More and more, it seems like the NBA is just like your average fantasy football league. You have examples of dumping one manager but just ending up with someone even worse (see the Clippers losing Mike Dunleavy but possibly hiring Isiah Thomas). You have tons of trade talks and few actual trades. And, of course, you have this.

"I made one attempt to go grab a star player, to just see if somebody would do a stupid deal from the other end," Riley said.
"They call me and ask if I'll do something stupid, so I called a guy and said, 'Hey, will you consider this?' "

This just makes me believe in more strongly in the fact that most knowledgeable fans could handle the GM job just as well (or poorly) as a lot of the guys who are currently in charge.