May 22, 2013

NBA Adds Dan Gilbert to Competition Committee

May 16, 2012 by 10 Comments

The NBA has made over their competition committee and Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert has been given a spot. Formerly comprised of the league’s 30 general managers, the competition committee has been redesigned to a new and improved version, featuring two owners, four general managers, three head coaches and one player association representative. Gilbert will be joined by Golden State’s Joe Lacob among the ownership ranks.

The general managers include Mitch Kupchak of the Los Angeles Lakers, Sam Presti of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin O’Connor of the Utah Jazz and Bryan Colangelo of the Toronto Raptors. The coaches will be represented by Rick Carlisle of the Dallas Mavericks, Doc Rivers of the Boston Celtics and Lionel Hollins of the Memphis Grizzlies. The players representative is to be determined.

“The Board decided that the inclusion of owners and head coaches on the competition committee would add valuable perspectives to discussions about our game and how it might be improved,” said Joel Litvin, NBA president of league operations, via a written statement. “At the same time, we will continue to receive input on competition and rules matters from all 30 teams through the General Managers Committee.”

Though the team has been remodled, the process of changing a rule remains the same: A recommendation from the committee would be brough before the league’s Board of Governors for a vote. This group will meet for the first time during the NBA Finals.

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  • mgbode

    2 relatively new owners on the competition committee?  seems strange.

  • AlexMathews

    Maybe that’s the point? If the point of the competition committee is to revamp rules and operating procedures in basketball, it would help to have some fresh blood, as opposed to long-standing owners who are used to the “same old”.

  • mgbode

    I don’t think it’s a bad idea.  In fact, I think it’s good.  It’s just that I am surprised the long-standing owners allowed it (especially after the CBA-standoff between the 2 sides within ownership)

  • floydrubino

    Hopefully Gibert will benefit spending time with people that actually know the game. Good lord he needs it.

  • BrownsFanSF

    Lots of small market rep too.  Lecob, Presti, Gilbert, O’Conner, Colangelo Hollins and Carlisle all represent small or mid market clubs.  If I didn’t know any better I’d say the NBA was looking at a move towards parity rather than just splitting Championships between Boston and LA (who are both represented) like it’s been for the last 50 years.

    Could be very interesting

  • Steve

     The Bay Area, Dallas, and Toronto are not small or even mid markets, and even if they were, what exactly are they going to do to increase parity? This group’s main purpose this offseason is going to be dealing with flopping, considering the outcry against it has picked up a bit again, and maybe make some minor adjustments to trivial events like backcourt or shot-clock violations. They don’t get to make drastic changes to how teams can operate. That’s what the CBA is for, and small to mid market owners already rolled over to the big markets just so they could agree on taking more money from the players.

  • CBI

    1st order of business, ban the crab dribble.

  • BrownsFanSF

    I would say Toronto is definitely a small-mid market (do they even show their highlights on sportscenter?) and the Dubs will be mid-market as long as they stay East Bay, a move to SF may change that but it will never be a Media Market like NYC, LA or Chicago.  I guess I would call Dallas a Mid with a deep pocketed owner.

    I do agree that flopping will be on the top of the list.  The old school NFL competition committee made some major changes, and still has some power.  Only time will tell what this new NBA committee will have.

    here is the list of top media markets in the USA btw, 

    http://www.proadvance.com/topmediamarkets.html 

    Bay Area comes in 6 and Dallas 7, admittedly higher than I thought.

  • Steve

     Getting on sportscenter is not a measure of market size. Yes, NY, LA, and Chicago are far and away the three largest markets, but next is Philly, and the next 3 in line are Toronto, Dallas, Bay Area.

    The NFL committee proposed changes like having a replay official in the booth handle calls instead of the guy on the field, or to use the postseason overtime for regular season games. Noticeable changes, but nothing drastic, and certainly nothing affecting the balance of power between teams.

  • BrownsFanSF

    Obviously the size of one’s city has little do to with sports center highlights, but the size of the Media Market sure does.  As far as what is “small or mid” I guess we are just discussing semantics at this point (ie what I consider mid vs what you do).

    Bottom line is I agree with you, the Competition Committee isn’t about to do anything to change or re-interprit the current CBA.  Officiating in general is likely their first order of business.

    BTW am I the only one who gets a heck of a lot more heated at offensive flopping (looking at you D Wade) rather than the famous “block/charge” debate?