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Rick Sund

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Sports Executive

The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    He was part of a fraternity in college.
    He never played basketball at the professional level.
    He traded Otis Thorpe for a future first round pick (1997).
    He traded Gary Payton to the Milwaukee Bucks before he was set to play his 1,000th game with the SuperSonics.
    He allowed Nate McMillan to be released from Seattle to be the head coach of its rival team, the Portland Trailblazers.
    His teams rarely went deep into the NBA playoffs.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He has a college degree in sports administration and political science.
    He used to play basketball and football for Northwestern University.
    When hired by the Mavericks, he was the youngest NBA general manager at 28.
    He convened the first Mavericks team that reached the Western Conference Championship.
    He said he had enjoyed his time as the GM in Dallas.
    He made good transactions as a GM, resulting in the Mavericks, Pistons and the Hawks appearing in the playoffs more often.
    He was the architect of the SuperSonics team that won the first NBA Northwest Division Champion title.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying