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This is Part four of a six-part series dedicated to the Six Pitfalls of NBA Management. For Parts one through three, go to www.buytheclippers.com. Fans of bad NBA teams, perpetually bad teams, will try to tell you their plight is a result of plain, old, bad luck. This six part series explains, I don't agree. Instead, I see six things that perpetually bad franchises do that make them perpetually bad ...

This is part three of a six-part series dedicated to the Six Pitfalls of NBA Management. For parts one and two, look below. Fans of bad NBA teams, perpetually bad teams, will try to tell you their plight is a result of plain, old bad luck. This six part series explains why I don't agree. Instead, I see six things that perpetually bad franchises do that make them perpetually bad ...

“Thank you for coming to the game, paying my salary, and watching this historically horrendous seven-win, 63-loss team I’ve helped assemble.” That’s what Brett Yormark, the New Jersey Nets chief executive, should have said to two fans sitting courtside during the Nets’ loss to Miami on Monday night. Hell, he should have tattooed it to his face, or at least included it in the marketing for “Free Tax Return Night”—the worst promotion ...

Remember the days when the thickness of your glasses was a clear indicator as to how bad your eyes were? Thankfully, I didn’t have those glasses as a kid. I remember the coke bottle glasses kids as those who were woeful at sports--the type of kids who couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time.   These kids didn't know much about sports, and they did not have ...

Leave it to the Clippers.   An L.A. based team with a history of losing and botched draft picks have fired their woeful NBA blue-blooded G.M. only to replace him with a never-made-it actor who’s greatest achievement was reading for a background role on “All My Children.” Yes Clippers fans, your team is now in the hands of Neil Olshey, a onetime aspiring actor who moved from New York to L.A. to ...

This is Part Two in a six-part series dedicated to the Six Pitfalls of NBA Management. For Part One, go to my main page or www.buytheclippers.com.  Fans of bad NBA teams, perpetually bad teams, will try to tell you their plight is a result of plain old bad luck.  This six part series explains: I don't agree. Instead, I see six things that perpetually bad franchises do that make them perpetually bad franchises.  ...