A friend of mine once said that Ernie Grunfeld has had the career of a Supreme Court Justice. It didn’t matter what decisions he made, whether they were successful, or how angry his critics became. Grunfeld was great at saving money and saving face, and the combination of those skills led to an appointment with the Wizards that felt like a lifetime. Among chief executives around the NBA, only Pat Riley, R.C. Buford, Donnie Nelson, and Danny Ainge were employed longer. Each of those guys won titles along the way. In Washington D.C., the Wizards once made it to the seventh game in the second round, and I'm pretty sure Game 6 against the Celtics is the closest an entire generation of Wizards fans have ever come to a championship.
The End of Ernie Grunfeld Won't Solve Every Wizards Problem
