[Yahoo! Sports] Using Sabermetrics to rate every NBA team’s top executive, Bulls VP of operations Artūras Karnišovas was ranked 23rd out of 25. Drafting Ayo and signing Caruso were rated his best moves, while trading for Vuc and Theis and trading away Markannen were his worst.
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I don’t see signing DeMar DeRozan credited to Karnišovas, which I find confusing. I would rate that his best move, at least a triple if not a home run. Drafting Ayo and signing Caruso were rated as doubles.
But I can’t deny that the overall results have been disappointing. And yes, he was very unlucky that Lonzo was so seriously injured, but this is a results oriented evaluation. And that was a bad result.
I think the reason only 25 executives were rated was because of the small sample size for 5 new executives. Here’s the complete list:
1.Danny Ainge (Jazz)
2.Masai Ujiri (Raptors)
3.Brian Wright (Spurs)
4.James Jones (Suns)
5.Kevin Pritchard (Pacers)
6.Pat Riley (Heat)
7.Troy Weaver (Pistons)
8.Koby Altman (Cavs)
9.Brad Stevens (Celtics)
10.Zach Kleiman (Grizzlies)
11.David Griffin (Pelicans)
12.Sam Presti (Thunder)
13.Daryl Morey (Sixers)
14.Tim Connelly (Wolves)
15.Rob Pelinka (Lakers)
16.Monte McNair (Kings)
17.Lawrence Frank (Clippers)
18.Rafael Stone (Rockets)
19.Jon Horst (Bucks)
20.Sean Marks (Nets)
21.Jeff Weltman (Magic)
22.Leon Rose (Knicks)
23.Artūras Karnišovas (Bulls)
24.Mitch Kupchak (Hornets)
25.Nico Harrison (Mavs)
This checks out. If P will makes a massive jump, he’ll make a massive jump, but to this point, he hasn’t been great.
Sounds about right. AK has taken risks that haven’t worked out and has stubbornly refused to pivot.
Sounds like an incredibly stupid way to rate NBA executives, since it was designed for a completely different sport and the ratings are arbitrary based on what the author thinks.
so we hindsight GMing. I am the best at it lol and using baseball metric oh boi…. and here we go!
Lol there aren’t 2 worse executives….
I always thought the team was in too much of a hurry to trade Lauri. I thought the right move would have been to keep him at least up to the trade deadline and see how he fit with the new look roster. The team needed his skill set, and it’s not like the return from the trade was too good to pass up.
Spot on accurate