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Kahn finishes 10th in NBA Executive of the Year voting
Indiana's Larry Bird wins award
May 16, 2012 at 6:25PM
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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:
2011-12 NBA EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR VOTING RESULTS
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
Kevin O'Connor, Utah - 2 4 10
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
Rod Thorn, Philadelphia - 1 - 3
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
Mitch Kupchak, L.A. Lakers - - 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
1974-75 Dick Vertlieb, Golden State
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
1980-81 Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix
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
1986-87 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
1992-93 Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix
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
1998-99 Geoff Petrie, Sacramento
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
2004-05 Bryan Colangelo, Phoenix
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
2010-11 Gar Forman, Chicago
Pat Riley, Miami
2011-12 Larry Bird, Indiana
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