The Danny Ainge System crowns the NBA’s front offices by a radical, baseball-inspired metric: OPS-style outcomes built from trades, drafts and free-agent signings. At No. 23 through No. 3, the piece weighs Commission-style decisions, noting how Artūras Karnišovas’ Bulls sit at the bottom after a long, inconsistent stretch, while Sam Presti’s Oklahoma City Thunder sit at No. 3 after two dynastic cycles and a modern rebuild machine. Across the list, Cradle-to-grave stability and bold, high-variance swings separate the best from the rest. The piece also highlights newcomers with too-small sample sizes to judge, and it stresses that a single decision isn’t the whole story—consistency over a career matters more than a single big hit. For fantasy-minded readers, the ranking underscores which executives have been more aggressive or prudent with asset-light rebuilds, roster pivots, and long-range cap management, shaping how teams will approach trades, drafts and signings in coming seasons.