Kahn finishes 10th in NBA Executive of the Year voting

Greetings.

Youngblood here, with Jerry on vacation.

The NBA just released the voting for the NBA's Executive of the Year, and David Kahn, the Wolves' president of basketball operations, finished tenth. He got one second-place vote and one third-place vote.

The award went to Larry Bird, the Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations. Bird ran a Pacers team that went 42-24 and earned the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. Among the moves Bird made? He hired Frank Vogel as permanent head coach, signed David West in December and traded for Lou Amundson and Leandro Barbosa. In thee Pacers' rotation are players like Paul George, Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert, all Bird draft picks.

Bird won three MVP awards as a player and was voted coach of the year for the 1997-98 season. He is the first in league history to win all three awards.

The voting is among the league's team executives. First-place votes were worth five points, second-place three points and third place one point.

Here is the voting:

Rookie, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total

Larry Bird, Indiana 12 8 4 88

R.C. Buford, San Antonio 8 4 4 56

Neil Olshey, L.A. Clippers 6 7 4 55

Gar Forman, Chicago 2 2 - 16

Glen Grunwald, New York - 2 2 8

Pat Riley, Miami 1 - 2 7

Sam Presti, Oklahoma City 1 - - 5

Chris Wallace, Memphis - 1 2 5

David Kahn, Minnesota - 1 1 4

Dell Demps, New Orleans - 1 - 3

Rick Sund, Atlanta - 1 - 3

Danny Ainge, Boston - - 1 1

John Hammond, Milwaukee - - 1 1

Lon Babby, Phoenix - - 1 1

Otis Smith, Orlando - - 1 1

Masai Ujiri, Denver - - 1 1

ALL-TIME NBA EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

1972-73 Joe Axelson, K.C./Omaha

1973-74 Eddie Donovan, Buffalo

1975-76 Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix

1976-77 Ray Patterson, Houston

1977-78 Angelo Drossos, San Antonio

1978-79 Bob Ferry, Washington

1979-80 Red Auerbach, Boston

1981-82 Bob Ferry, Washington

1982-83 Zollie Volchok, Seattle

1983-84 Frank Layden, Utah

1984-85 Vince Boryla, Denver

1985-86 Stan Kasten, Atlanta

1987-88 Jerry Krause, Chicago

1988-89 Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix

1989-90 Bob Bass, San Antonio

1990-91 Bucky Buckwalter, Portland

1991-92 Wayne Embry, Cleveland

1993-94 Bob Whitsitt, Seattle

1994-95 Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers

1995-96 Jerry Krause, Chicago

1996-97 Bob Bass, Charlotte

1997-98 Wayne Embry, Cleveland

1999-00 John Gabriel, Orlando

2000-01 Geoff Petrie, Sacramento

2001-02 Rod Thorn, New Jersey

2002-03 Joe Dumars, Detroit

2003-04 Jerry West, Memphis

2005-06 Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Clippers

2006-07 Bryan Colangelo, Toronto

2007-08 Danny Ainge, Boston

2008-09 Mark Warkentien, Denver

2009-10 John Hammond, Milwaukee

Pat Riley, Miami