Warriors general manager Bob Myers named NBA Executive of the Year
Chalk another one up for Golden State.
Warriors general manager Bob Myers was named NBA Executive of the Year on Friday, the league announced, edging out the Cleveland Cavaliers' David Griffin and Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer.
Here's the voting breakdown:
(Courtesy: @ESPNForsberg)
With respect to Budenholzer getting votes, here's a report from CBS Sports' Ken Berger:
Multiple execs tell @CBSSports that votes for Coach Bud, Atlanta's official entrant for award, were really votes for the ousted Danny Ferry.
— Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) May 1, 2015
Also, a reminder:
Repeating: 1. Exec of the Year is voted on by other team execs. 2. Their votes are not public. So I can't tell you where to direct your ire
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) May 1, 2015
Myers is the architect of the league-leading Warriors, who won an NBA-best 67 games while boasting the league's best defense and second-best offense. Golden State will face the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round of the playoffs.
Myers' 2014 offseason was punctuated by two moves – one he didn't make, and one he did. Instead of trading Klay Thompson for Kevin Love, as was speculated, Myers signed one half of the Splash Brothers to a four-year maximum extension, worth a reported $70 million, and signed first-time NBA head coach Steve Kerr to a five-year deal worth up to $25 million, keeping Kerr out of the New York Knicks' hands.
Worked out, we'd say.
Thompson applauded the award, saying it made up for perceived slights of Kerr for Coach of the Year, and Draymond Green for Defensive Player of the Year.
Klay Thompson on Bob Myers as executive of the year: "It feels good to finally get an award after we got robbed in the other categories."
— Diamond Leung (@diamond83) May 1, 2015