8th seed. Leonisis willingly let Grunfeld hold onto his job, for some reason.

Who is the worst owner in the NBA?