You were all right, NBA front offices do care what you think of their ideas
By Trey Daubert
Your opinion means more than you think! NBA owners and executives reportedly scour the internet searching for ideas pertaining to their roster.
Everyone has ideas about how their favorite team should be playing, what scrubs they should be trading and what free agent and trade targets they should be chasing. Unfortunately for Joe Message Board, building a roster is a lot harder than you NBA 2K fans might anticipate. At least that’s the way it might seem.
Kevin O’Connor of the Ringer wrote an interesting piece regarding the current NBA landscape. While O’Connor focuses on ways the second-tier teams can turn into championship contenders, one quote in particular really stood out.
"“One NBA executive told me a few years ago that he’s heard of owners lurking on RealGM and Reddit to take the temperature of their fan bases before finalizing trades. It makes sense. The opinion of the most passionate and smartest fans live online.”"
Honestly, what’s scarier — the terrible opinions of message board commenters and faceless Twitter eggs? Or the idea that those opinions might actually be impacting the decisions teams make?
While there are a ton of foolish NBA twitter fanboys, the internet is filled with a wide array of smart NBA people, especially on the analytics side.Shameless plug: FanSided produces a ton of great NBA content at Nylon Calculus and at least three of their writers have taken full time positions working with NBA teams. John Hollinger used to be a blogger for ESPN and how he’s running the Memphis Grizzlies. The path from internet commenter to NBA decision-maker might not be as long as you think.
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Your comments on social media might mean a heck of a lot more than you originally thought. NBA owners and general managers are keeping an eye on what you have to say.