BadJerry20
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That's a totally fair point. It is hard to overstate how bad he has been as an executive.
His on-the-floor basketball IQ was one of the best ever, but apparently that has not translated to the front office whatsoever.
All I know is GP's team is going to wreck the Big 3 league...Rashard Lewis, White Chocolate, Kwame, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf...would firmly put GP in the GOAT convo IMO
Well it's 2 different kinds of basketball IQ's for one, his GM work has nothing to do with his on court IQ.
But you would think, given his basketball IQ and experience in the league, that he would be able to identify certain qualities in players and construct a balanced team based around guys with said qualities.
The fact that he has totally failed at that is a bit surprising. You think he'd be at least halfway decent. They are two separate but related skill sets.
But you would think, given his basketball IQ and experience in the league, that he would be able to identify certain qualities in players and construct a balanced team based around guys with said qualities.
The fact that he has totally failed at that is a bit surprising. You think he'd be at least halfway decent. They are two separate but related skill sets.
So you're saying playing experience does not translate one bit to the front office?
From my 30 plus years of watching sports, the truly elite simply can't grasp that they possessed a skill unattainable by 99% of other athletes.
Chris Carter is my best example. Listening to him talk about breaking down players is mind numbing. He thinks every receiver can be as great as he was. He had a natural ability that most don't have and he can't figure that out.
From my 30 plus years of watching sports, the truly elite simply can't grasp that they possessed a skill unattainable by 99% of other athletes.
Chris Carter is my best example. Listening to him talk about breaking down players is mind numbing. He thinks every receiver can be as great as he was. He had a natural ability that most don't have and he can't figure that out.
Jordan was clutch, but what makes him "the greatest" in people's minds is his marketability and not as much the player he was. Nike still puts his logo, and not their own, on a lot of their basketball gear. Think about that. Jordan starred in a hit movie about basketball where he played with on a team with the Looney Tunes. Is LeBron ever going to reach that level? I don't think he has or he will, but LeBron could be statistically a more impressive player than Jordan and people would still think of Jordan as the greatest.
LeBron is a very marketable figure, but he's not even close to being as marketable as Jordan. LeBron, at times, comes off as an aloof, sensitive, overgrown child. Jordan never came off like that; quite the opposite. LeBron's legion of haters will also say he's arrogant, which is totally accurate, but Jordan is quite possibly one of the most arrogant people to ever live and nobody holds that against him. It's the petulant, childish, passive-aggressiveness that turns people off about him.
So if LBJ becomes a GM one day and fails, you will question his basketball (court) IQ? Surely you see how silly this stance is.
It's a knock but it's not the be all end all.
To me, easily the biggest knock on MJ is what he did with the Wizards. MJ knew how to be MJ but he didn't know how to adapt when he wasn't MJ anymore.
That's dumb as hell, "if you fail as a GM it's a knock on your basketball (playing) IQ"
And if the biggest knock you have is a 38-39 year old 3 years removed from basketball, not changing his game...then I really have no more words.
Understanding personnel is part of basketball IQ. If you have demonstrated that you don't make good personnel decisions, that is a legitimate knock on your IQ.
All he had to do was shoot less. It's not like I'm saying he needed to move from catcher to 3rd base.