Yahoo Sport’ Ben Rohrbach spent some time doing a bit of a “moneyball” deep dive into the metrics of what might comprise a great NBA executive.
According to the full article, here are some of Rohrbach’s mathy/baseball criteria:
“The Danny Ainge System, using baseball’s Sabermetrics to evaluate NBA front offices. It is inspired by Ainge’s stint with the Toronto Blue Jays and the similarities between Daryl Morey’s brand of team-building and Billy Beane’s Moneyball.
The method was originally created to rate draft histories, and we have expanded it this time around to cover an executive’s entire record across three categories: draft picks, trades and free-agent signings.