We're continuing our front-office rankings with a look at the league's lead basketball decision-makers -- team presidents, general managers and, in some cases, owners -- the people who have the strongest say when it comes to transactions.

(On Thursday, we'll reveal our coach rankings, and on Friday, we'll break down our owner rankings. Click here for our overall rankings, which we unveiled Tuesday.)

We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to rate every team's basketball decision-maker(s). In particular, we asked the voters to rate each team's front-office management on its guidance and leadership in terms of how it affects overall on-court success, both in the short and long term.

Here's how they stack up:

Rank Team Rating 1 San Antonio Spurs

President: Gregg Popovich | GM: R.C. Buford 9.87 2 Golden State Warriors

GM: Bob Myers | Consultant: Jerry West | Owner: Joe Lacob 8.48 3 Houston Rockets

GM: Daryl Morey 8.26 4 Miami Heat

President: Pat Riley | GM: Andy Elisburg 8.04 5 Portland Trail Blazers

GM: Neil Olshey 7.65 6 Atlanta Hawks

GM: Danny Ferry (on indefinite leave) -- in his absence, coach Mike Budenholzer and assistant GM Wes Wilcox have guided basketball ops 7.61 7

(tie) Dallas Mavericks

GM: Donnie Nelson | Owner: Mark Cuban 7.48 7

(tie) Oklahoma City Thunder

GM: Sam Presti 7.48 9 Boston Celtics

GM: Danny Ainge 7.39 10 Toronto Raptors

GM: Masai Ujiri | VP of basketball ops: Jeff Weltman 7.26 11 Cleveland Cavaliers

GM: David Griffin | Owner: Dan Gilbert 7.09 12 Memphis Grizzlies

GM: Chris Wallace | VP of basketball ops: John Hollinger |

Owner: Robert Pera 7.00 13 Indiana Pacers

President: Larry Bird | GM: Kevin Pritchard 6.91 14 Chicago Bulls

VP of basketball ops: John Paxson | GM: Gar Forman 6.78 15 Utah Jazz

GM: Dennis Lindsey | Senior VP of basketball ops: Kevin O'Connor 6.43 16 Milwaukee Bucks

GM: John Hammond | Assistant GM: David Morway 6.26 17 Philadelphia 76ers

GM: Sam Hinkie 5.35 18 Phoenix Suns

GM: Ryan McDonough | President: Lon Babby | Owner: Robert Sarver 5.26 19 Detroit Pistons

President: Stan Van Gundy | GM: Jeff Bower 5.22 20 Washington Wizards

President: Ernie Grunfeld 5.17 21 Orlando Magic

GM: Rob Hennigan 5.09 22 New Orleans Pelicans

GM: Dell Demps 4.96 23 Los Angeles Clippers

President: Doc Rivers 4.87 24 Minnesota Timberwolves

President: Flip Saunders | GM: Milt Newton 4.57 25 Charlotte Hornets

GM: Rich Cho | Owner: Michael Jordan 4.39 26 Los Angeles Lakers

GM: Mitch Kupchak 4.35 27 Denver Nuggets

GM: Tim Connelly 4.04 28 Sacramento Kings

GM: Pete D'Alessandro | Advisor: Chris Mullin | Owner: Vivek Ranadive 3.91 29 New York Knicks

President: Phil Jackson | VP of basketball ops: Steve Mills 2.70 30 Brooklyn Nets

GM: Billy King | Chairman: Dmitry Razumov 2.48

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