Sunday, February 26, 2006  A rare NBA post  Bill Simmons' column
last week on the NBA's atrocious GMs was probably the best thing
he's written in a year. Of course, it wasn't without flaws, but
in some ways writing from the perspective of other people (even
if they wouldn't say the things they said) is better than his
own opinioneering. I mean, at least he didn't have Kevin McHale
comparing first round draft picks to Arctic Monkeys while Joe
Smith was like The Bravery, or Rob Babcock talking about how
Vince Carter's last days in Toronto were more of a slip than
Johnny on The OC (send royalties, Bill!).  A few things got me
thinking from the column. Simmons sort of proposes that there
are some things that can save a bad GM from getting the boot too
soon, things that conceal how bad a GM really is. Things like
decent draft picks, getting name players in return for bad
trades (which actually put budgets in terrible shape). So I
started wondering if Billy Knight might be biding his time due
to some of these conce