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Yeah I just dont get how Cuban is #1..... Really?
By Daniel Marks
With Mikhail Prokhorov making waves around the League, and showing just how important an owner can be to a team’s success, we decided to rank the five best and five worst owners in the NBA based on their popularity with fans and players as well as their team’s on-court performance.
BEST
1. Mark Cuban
Any discussion of the best owner in basketball begins and ends with Mark Cuban. This man has poured his heart and soul into the Mavericks (and his cash) making them a mainstay in the NBA playoffs come April. Despite the fact that Dallas has yet to win a le in his tenure, Cuban has done everything short of playing for the Mavs in trying to get it done, and is also beloved by the team’s fans.
2. Jerry Buss
Buss has been a great owner because of his willingness to stay out of the way and let the basketball people handle their jobs. Under his watch since 1979, the Lakers have won nine championships – which is truly remarkable considering they have won over a quarter of the championships since Buss took over. He has also been willing to spend the money to keep marquee players, and bring in excellent coaches like Pat Riley and Phil Jackson.
3. Peter Holt
Holt saved the Spurs from relocating from San Antonio and his community-based philosophy has made the Spurs the pride of the city. Under his leadership, the Spurs have won four championships, and his organization has remained a model of stability with R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich at the helm of basketball operations for years; and Tim Duncan the face of the franchise for just as long.
4. Dan Gilbert
Gilbert purchased the Cavaliers from long-time owner Gordon Gund, and has made a lot of improvements to the team as owner. He refurbished the Quicken Loans Arena and built a new practice facility for the team. He has also gave Danny Ferry and the front-office the means to make any trade or move necessary for the betterment of the franchise. He has also done all he can to entice LeBron to stay with the Cavs.
5. Leslie Alexander
Alexander purchased the Rockets in 1993 right before their championships in 1994 and 1995. The franchise has been very successful in his tenure as owner, and Alexander deserves a lot of credit for being an innovative basketball man. It was his decision to bring on numbers freak Daryl Morey when not many NBA teams would, and the decision has paid off as Morey has built a very good Rockets team.
WORST
1. Donald Sterling
Probably one of the worst owners in all of sports, not just the NBA. Sterling is a notorious penny-pincher who has refused to invest in the Clippers – and as a result has made them a laughingstock during his entire tenure as owner. All of this on top of the fact that the Clippers have won only one playoff series in Sterling’s nearly 30-year tenure solidifies him as by far the worst owner in the NBA.
2. Chris Cohan
Cohan is in the process of selling the team, but since he is still currently the owner, he falls on this list right behind Sterling. Cohan’s Warriors have only made the playoffs once in Cohan’s 15 years of ownership, and he is much maligned amongst the super-loyal Warrior fan base. The fact that the Warriors still draw fans at a high level is a testament to their love for the team not the product Cohan has put on the court.
3. James Dolan
Dolan has transformed the Knicks from marquee NBA franchise into a joke. He is responsible for hiring Isiah Thomas and allowing him to run the team into the ground for way too long, and is also responsible for David Stern’s 2007 remark that the Knicks are “not a model of intelligent management.” Dolan also has isolated the media which can be a problem owning a team in the world’s largest market. If he does get one high mark, it is for his willingness to spend money even if he spends it irresponsibly.
4. Michael Jordan
Despite only being the majority owner of the Bobcats for half of this past season, Jordan’s tenures as minority owner have been rocky to say the least. With the Wizards as a minority owner and director of basketball operations, Jordan drafted Kwame Brown and traded Rip Hamilton, eventually being fired by the late Abe Pollin. With Charlotte, after buying a share of the team, he made himself director of basketball ops again and has made some mind-boggling basketball moves. As long as Jordan owns the Bobcats and is in control, I don’t see much hope for Charlotte basketball.
5. Robert Sarver
Sarver bought the team from basketball lifer Jerry Colangelo and has yet to live up to Colangelo’s legacy. The Suns have been successful over the past few years despite Sarver’s ownership, not because of it. He has been very frugal when spending money on the team, and his reluctance to go over the luxury tax (despite having a team that could potentially win a championship) has been troubling. Also, his decision to sell numerous draft picks over the years has stunted the Suns’ development of youth, making him an owner that is unpopular with his fans.
http://dimemag.com/2010/06/the-best-worst-nba-owners/
Yeah I just dont get how Cuban is #1..... Really?
Pretty much. They will put up with his meddling and baggery because he will open the wallet as wide as they want.
Mark Cuban is the Jerry Jones of the NBA.
Hm...
Why would Jordan even get honorable mention, he just became an owner and who cares what he did in Washington, he wasn't an owner, he just became a majority owner. Sheesh!!
It's funny to see Cuban mentioned so highly b/c I honestly think he is part of the problem in _allas.
Cuban is such an enigma he should be on both lists.
He should definitely be in the top 5, if not top 3. Cuban the owner is fantastic. Cuban the fan is a chode.
Pretty much sums it up
Not sure what Cuban has actually done that's so great. The previous Dallas ownership was abysmal, but the team already had Nowitzki, Nash and Finley before he purchased the franchise. His first move as owner was to sign Dennis Rodman who killed the team's chemistry and probably cost them a spot in the playoffs that first season. Too often in other years he makes massive midseason trades, which history shows doesn't help teams the same season as the trade, and the cohesiveness of the team has always suffered as a result. He's also created a "NBA is rigged against us" mentality in Dallas that plays to the lowest common denominator of bad fans and bleeds over to his team, making them unable to take responsibility for their failures. When it comes down to it, Mark Cuban is an ignorant basketball fan with a lot of money who meddles with his team, which basically makes him what everyone's been accusing Jerry Jones of being all these years.
As for Jerry Buss, how hard is it to be a good owner when every free agent is willing to take a pay cut to play for you, other teams are willing to give you their superstars for nothing, and your only compe ion for talent is the worst run franchise in the history of sports?
And I love Peter Holt, but the Spurs were the pride of San Antonio long before he came along, and Tim Duncan saved the Spurs from moving when he didn't go to Orlando.
once again, Mark Cuban > spurfans (and especially Obstructed_View)
Bull SW division year after year!
I only commend owners for paying people to come, the Gm's and coaches deserve more credit for building a team though all three should be working together, it makes more sense to acknowledge the unit of the 3 than to single out one person, Clippers owners hasn't been willing to pay for years and the franchise has still had nice talented rosters yet no cohesiveness, no iden y etc,
The Lakers are blessed because almost everybody wants to play in LA if the money is right, probably more if Kobe wasn't there, but that franchise attracts MOST players simply because of the state and city, the organization, the night life the perks etc, etc
The Spurs are the perfect example of a unit, Holt, Buford and Popovich built a winner in a small market, that speaks volumes because most players are not attracted to San Antonio, although they made a mistake by waiting too long to spend a bit more money to bring in better players and overspent on talent that wasn't worth the price tag, (Rose), still great job
Now we have the dumb opinion.
Mark Cuban #1? What Mavs fan decided this list. Jerry Buss or Peter Holt deserve The Top Spot? Donald Sterling The Racist Owner of The Clippers is more than deserving of the top spot for the worst owner.
I still don't think Cuban should be #1 ... Holt maybe not as rich as Cuban but I do think hes a better owner. He hired the right kind of guys that implemented the perfect system for success. And he is likable!
did jordan also drafted that adam morrison kid who is a fkn busts
Heck ya, I'd trade Holt for Cuban. Can you imagine the difference with his money behind the Spurs?Yeah I just dont get how Cuban is #1..... Really?
Holt shouldn't even be on this list. The spurs success is mainly due to lottery luck of landing Robinson and duncan moreso than any move the front office or owner has done.
Without those lucky draft picks the spurs are out of San Antonio.
Yeah I do believe the Spurs got lucky with Robinson and Duncan. EXTREMELY lucky! But without the right people to direct and produce the correct support system it would've ended with the same story, with the team leaving. Without Holt you wouldn't have Pop and RC. And without Pop and RC you wouldnt have Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Mario Elie, Robert Horry, Steve Kerr, George Hill, etc... Holt hired the right people to get the ball rolling at the right time and we should be thankful for that.
That's what I was thinking. He hasn't even been an owner for a full season yet. Let's not make him one of the top 5 worst owners yet.
You would have had a different supporting cast and still had les and that owner would be on this list .Yeah I do believe the Spurs got lucky with Robinson and Duncan. EXTREMELY lucky! But without the right people to direct and produce the correct support system it would've ended with the same story, with the team leaving. Without Holt you wouldn't have Pop and RC. And without Pop and RC you wouldnt have Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Mario Elie, Robert Horry, Steve Kerr, George Hill, etc... Holt hired the right people to get the ball rolling at the right time and we should be thankful for that.
I don't know anything about him, but I gotta say, the Utah Jazz have been a well run organization and so some credit to their owner. Apparently it's currently "the estate of Larry Miller" but Larry Miller owned the jazz till 2009.
In the case of both the Jazz and the Spurs, part of the success is having both a strong, savvy business owner who is good at recruiting new talent but also stays out of the day to day management of the team and hires a strong, defensively-minded coach to do the rest: Gregg Popovich and Jerry Sloan.
so you're making his point for him even more? way to go, dip
Duncan is actually a center, tbh. For some reason he gets butthurt if someone says it though.
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