January 16, 2004

Dear ASK SpoFi, do you know of a resource that gives the GM/Exec for each NBA team, for every year?
(good god no, there's more inside!)

posted by lilnemo to navel gazing at 05:22 PM - 7 comments

By GM/Exec I mean whoever is directly responsible for player/personnel moves. Why, you ask? To finger-point and blame mostly. I'd like to get a "Six Degrees of Something-something" together, much like baseballreference.com's Oracle. Only I'd like to see who is responsible for bringing the player to a team (be it through the draft, FA, etc.). A transaction history with where, when, whom, and dealt by whom. Ponies are payable, but only in celophane-wrapped chunks.

posted by lilnemo at 05:28 PM on January 16, 2004

This ain't new, but it's a start: ESPN.com 2002 ranking of NBA GMs/presidents. Finger-point away!

posted by worldcup2002 at 06:25 PM on January 16, 2004

OK. Link away! ESPN.com 2002 ranking of NBA GMs/presidents.

posted by worldcup2002 at 06:26 PM on January 16, 2004

I do know that the NHL Official Guide and Record book keeps track of that sort of thing for all the NHL teams (coaches, GMs, captains). Is there a similar book for the NBA?

posted by grum@work at 06:39 PM on January 16, 2004

The Sporting News NBA Register is published every year and usually has this information. I just don't have access to every volume.

posted by lilnemo at 06:52 PM on January 16, 2004

FWIW, there's that NBA cyclopedia of every team up until 2000 with full personnel and player rosters that I've seen sitting in many a Borders, Barnes and Noble, etc. bargain bin. Any luck on that?

posted by forksclovetofu at 02:27 AM on January 17, 2004

One person to ask might be NBA superfan Patricia Bender who was the subject of her own SpoFi thread

posted by gspm at 11:04 AM on January 19, 2004

You're not logged in. Please log in or register.