25-26 General Manager of the Year Nominations (DUE 2/27 @5pm)

[Darth Vegito]

Rules for Nominations:(READ CAREFULLY AS THERE ARE CHANGES) Nominate yourself for General Manager of the Year OR someone else for General Manager of the Year that you feel was outstanding and exemplary. You are limited to ONE nomination.

This year there will be a GMOTY award AND a COTY award. Therefore you must consider different things when nominating for these two awards. For this award you are only to judge based on the regular season and results of said regular season(Playoff seedings). You should not allow the post-season to sway your judgement in any way when making a GMOTY nomination. The cultivation of a team's talent boils down to smart management in the front office. From drafting to making good trades to free agency, managing a roster’s skill-set, and managing a salary cap is not an easy job. Though the PBSL is mostly cyclical in terms of the power balance, the best general managers are able to keep their teams in the playoff picture year in and year out through proper management of their salary cap situation and close monitoring of how their team is built and fit together. But maybe some GM was able to completely flip a team, get out of the tax, and avoid a total rebuild while still being competitive. Whoever you feel deserves a nod, just make sure to break down why they deserve it.

So the body of work you should evaluate for this award is from Draft Day to the last day of the regular season. Please break down why your nomination fits this bill and why your nomination deserves this award.

As always there will NOT be any prodding of other GMs or any general bitchassness in these threads. It will be deleted upon discovery.

DUE 2/27 @ 5pm

[drkavarga]

I'm nominating Eazy P of the Spurs like I did last season. Spurs are legit and this guy is why. 'Nuff said.

[garbageman]

There are a lot of people I want to nominate here, but the guy I'm going to end up nominating is ballsohard. The 76ers had to make some difficult decisions this year as they were deep into the repeater tax, and Scott was able to sneak them under the apron while still fielding a competitive team with a wave of win-now stars coupled with a team of up and comers. Unable to keep Fultz, Grimaldi, and Ben Simmons, he dealt Grimaldi, and his return on investment was G/P rookie contract center Udoka Azubuike. 76ers also made some nice moves in free agency, signing a few solid contributor contracts like Joshua Swan, Christopher Lemke, and Jonathan Constantino (who he upgraded to Kieth Robison). While the 76ers finished 8th in a competitive AF Eastern Conference, they're currently in the Conf Finals with only 1 loss in the playoffs so far despite facing the top seeded, Andrew Wiggins-having Orlando Magic, and their division rival Boston Celtics. Some of that has to do with coaching, but that's a different award, and I'll let someone else nominate him for that.