How did NBA front offices stack up?

ByKEVIN ARNOVITZ
April 3, 2014, 11:50 AM

— -- Who's in charge here?

The answer to that question informs the quality of most enterprises.

Those running basketball operations for an NBA team -- we usually know them as general managers or team presidents, or more generally as front offices -- are responsible for personnel decisions, managing the salary cap, overseeing the team's scouting efforts and serving as the public faces and ambassadors of the franchise.

We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to rate the NBA's 30 front offices on their overall effectiveness. Here's what we came up with: