If there's one thing that a lot of NBA fans are guilty of it's what I like to call "GM Worship". This happens when a fan thinks that every move that their team's GM makes is brilliant.
I remember Raptors fans in the summer of 2008 who couldn't shut up about the brilliance of Bryan Colangelo. They couldn't have been any giddier about Hassan Adams, Roko Ukic, and Nathan Jawai.
A year later and none of the three are still members of the Raptors. Adams is playing in Serbia, Ukic was traded to the Bucks, and Jawai was traded to the Mavericks, who subsequently traded him to the Timberwolves for a 2012 second round pick.
The funny thing is that even the league's most respected GMs are wrong a surprising percentage of the time.
Even Jerry West, considered by many as the greatest GM in the history ...
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Looking Back: The Best and Worst Offseason Moves in the NBA So Far
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