It has been three years since last we experimented with what I will call The Danny Ainge System, using baseball’s Sabermetrics to evaluate NBA front offices. It is inspired by Ainge’s stint with the Toronto Blue Jays and the similarities between Daryl Morey’s brand of team-building and Billy Beane’s Moneyball.
The method was originally created to rate draft histories, and we have expanded it this time around to cover an executive’s entire record across three categories: draft picks, trades and free-agent signings.
Each transaction is still categorized in baseball terms based on the original formula (for the most part):
HR: Bona fide All-Stars
3B: Top-flight performers
2B: Front-end rotation players
1B: Other noteworthy contributors
BB: Lateral and inconclusive moves
K: Diminished returns
We then calculated every executive’s on-base and slugging percentages, combining them to determine their
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