Ainge Comes In 7th In Executive Of The Year Vote

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Ainge seventh in executive of the year
May, 7, 2014
MAY 7 11:14 AM ET
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com




Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge finished seventh in voting for the league's executive of the year award.

Ainge received five total votes, including a first-place vote, in balloting among his peers. League executives voted their top three choices.

San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford won the award. Ainge's former assistant Ryan McDonough finished second in balloting after his first year in charge of the Phoenix Suns.

Ainge started Boston's roster overhaul last summer by trading Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to Brooklyn in exchange for three future first-round picks. While Boston labored through a transition year with a flawed roster, Ainge made two more moves in January aimed at unclogging the team's salary commitment and adding future draft picks.

Ainge's 2013-14 moves are likely to look better down the road when we know the full extent of the return haul from the moves he made. For this year at least, Ainge finished one spot ahead of Brooklyn's Billy King.

Read on for the full voting and past winners.

2013-14 NBA BASKETBALL EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR-----VOTING RESULTS
Executive, Team---------------------------------------1st-----2nd-----3rd-----Total
R.C. Buford, San Antonio--------------------------------9-------3-------4-------58
Ryan McDonough, Phoenix-------------------------------5-------6-------4-------47
Neil Olshey, Portland------------------------------------5-------2-------3-------34
Masai Ujiri, Toronto-------------------------------------3-------3-------4--------2
Pat Riley, Miami-----------------------------------------1-------3------1---------15
Sam Presti, Oklahoma City-------------------------------1-------3------1--------15
Danny Ainge, Boston------------------------------------1-------2-------2--------13
Billy King, Brooklyn--------------------------------------2--------0------1--------11
Daryl Morey, Houston-----------------------------------0--------3------1--------10
Ernie Grunfeld, Washington------------------------------1--------1------2--------10
Rod Higgins, Charlotte-----------------------------------1--------0------1--------6
Larry Bird, Indiana---------------------------------------0--------2------0--------6
Doc Rivers, L.A. Clippers---------------------------------0--------1------3--------6
Bob Myers, Golden State---------------------------------1--------0------0--------5
Danny Ferry, Atlanta------------------------------------0---------1------0--------3
Gar Forman, Chicago-------------------------------------0---------0-----2--------2
Donnie Nelson, Dallas------------------------------------0---------0------1-------1

And the full list of previous 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
2012-13 Masai Ujiri, Denver
2013-14 R.C. Buford, San Antonio




bob
MY NOTE:  Pretty impressive, finishing in 7th place when your team finished 25th.  This tells me that the voters recognize the value of Danny's Brooklyn trade and all the 1st round picks he sucked up.  It's respect for the rebuild.

I don't understand the voting.  How can Ujiri get 3 1st votes and 3 2nd votes and end up with a total of 2?  And Larry is getting killed?  He got Scola for a song.  


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Any recognition for Danny is nice. Okay, Danny, now get ready to strut your stuff.

Sam

So.... how exactly did Milwaukee's win it a few years back? Lol.


KJ

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Ainge seventh in executive of the year
May, 7, 2014
MAY 7 11:14 AM ET
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com




Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge finished seventh in voting for the league's executive of the year award.

Ainge received five total votes, including a first-place vote, in balloting among his peers. League executives voted their top three choices.

San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford won the award. Ainge's former assistant Ryan McDonough finished second in balloting after his first year in charge of the Phoenix Suns.

Ainge started Boston's roster overhaul last summer by trading Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to Brooklyn in exchange for three future first-round picks. While Boston labored through a transition year with a flawed roster, Ainge made two more moves in January aimed at unclogging the team's salary commitment and adding future draft picks.

Ainge's 2013-14 moves are likely to look better down the road when we know the full extent of the return haul from the moves he made. For this year at least, Ainge finished one spot ahead of Brooklyn's Billy King.

Read on for the full voting and past winners.

2013-14 NBA BASKETBALL EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR-----VOTING RESULTS
Executive, Team---------------------------------------1st-----2nd-----3rd-----Total
R.C. Buford, San Antonio--------------------------------9-------3-------4-------58
Ryan McDonough, Phoenix-------------------------------5-------6-------4-------47
Neil Olshey, Portland------------------------------------5-------2-------3-------34
Masai Ujiri, Toronto-------------------------------------3-------3-------4--------2
Pat Riley, Miami-----------------------------------------1-------3------1---------15
Sam Presti, Oklahoma City-------------------------------1-------3------1--------15
Danny Ainge, Boston------------------------------------1-------2-------2--------13
Billy King, Brooklyn--------------------------------------2--------0------1--------11
Daryl Morey, Houston-----------------------------------0--------3------1--------10
Ernie Grunfeld, Washington------------------------------1--------1------2--------10
Rod Higgins, Charlotte-----------------------------------1--------0------1--------6
Larry Bird, Indiana---------------------------------------0--------2------0--------6
Doc Rivers, L.A. Clippers---------------------------------0--------1------3--------6
Bob Myers, Golden State---------------------------------1--------0------0--------5
Danny Ferry, Atlanta------------------------------------0---------1------0--------3
Gar Forman, Chicago-------------------------------------0---------0-----2--------2
Donnie Nelson, Dallas------------------------------------0---------0------1-------1

And the full list of previous 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
2012-13 Masai Ujiri, Denver
2013-14 R.C. Buford, San Antonio




bob
MY NOTE:  Pretty impressive, finishing in 7th place when your team finished 25th.  This tells me that the voters recognize the value of Danny's Brooklyn trade and all the 1st round picks he sucked up.  It's respect for the rebuild.

I don't understand the voting.  How can Ujiri get 3 1st votes and 3 2nd votes and end up with a total of 2?  And Larry is getting killed?  He got Scola for a song.  


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Bob,

I think Larry got the bad side of the Scola trade.
Both Gerald Green and Miles Plumblee had a better season than Scola and Indiana also gave up a 1st round pick in the trade.

bobheckler wrote:

I don't understand the voting.  How can Ujiri get 3 1st votes and 3 2nd votes and end up with a total of 2?  And Larry is getting killed?  He got Scola for a song.

bob,

My guess is that he got 20-something points, somewhere between 15 and 34. It could just be a typo.

gyso

DA obviously has some work to do.

Let's see how he manages the draft and off season.

dboss

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/05/08/robb-ainges-ability-to-toe-tankingrebuilding-line-earns-executive-of-the-year-votes/



Robb: Ainge’s Ability To Balance Tanking, Rebuilding Earns Executive Of The Year Votes
By Brian Robb, CBS Boston
May 8, 2014 5:44 PM




BOSTON — Danny Ainge finished in seventh place in NBA executive of the year voting earlier this week.

R.C. Buford of the San Antonio Spurs took home the award as he helped lead the Spurs to the best record in the NBA this year. Former Celtics assistant general manager Ryan McDonough was a close second in the voting after turning the Suns into a surprise 48-game winner.

Altogether, 17 NBA executives received votes for the honor.

On the surface Ainge’s finish might not seem like much, but when you take a look at other names receiving votes for the award, a clear pattern takes shape. Fifteen of the 17 executives receiving votes run teams that made the postseason. One other (the Suns) should have made the postseason but a loaded Western Conference thwarted those changes.

Then there are Ainge’s Celtics, who won a meager 25 games to finish with the fourth-worst record in the NBA.

I haven’t had time to dig through the record books, but I feel pretty confident in saying this is the first time in NBA history that an executive whose team had won just 25 games garnered several votes (including a first-place vote) for executive of the year.

The award, which is voted on by executives from around the league, tells the tale of what was a pretty perfect year for the Celtics by rebuilding standards from start to finish.

Before last season even began, Ainge maximized a return for his stars with a stellar number of draft picks, and found his coach of the future in Brad Stevens.

Ainge’s in-season moves were stellar as well. He dumped some long-term money in Courtney Lee. He sold high on Jordan Crawford to garner some additional draft picks. He opted not to gut the roster and sell low on guys like Jeff Green, Brandon Bass and Jared Sullinger at the trade deadline.

All of those guys could have been moved for second-round picks, but Ainge decided to hold tight knowing each of those players could possibly fetch more down the road, or help the team make a bigger deal this offseason.

Despite keeping the veterans on the roster for the entire season, the Celtics still managed to toe the line between tanking and rebuilding perfectly. They played competitively most nights before faltering down the stretch. It wasn’t blatant tanking like the Philadelphia 76ers. It wasn’t embarrassing for the franchise. The team just didn’t have the right pieces to beat the opposition down the stretch most nights.

There were also younger pieces Ainge acquired throughout the season. Kelly Olynyk proved to be one of the few useful players taken in the 2014 NBA Draft. Despite some horrific shooting, Phil Pressey has the potential to be a strong reserve point guard in the league. Chris Johnson could provide some shooting punch off the bench for years to come.

All of this goodness means nothing if the Celtics don’t make the right moves this offseason. Some luck in the NBA Draft Lottery would be a good place to start, but Ainge has left himself with several tough decisions to make up and down the roster.

For now though, it’s important to give credit where it’s due. Year One of the rebuild couldn’t have gone much better for Boston. Ainge (and his staff) deserve a lot of credit for positioning the Celtics where they need to be on several fronts heading into the 2014 NBA Draft.

Ainge has plenty of options this offseason, probably more than any other NBA team and that’s a good thing for the future of the Celtics franchise.



bob



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sam wrote:Any recognition for Danny is nice.  Okay, Danny, now get ready to strut your stuff.

Sam

hes overated, McHale gave his old franchise a gift, his draft picks have been just okay, his inability to get us a real rim protector as many have entered the league and we still don't have one, shows me hes dumber than he looks....great move Danny getting rid of Perk, how'd that work out? crippling a contending team getting ready for a playoff run for a timid no ganas tweener. If I was the owner I'd fire him.