Unveiling the Ultimate NBA Shot-Caller Rankings: You Won’t Believe Who Tops the List!

AdvertisementAdvertisementUsing baseball’s Sabermetrics, we categorized every trade, every draft pick and every free-agency signing as a strikeout, walk, single, double, triple or home run, creating a rating (or OPS) of each executive. If you want to get a feel for exactly how this works, go back and read Parts 1, 2 and 3. It will all make sense then.Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

3. Sam Presti, Oklahoma City Thunder (2007-)

• Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

  Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

  Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

  Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

  Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

  Another great executive. This must be where your OPS settles when you’ve had a long and accomplished career, because who could ask for more from Riley? He drafted Dwyane Wade, traded for Shaquille O’Neal and signed LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Jimmy Butler, delivering three titles and seven NBA Finals appearances. The System is the System, and his score is his score, but who could ask for more?

  TOTALS: .741 OBP • 1.056 SLG • 1.797 OPSAnd again: If you take issue with a particular executive’s ranking, go back through his history and tell me which decision was more of a walk than a strikeout or a triple instead of a double. If we agree, we’ll adjust the System. But you can’t just change the System because you didn’t like the way a ranking turned out.

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