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National Basketball Association award
The National Basketball Association's Executive of the Year Award is an annual award given since the
1972–73 NBA season , to the league's best
general manager , president of basketball/business operations, or another high-ranking executive. Before 2009, the Executive of the Year was presented annually by
Sporting News , but was officially recognized by the NBA.
[1] Since 2009, the award has been awarded by the NBA.
[2] Voting is conducted by executives from the league's 30 teams. The person with the most votes wins the award.
[3]
Since its inception, the award has been given to 28 different general managers.
Jerry Colangelo , the first general manager for the
Phoenix Suns , is the only person to win the award four times.
Bob Bass ,
R. C. Buford ,
Wayne Embry ,
Bob Ferry ,
Stan Kasten ,
Jerry Krause ,
Bob Myers ,
Geoff Petrie ,
Jerry West , as well as Jerry Colangelo's son
Bryan Colangelo have all won the award twice.
[4] All of the award winners were born in the United States until then–
Denver Nuggets general manager
Masai Ujiri , who was born in
England , won the award in 2013.
Larry Bird ,
Frank Layden and
Pat Riley join
Red Auerbach as the only recipients to have also received
NBA Coach of the Year . Bird is also the only winner to receive the
NBA Most Valuable Player in addition to either of the Coach or Executive of the Year awards.
[5]
Winners
Jerry Colangelo won the award in
1976 ,
1981 ,
1989 and
1993 , all with the Suns.
Red Auerbach won the award in
1980 .
Jerry West won the award in
1995 with the Lakers and
2004 with the Grizzlies.
Jerry Colangelo 's son,
Bryan Colangelo , won the award in
2005 with the Suns and
2007 with the Raptors.
^
Denotes executive who is still active in the NBA
*
Elected to the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*^
Active executive who has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
Bold
Winning executive's team won the
NBA Finals the same season
Person (#)
Denotes the number of times the executive has won the award
Team (#)
Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Multi-time winners
Awards
Executive
Team(s)
Years
4
Jerry Colangelo
Phoenix Suns
1976 ,
1981 ,
1989 ,
1993
2
Bob Bass
Charlotte Hornets (1) /
San Antonio Spurs (1)
1997 ,
1990
R.C. Buford
San Antonio Spurs
2016 ,
2014
Bryan Colangelo
Toronto Raptors (1) /
Phoenix Suns (1)
2007 ,
2005
Wayne Embry
Cleveland Cavaliers
1998 ,
1992
Bob Ferry
Washington Bullets
1982 ,
1979
Stan Kasten
Atlanta Hawks
1987 ,
1986
Jerry Krause
Chicago Bulls
1996 ,
1988
Bob Myers
Golden State Warriors
2017 ,
2015
Geoff Petrie
Sacramento Kings
2001 ,
1999
Jerry West
Memphis Grizzlies (1) /
Los Angeles Lakers (1)
2004 ,
1995
Teams
Awards
Teams
Years
6
Phoenix Suns
1976 ,
1981 ,
1989 ,
1993 ,
2005 ,
2021
4
San Antonio Spurs
1978 ,
1990 ,
2014 ,
2016
Sacramento Kings / Kansas City-Omaha Kings
1973 ,
1999 ,
2001 ,
2023
3
Chicago Bulls
1988 ,
1996 ,
2011
Denver Nuggets
1985 ,
2009 ,
2013
Golden State Warriors
1975 ,
2015 ,
2017
Los Angeles Clippers / Buffalo Braves
1974 ,
2006 ,
2020
2
Atlanta Hawks
1986 ,
1987
Boston Celtics
1980 ,
2008
Cleveland Cavaliers
1992 ,
1998
Houston Rockets
1977 ,
2018
Memphis Grizzlies
2004 ,
2022
Milwaukee Bucks
2010 ,
2019
Oklahoma City Thunder / Seattle SuperSonics
1983 ,
1994
Washington Wizards / Washington Bullets
1979 ,
1982
1
Brooklyn Nets / New Jersey Nets
2002
Charlotte Hornets
1997
Detroit Pistons
2003
Indiana Pacers
2012
Los Angeles Lakers
1995
Miami Heat
2011
Orlando Magic
2000
Portland Trail Blazers
1991
Toronto Raptors
2007
Utah Jazz
1984
0
Dallas Mavericks
None
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
See also
Notes
^
a
b
c
d
e
f Wayne Embry and Jerry Colangelo were enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as contributors in 1999
[6] and 2004.
[7]
^
a
b Red Auerbach and Pat Riley were enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches in 1969
[8] and 2008.
[9]
^
a
b
c
d
e Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Larry Bird and Joe Dumars were enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as players in 1977,
[10] 1980,
[11] 1998
[12] and 2006.
[13]
^ Denotes seasons in which joint winners were named
References
General
Specific
^
"Reports: Baylor wins NBA executive of the year" . ESPN.com . May 14, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2008 .
^ Windhorst, Brian (May 21, 2009).
"Cleveland Cavaliers' GM Danny Ferry picked by The Sporting News as its NBA Executive of the Year" . Cleveland Plain Dealer . Archived from
the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2011 .
^
"Celtics GM Ainge named NBA's executive of year" . CBC Sports. May 14, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2008 .
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"Colangelo voted NBA's top exec for second time" . ESPN.com . May 14, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2008 .
^
"Indiana's Larry Bird named 2011-12 Executive of the Year" . NBA.com . NBA.com. May 16, 2012. Archived from
the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012 .
^
"Wayne R. Embry" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008 .
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"Jerry Colangelo" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008 .
^
"Arnold J. "Red" Auerbach" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008 .
^
"Pat Riley" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008 .
^
"Elgin Baylor" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on February 15, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2008 .
^
"Jerry A. West" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008 .
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"Larry J. Bird" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on August 29, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2012 .
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"Joe Dumars" . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008 .