TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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Jerry West is either a consultant or retired at this point. Money whip him into consulting through the end of the year.

West would be great. But he is in the FO of LAC, and is the guy behind their expert player evaluation and acquisition.

With him there, they pulled off the signing of Kawhi, the trade for P George, and all the astute moves since, one after another, to keep an abundant barrel of wisely-priced team-committed talent around them. It's all a Jerry West production. But with Ballmer's deep pockets, and his LA roots, no way to hire him away.

Before that, he was the brains behind the GS rise. Before that, MEM rose from nowhere with him pulling the strings.

Quite the genius.