Kelly Dwyer rates the top 10 GMs of the decade:

I'm sure everyone wants to know where will our fearless leader will rank?

So let's get moving:

10. Daryl Morey

9. Mark Warkentien

8. Pat Riley

7. Kevin Pritchard

6. Mitch Kupchak

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As we can see, there are a few relatively new GMs on the list.

5. Otis Smith

4. Danny Ainge

3. Donnie Nelson

2. Joe Dumars

1. RC Buford

So who are the most under/overrated GMs on/not on this list?

Let me start off with a little comparison that has just struck me, and may do the same for fellow Raptor fans.

Andrea Bargnani's game (08-09) at times reminds me of Donyell Marshall in his second season (04-05) when we stuck him at the 3pt line in the corner (though Bargnani seems to prefer the long 3).  Bargnani is clearly the more talented player offensively, but they duplicate two key similarities - great outside shot along with the ability to play C defensively.

We'll start off with a comparison of the two players.

Shot Selection (Jump/Close/Dunk/Tip)

- Marshall: 75 / 18 / 5 / 2 (61% 3PA, 15 FTA/100 FGA)
- Bargnani: 75 / 19 / 5 / 1 (30% 3PA, 28 FTA/100 FGA)

Almost exactly the same types of shot selection, though Bargnani takes half as many 3s (more 2pt jumpers) and makes it to the line twice as often as Marshall.

Scoring & Shooting Efficiency: Pts/36, FG/36, 3P%, eFG%, TS%

- Marshall: 16.3, 13.0, .416, .570, .591
- Bargnani: 17.6, 14.1, .409, .513, .559

Both shoot and score quite similar amounts, Donyell more efficiently due to his extremely high proportion of 3 point shooting.  Of note is that Bargnani is already a rather efficient scorer.

Rebounding: Off. Reb %, Def. Reb %, Tot. Reb %

- Marshall: 6.4%, 23.3%, 14.7%
- Bargnani: 3.4%, 16.4%, 10.0%

Donyell, better across the board.

Other: Ast %, TO %, BLK/36, STL/36

- Marshall: 8.4%, 6.2%, 1.0, 1.2
- Bargnani: 6.4%, 11.2%, 1.4, 0.5

Surprisingly, Donyell has a higher assist % (likely because of Andrea's tendency to shoot than pass and the old Raptors' system which emphasized swinging the ball around the 3pt line - not because of any superior passing skill).  He has a much lower turnover % which should occur he was primarily deployed as a spot up shooter compared with Bargnani occassionally catching the ball within the arc and being asked to create.  In the defensive stats, we see Marshall with quicker hands and Bargnani as the bigger shotblocking threat.

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Last season, Golden State had an offer on the table for Chris Bosh.  At the time, I didn't consider it too strongly, but in the wake of Anthony Randolph's wildly successful summer league (and subsequent Team USA invite) I feel it's at least worth another thought.

Anthony Randolph and Andris Biedrins for Chris Bosh

• Were you in favour of or against the trade at the time? 
• What are your thoughts now? 
• How about prior to the summer league and opening of the free agency period? 

 If your answer changes from situation to situation, I'd be interested to hear why.