Staff from the Athletic ranked the best front offices in the 4 major sports.
December 26, 2025
Staff from the Athletic ranked the best front offices in the 4 major sports.
22 comments
Shoutout Other for top 10 finish
Really interesting that Other managed to make it 6th
Sure would be nice if Walter gets the Lakers up to this list
How would the Thunder beat the Dodgers? One is a dynasty, the other maybe getting started.
Hopefully we see Lakers climb up there soon too with the new ownership.
Someone explain me about the Thunder, half sarcastically asking..
Yeah, Anze Kopitar is not going out like Kershaw did.
San Antonio Spurs anyone?
2023 record: 22-60
2025 record (so far): 23-7
The staff from the Athletic just wants to show off their hot takes.
Sounds about right
Full bias but I think the Dodgers absolutely clear OKC in terms of front office. Like they’re so comprehensively complete at everything they do
im sorry but the thunder had so much luck in their success. no one expected Shai to become a superstar and the clippers were the main team that jump started their success in draft picks
I am getting absolutely downvoted (idc I find it funny) at r/mlb for saying dodgers above okc.
And I will not hear any other argument other than their a super omega close 2nd with potential to be 1st in a year or 2.
Ones a dynasty. And still going. One is trying to be. We have players that have 3 rings on their fingers. FUCK OUT OF HERE.
OKC had prime KD, Russ and Harden and didn’t win a damn thing with that nucleus. If it wasn’t for the Clippers being brain dead they probably still ringless.
Where are the lakers?
We should be number 1, thunder’s brilliance is half based on clippers being clippers.
With all due respect to Prestie and OKC- Friedman and the Dodgers have the better front office, and have the track record over the last decade to prove it. Baseball is far harder to build sustained success given all the variables of the large roster sizes, batters, pitchers, scouting, etc.
The NBA is a sport where literally one player changes your fortune from bottom feeder to championship contender, because you’re only playing five guys at a time. What Prestie has accomplished is super impressive, but I’ve never seen a front office as impressive as Friedmans, in any sport. He’s the gold standard, and the architect behind what might go down as the greatest sport dynasty of all time.
OKC just got out of their baby stage and won their first championship. They’re not at the same level.
What is “Other” and why is it no. 6?
Athletic is garbage
It says soured is the Atlantic staff so this is conjecture not a GM poll or metric based list just “I pulled these facts outta my ass”
So I can see “how they navigate the season and won” being the only standard
So yet another bad faith Atlantic article
We’ve got 2 of the top 10. I’ll take it
Dodgers and Rams getting top 10 is nice. Where the fuck is Lakers and Kings?
22 comments
Shoutout Other for top 10 finish
Really interesting that Other managed to make it 6th
Sure would be nice if Walter gets the Lakers up to this list
How would the Thunder beat the Dodgers? One is a dynasty, the other maybe getting started.
Hopefully we see Lakers climb up there soon too with the new ownership.
Someone explain me about the Thunder, half sarcastically asking..
Yeah, Anze Kopitar is not going out like Kershaw did.
San Antonio Spurs anyone?
2023 record: 22-60
2025 record (so far): 23-7
The staff from the Athletic just wants to show off their hot takes.
Sounds about right
Full bias but I think the Dodgers absolutely clear OKC in terms of front office. Like they’re so comprehensively complete at everything they do
im sorry but the thunder had so much luck in their success. no one expected Shai to become a superstar and the clippers were the main team that jump started their success in draft picks
I am getting absolutely downvoted (idc I find it funny) at r/mlb for saying dodgers above okc.
And I will not hear any other argument other than their a super omega close 2nd with potential to be 1st in a year or 2.
Ones a dynasty. And still going. One is trying to be. We have players that have 3 rings on their fingers. FUCK OUT OF HERE.
OKC had prime KD, Russ and Harden and didn’t win a damn thing with that nucleus. If it wasn’t for the Clippers being brain dead they probably still ringless.
Where are the lakers?
We should be number 1, thunder’s brilliance is half based on clippers being clippers.
With all due respect to Prestie and OKC- Friedman and the Dodgers have the better front office, and have the track record over the last decade to prove it. Baseball is far harder to build sustained success given all the variables of the large roster sizes, batters, pitchers, scouting, etc.
The NBA is a sport where literally one player changes your fortune from bottom feeder to championship contender, because you’re only playing five guys at a time. What Prestie has accomplished is super impressive, but I’ve never seen a front office as impressive as Friedmans, in any sport. He’s the gold standard, and the architect behind what might go down as the greatest sport dynasty of all time.
OKC just got out of their baby stage and won their first championship. They’re not at the same level.
What is “Other” and why is it no. 6?
Athletic is garbage
It says soured is the Atlantic staff so this is conjecture not a GM poll or metric based list just “I pulled these facts outta my ass”
So I can see “how they navigate the season and won” being the only standard
So yet another bad faith Atlantic article
We’ve got 2 of the top 10. I’ll take it
Dodgers and Rams getting top 10 is nice. Where the fuck is Lakers and Kings?