Found June 30, 2009 on Dan Shanoff:
PLAYERS: Rashard Lewis
TEAMS: Orlando Magic

from ESPN SportsNation producer Kevin Wildes, who asked what the top front-office in sports is.His proposed Top 5 included: Cavs, Red Sox, Patriots, Steelers, Red Wings.I immediately responded "no way" for the Cavs, who not only lucked into LeBron via ping-pong balls, but failed to figure out they needed someone to stop Rashard Lewis.My nominee was current man-crush Daryl Morey and the Rockets, but I quickly changed my mind seeing Jonah Keri's nomination of the Spurs. Of course: The Spurs front office rules.If I had to pick a Top 3, it would be in this order: (1) Patriots (because the NFL is so much more competitive than the other big sports, but I'd like to see how they'll do without Scott Pioli); (2) Red Sox; (3) Spurs. I'd like to give a shout-out to Andrew Friedman and the Rays, too.I would also like to point out that if you consider college football and college basketball programs to be damn-near-professional, then a contender for "best front office" is Florida football, no que...
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