That’s a ridiculous comparison. Buford acquired a perennial top-5 MVP candidate with the 15th pick in the draft, watched him suffer an uncommon and season-ending injury, and consequently lost him to circumstances that have literally nothing to do with his (/his FO team’s) ability to identify talent. The only unlucky break Riley has gotten was the Bosh condition, which only happened because he was stupid enough to give Bosh a max in the first place.

Morey also offered a max contract to Bosh too. I guess he only uses the eye test.

Pat Riley record as an executive is 498-336 (59%) and that includes two titles. My point is, both of them have a long and successful track record as a GM and I’m not sure if we should call Riley an idiot because he built mediocre capped out team in one season.

Just kidding, I will put up a thread….

Suggesting that Pat Riley doesn’t know what he’s doing because he built a mediocre over the cap team this season (and next) isn’t very far from saying that Buford is an idiot because his team is not going to be much better than .500 in the near future.

That’s a ridiculous comparison. Buford acquired a perennial top-5 MVP candidate with the 15th pick in the draft, watched him suffer an uncommon and season-ending injury, and consequently lost him to circumstances that have literally nothing to do with his (/his FO team’s) ability to identify talent. The only unlucky break Riley has gotten was the Bosh condition, which only happened because he was stupid enough to give Bosh a max in the first place.

And as I’ve written before, it well may be that the Spurs’ advantage no longer exists, which would occur if just a handful — not even close to a majority — of the league’s 29 other teams picked up on what was making the Spurs so great at identifying and acquiring high-value contracts.

By that logic you seem to conclude that every bad deal in the league must have been made by a GM who only uses the eye test.

I have no fucking idea where you got that logic, but it’s nonsense.

Also your defense of James Jones is fucking appeal-to-authority nonsense, too.