You are given free reign over your most hated franchise. How do you make them go 0-82?

Okay you all are fucking amateurs. Let's take this seriously.

1) First I would assume that I am the GM. Free reign is some bullshit because you could just disband the team. This comes with immense power, not just a huge check. We are going to destroy the Golden State Warriors for the ultimate challenge.

2) I would use that immense power to hire a private investigator. I would use that PI to get as much dirt as possible on a player, probably someone like Festus Ezeli. I would use this dirt to appeal to his humanly base desire for security and seem the generous type. I would offer him a cushy FO position one day or perhaps something in one of my restaurant business, while getting under the table checks of course. In exchange, he would be my bitch and begin the destruction of the Warriors.

3) Before I could begin this, I would use my incredible charm, basketball knowhow, and insanely good looks to let the sexiest reporter, preferably local or a minor ESPN/TNT one get the inside scoop and be my propaganda machine. Of course she would return the favor by sleeping with me at my convenience.

4) I would tell Festus about certain rumors Bogut proposed to him. I would create a racial divide within the team, prompting Ezeli to defend Jackson while Bogut riles up a storm. This conflict would end in fistacuffs in practice and a division in the team. Chemistry would plummet.

5) I would then call Iggy, Klay, and Steph into my office and say that Iggy was now in control of the team; it was his team. They needed a veteran presence. I would also inform them about possibly trading the vehement Kerr supporters and leak this info to my sexy reporter girl- allowing her to spin it racially.

6) Then of course I would bring up Draymond Green's tweets as he would undoubtedly try and call me on his bullshit. Ezeli and sexy reporter would go to the media about Green's hypocrisy. Along with he and Bogut, Speights, and Barbosa, I would be forced to trade them for their negative publicity.

7) Iggy would be playing 42+ minutes a game at this point and Kerr would be losing control of his team as Steph and Klay would be battling for the second fiddle and be resentful of Iggy (and of course, me). Ezeli would accidentally confess to the reporter that Kerr was "having trouble keeping us all happy."

8) The media would eat this up, and the Lacobs would be in a frenzy, realizing their golden boy was too pussy to stand up for what was right and to keep their team under control. They would ask me to fire him and attempt to control the players.

9) Upon firing Kerr, the quiet players would speak up, allowing me to field their genuine concerns. A few players would be extremely unhappy, as my inside man, Ezeli would confess. I would trade them at peak value before their unhappiness settled in visibly. Thompson, Barnes and Livingston would vanish in a trade for multiple picks and draft-and-stashes.

10) At this point the Warriors' brand would be destroyed. No one would want to play for them. It would only be Curry and Iggy fighting amongst themselves. My sexy reporter concubine would prompt them with questions about jealousy and instances of it- asking about Iggy's Finals MVP. Curry would ignore it.

11) Ezeli would slip little nuggets of information to Curry about Iggy "joking" about wanting to leave the Warriors. They would refuse to play together and coexist on the court, each taking turns with an iso situation. Iggy would want to leave, but Curry's name would still carry weight.

12) I would plead with him to let me trade him to help rebuild the Warriors, as we would be losing so badly and Curry's threes started to look like stupid shots.

13) Upon trading him, my reporter bitch would tell the world of how the Warriors were doomed as a franchise and cite exclusive inside information about Curry asking to be traded so that we could rebuild properly. She would also write that Iggy was not seen as someone to rebuild around.

14) I trade Iggy and Ezeli for a couple second rounders and first round draft and stashes.

15) Ezeli would be waived by the team, allowing him to play overseas and receive money from me. Little does he know that I'll be offering him a near max when he does return.

16) It would be an incredible litany of scandals, but I would have an entire arsenal of first round picks and the d-league team would be able to be called up in full. I'd also have Gerald Wallace and Kevon Looney.

17) With my master plan completed, I can watch as the Warriors toil away in agony, their franchise destroyed by inconsistent leadership and coaching. I would promise a rebuild for the future and attempt to make moves to win, but I'd always strike out on draft picks or stupidly trade them for high risk high reward players. I would also hire a very weak willed coach to boss around. And of course I'd still be fucking my sexy reporter contact.

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