Will bad GM's get another do-over?

A few years ago, the NBA bailed out a bunch of GM's by letting them waive one player with no luxury tax implications.  Yes, the cap number still counted... and the players still got all the money owed to them... but owners weren't hit with the double-whammy of having to pay these guys AND a dollar-for-dollar luxury tax.

Well, because of the bad economy, the NBA is considering doing it again. 

With NBA economy in peril and the luxury tax next summer possibly dropping by more than $5 million from $69.92 million, NBA commissioner David Stern has spoken to owners about the possibility of the amnesty rule again surfacing, although any possible resurrection of that rule likely wouldn't be put on the table until late in the collective bargaining process.

But it's not a foregone conclusion:

However, according to those in the know, there could be serious debate among the owners about whether they would want the return of such a rule. There are some owners of teams who haven't given out as many outlandish contracts that might not want to help out teams that have. Teams that have been more responsible then would be at risk of receiving less money back in luxury-tax payments from the big spenders.

As a strictly business move, I can see why the NBA would try to do whatever it could to make as many teams as competitive as possible.  But it's the wrong move.  And I simply can't stand the thought of crappy General Managers getting any kind of do-overs. 

Hey... you're the one that sucked and handcuffed your franchise.  You deal with it.  It's the NBA's version of survival of the fittest.  Hand out too many bad contracts and you lose your job.  End of story.  The more you bail out these guys who can't evaluate talent, the more you keep their ilk around.  No one is learning any lessons from mistakes of the past.  The more you bail teams out like this... the more likely you are to keep the Chris Wallaces of the world around... and that just means the next Sam Presti doesn't get his chance.