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The resume of the guy who did that (starting in 2007) was a brand new GM with virtually the same resume as  Riccardi’s is today.

Relevance, your honor? 

We don't know that Riccardi is a Presti. Why should we roll the dice on the most important scouting decision to be made over the next five years? I will break things nearly to the extent that I did with the Luka trade itself if we go into that draft without a proven, blue-chip GM. After his work building the team around Luka, I would consider Lindsay a viable candidate. Not in a million years Riccardi.