# RealGM

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'''RealGM.com''' is a sports website created in 2000.  The site was originally a [basketball](/source/basketball) site, but has since expanded its scope to provide information about [American football](/source/American_football), [baseball](/source/baseball), [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) and [soccer](/source/Association_football). According to [Alexa](/source/Alexa_Internet), the site ranked in the top 5000 of most visited sites in January 2009. The site includes basketball team forums as well as off-topic, media, and graphic arts forums. The site also offers the sale of sporting event tickets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RealGM Forums |url=https://forums.realgm.com/boards/index.php |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=forums.realgm.com}}</ref> It focuses its news mainly on players and their movement and actions in their respective leagues.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terms and Conditions |url=https://baji-bd.com/terms-and-conditions/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=baji-bd.com}}</ref>

==In the media==
[CBSSports.com](/source/CBSSports.com) wrote that the core writers at RealGM.com "have produced quality work over the years".<ref>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Matt|title=How a RealGM poster broke the Jason Kidd story before anyone else|date=June 29, 2014|work=CBSSports.com|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24601175/how-a-realgm-poster-broke-the-jason-kidd-story-before-anyone-else|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030044650/http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24601175/how-a-realgm-poster-broke-the-jason-kidd-story-before-anyone-else|archive-date=October 30, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[Sports Business Journal](/source/Sports_Business_Journal)'' called the site "one of the most influential independent voices within basketball".<ref>{{cite news|last=Fisher|first=Eric|title=Plugged In: Todd Essman, RealGM|date=June 9–15, 2014|work=Sports Business Journal|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2014/06/09/People-and-Pop-Culture/Plugged-In.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030102706/http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2014/06/09/People-and-Pop-Culture/Plugged-In.aspx|archive-date=October 30, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, a thread on the RealGM.com forum was mentioned as a source of motivation for [Washington Wizards](/source/Washington_Wizards) guard [Juan Dixon](/source/Juan_Dixon) after a playoff game in which he scored 35 points. Dixon told reporters that he had been notified by one of his friends of a thread in the RealGM forum entitled "The Amazingly [starts with "S" and rhymes with plucky] Juan Dixon Thread." Dixon said that the thread gave him extra motivation to be able to throw it back in their face. Forum members mentioned that they felt entitled after hearing that they had motivated Dixon.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barker|first=Jeff|title=After fans' harsh words, Dixon's play is statement|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2005/05/04/after-fans-harsh-words-dixons-play-is-statement/|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=4 May 2005}}</ref>

In 2008, [Chris Bosh](/source/Chris_Bosh) submitted a video on his [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel cboshtv in which he asked RealGM members to upload videos and ask him anything.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Bosh Message To RealGM.com - Ask Me A Question!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkGIrFvmT0Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/pkGIrFvmT0Q |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2012, a RealGM poll was mentioned by [Ernie Johnson](/source/Ernie_Johnson%2C_Jr.) of the TNT broadcast team during a 2012 playoff game between the [Oklahoma City Thunder](/source/Oklahoma_City_Thunder) and the [San Antonio Spurs](/source/San_Antonio_Spurs). The poll asked RealGM users to vote on which TNT commentator they thought would make the best NBA General Manager. The poll results indicated that 37.7% of users voted for [Kenny Smith](/source/Kenny_Smith), 26.9% voted for [Reggie Miller](/source/Reggie_Miller), 16.5% voted for [Charles Barkley](/source/Charles_Barkley), 12.2% voted for [Chris Webber](/source/Chris_Webber), and 6.8% voted for [Shaquille O'Neal](/source/Shaquille_O'Neal). These results prompted Barkley to say "those people know absolutely nothing".<ref name=TNT>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1QfA21xIiw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/v1QfA21xIiw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Shaq Discusses GM Position / RealGM Mention |date=May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In late 2013, a group of [Milwaukee Bucks](/source/Milwaukee_Bucks) fans who populate the highly active Bucks Forum<ref name=Bucks>{{cite news|url=http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewforum.php?f=21|title=Milwaukee Bucks|date=December 2013}}</ref> crowd-funded the creation of a local billboard designed to encourage the local ownership of the team to scrap their long-held commitment to mediocrity and, instead, focus on a youth-driven rebuilding process. The billboard received national attention, from ''[Sporting News](/source/Sporting_News)'',<ref name=SportingNews>{{cite news|title=Bucks fans put up 'Winning takes balls' billboard in Milwaukee
|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2013-12-19/milwaukee-bucks-billboard-save-our-bucks-lottery-herb-kohl-franchise-bradley-center-tanking|date=December 2013}}</ref> ''[Deadspin](/source/Deadspin)'',<ref name=Deadspin>{{cite news|url=http://deadspin.com/bucks-fans-purchase-billboard-urging-team-to-tank-1486692295|title=Bucks Fans Purchase Billboard Urging Team To Tank|date=December 2013}}</ref> [Yahoo! Sports](/source/Yahoo!_Sports),<ref name=Yahoo>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/frustrated-bucks-fans-raising-money-billboard-begging-team-172147467--nba.html|title=Frustrated Bucks fans are raising money for a billboard begging the team to lose games (Photo)|date=December 2013}}</ref> and other media entities.

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://realgm.com}}

Category:American sport websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2001
Category:Sport Internet forums

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