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The problem is he has NO experience in a front office. ZERO. The intern has more experience. If they hired his as a talent evaluator, then ok his reputation could get him that job, but to hand him the keys to the car, with again, ZERO experience working in a front office is stupid. I don't care about his reputation. If a guy goes to work everyday and works his tell off and has a good reputation that doesn't mean he has the prerequisite knowledge to run the organization

This argument is a good idea, but put it into practice. What hot shot executive is available right now? Chances are you'll never get a great one because they never leave their teams.

So you're either hiring a retread that's already been canned at least once for the sake of his experience, or you're taking a bigger chance on someone inexperienced that you believe may have a higher ceiling for success but may also be a disaster. It's a risk.

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:00 am to Goldrush25

Bob Myers, Golden State GM, hired with zero front office experience.

Yes he was an agent and had contract negotiation experience, but he had no experience with the talent evaluation side of things.

Seems to have worked out fine with Bob Myers as the GM of Golden State.

The list of GMs hired who didn't check off every box in terms of experience to do all the things a GM does is probably the majority of GMs.

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Posted by Mingo Was His NameO

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Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:02 am to Goldrush25

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This argument is a good idea, but put it into practice. What hot shot executive is available right now? Chances are you'll never get a great one because they never leave their teams.

Or keep the guy you had that has proven to be competent. I know he wanted a lot of money, but I would think there was a deal to be made. If not then so be it. If you are really high on Billips and he's the end goal then hire him as a VP of basketball operations and let him learn. There's a guy out there that's competent enough to bridge the gap especially during the LeBron era where success in this Eastern Conference is essentially guranteed.

Billips may be a good GM, none of know for sure right now, but he's really riky. What if LeBron leaves after next season for LA? You now have no talend and a GM with no experience. That could set the franchise back a decade.

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