CapitalsCupReality
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OT: General OT MEGATHREAD (No Politics) Pt. 3 - Read OP before posting
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Not sure where this should go but long interview with Ted Leonsis by Bloomberg Original that is worth the watch. The one thing he said that stuck with me was that the one thing that he hadn't been able to decode yet was the NBA so bringing a championship to DC was something that is a priority.
Whats there to decode? Tank for 4-5 years and get lottery luck, or magically be one of the 3 teams that Shaq or LeBron are willing to play for. Th Wiz went all in with 3 purely meh star players getting way overpaid, and it cost them a decade of being really competitive. We all saw it coming, why didn't he?
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His loyalty to the hockey people was skillful, advantageous, and prescient. All good.
His loyalty to the basketball people was short sighted, erroneously thought through, and child like. All bad.
So, that about sums it up.
CapitalsCupReality
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I mean he stumbled with GMGM in that aspect also. He just hasn’t hired the right mind to run Basketball Ops. The current guy looks legit so far at least.
They need the get lucky in the lottery part now….
He went w the “2nd in Command after 17yrs” option on both fronts.
One was spectacular (GMBM), and one was ugh (GMTS).
I don't know if he stumbled with GMGM. He built part of the team that went to the Cup finals in 98, then had a clear rebuild job which ended up with a few President's Trophies, so he clearly did some things very well. He never got them over the Penguins, and neglected the defense a bit, but his teams were overall outstanding for a lot of years. GMBM inherited quite a core from George, and took it over the top. If there is a criticism of Ted regarding GMGM, its that maybe he let him linger a couple years long, or maybe he didn't interfere with his rookie coaching hires enough, but those are nit picks IMO.
When I see what dude like Dubas are doing with the Pens, it shines GMGM is a better light looking back. And of course his time in Vegas speaks for itself.
The Wiz on the other hand, ugh, 4 decades of suckitude, and counting.
When I see what dude like Dubas are doing with the Pens, it shines GMGM is a better light looking back. And of course his time in Vegas speaks for itself.
The Wiz on the other hand, ugh, 4 decades of suckitude, and counting.
CapitalsCupReality
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Objectively he waited some YEARS too long to move on from GMGM, wasting some of an all time great’s best years. Call it stumble or whatever you want.
