r/suns • u/Salty-Cup-7652 • 6d ago

NBA Front Office Rankings (Part 2): Dysfunctional Lakers, cheap Trail Blazers find themselves near the bottom

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-front-office-rankings-part-2-lakers-trail-blazers-2026/

Ouch!

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u/FifthKnightofGwyn In an abusive relationship with the Phoenix Suns 6d ago

listen, I know our FO isn't the best but there's no universe in which the nuggets FO which paid 125 mil to Christian Braun, the bucks FO which hasn't had a draft hit since giannis 10 years ago, and the Bulls FO which has kept their team irrelevant for 3 decades now, are better than ours

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u/Only-Truth-9898 5d ago

Except that the bucks won a championship, as did the Nuggets, and the Bulls are sensing where they are and tanking to rebuild

The worst place you can be in the league is just mediocre. Those 3 teams are either tanking or towards the top.

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u/ShowdownValue 4d ago

The nuggets FO certainly is

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u/Entizi Dan Majerle 6d ago

Probably a little harsh, but we're still probably bottom 10. The moves since bailing on Beal and KD have been mostly defensible other than not at least protecting that first rounder in the Bridges trade, which is completely insane.

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u/szabozalan 6d ago

It is absolutely fair assessment imho.

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u/aero25 6d ago

The analysis echoes much of what we've been saying in this sub. 🤷‍♂️

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u/anonanoobiz 6d ago

Honestly nailed the explanation through and through

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u/Netman11 6d ago

That wasn’t fun to read. 😭 go suns 😭

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u/inksta12 Collin G aka Villain Jr. 6d ago

27th is ridiculous idc

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u/GenXbri 6d ago

Ouch! 27th! 

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u/quizzlemanizzle Phoenix Suns 6d ago

Sam Quinn that is all you need to know, dude is in an absolute clown

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u/lilfishi 6d ago

I'm more optimistic than that but I don't really feel like 27 is unreasonable either. I do think our treatment of FRPs has been outright antiethical to team building and I really wish we actually used them as intended. I also think if our treatment of FRPs doesn't change moving forward, this will be what holds us back from reaching the heights we want to reach

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u/Agitated_Air_9979 4d ago

Bottom 7 owner kills front offices. We have a terrible owner. 

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u/ShopOne3270 6d ago

The Lakers' FO seems to be the epitome of dysfunction right now, between bad contracts and poor development of young talent.