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	National Basketball Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NBA Coach of the Year Award is awarded to either the best coach in the league or the coach that has made the most positive difference to a team.
		Additionally, The Sporting News awards an unofficial (but widely recognized) NBA Executive of the Year Award to the general manager who is adjudged to have done the best job for his franchise.
		In 1950, the NBA consolidated to eleven franchises, a process that continued until 1954, when the league reached its smallest size of eight franchises, all of which are still in the league (the Knickerbockers, Celtics, Warriors, Lakers, Royals/Kings, Pistons, Hawks, and Nationals/76ers).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NBA (2425 words)

	Red Auerbach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (born September 20, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is president of basketball operations for the NBA's Boston Celtics, and was its coach from 1950 to 1966, including a stretch from 1959 to 1966 when the Celtics won eight straight NBA championships.
		He also won the NBA Executive of the Year award with the Celtics in the 1979-1980 season.
		Auerbach remains the best-known NBA executive, and was named the greatest coach in the history of the NBA by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America in 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Auerbach (323 words)

	NBA Executive of the Year Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NBA Executive of the Year Award is the award given by the National Basketball Association to the league's best front office executive.
		The winner is voted on by fellow executives.
		This page was last modified 08:24, 12 May 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NBA_Executive_of_the_Year_Award (78 words)

	NBC 15 :: Close to Home - Suns' Colangelo named Executive of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Phoenix had just 29 wins one year ago, but recorded a league-best 62-20 record in 2004-05, which is the third best improvement in NBA history.
		The 39-year-old Colangelo became the third person from Phoenix to win an award this year as he joins Nash and Mike D'Antoni, who was named NBA Coach of the Year last week.
		A 16-year Suns executive, Colangelo joins his father, Jerry, as the only father and son to win the Executive of the Year Award.
	www.wpmi.com /sports/nba/story.aspx?content_id=C8EDCE45-C5D6-475A-B5E8-379E05B9ED11 (311 words)

	Scott Layden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the most respected and successful young executives in professional sports, Scott Layden was promoted to president and general manager of the New York Knickerbockers on June 7, 2001.
		Layden was runnerup (to the Lakers' Jerry West) for The Sporting News NBA Executive of the Year award in 1994-95, a season in which the Jazz went 60-22.
		He is the son of Frank Layden, one of the game's most colorful figures whose eight-year career as Jazz coach was highlighted with the 1983-84 NBA Coach of the Year award.
	www.thegarden.com /inandaroundgarden_ScottLayden.html (471 words)

	ESPN.com - NBA - West named Executive of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Grizzlies president Jerry West was selected NBA Executive of the Year by The Sporting News on Tuesday after transforming the lowly franchise into a playoff team.
		The 65-year-old West also won the award in 1995, when he was general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers.
		After 40 years with the Lakers as player, coach and executive, West came out of retirement to become president of basketball operations for the Grizzlies in April 2002.
	sports.espn.go.com /nba/news/story?id=1804014 (306 words)

	National Basketball Association - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Following the recent changes to the National Hockey League's scheduling format, the NBA is now the only major league in which all the teams play each other during the regular season, and where a season ticket holder can see every team in the league come to town in any one season.
		Today, young players from the English-speaking world tend to attend U.S. colleges before playing in the NBA (notable examples are 2005 MVP Steve Nash, a Canadian, and 2005 top draft pick Andrew Bogut of Australia), while other international players generally come to the NBA from professional club teams.
		In 1998 the NBA owners forced a lockout which caused the preseason and first two weeks of the regular season to be missed.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/NBA (2348 words)

	WVU Alumni \| Jerry West
		Before entering the NBA, West served as co-captain of the gold medal winning U.S. Olympic basketball team in Rome in 1960 and was a member of the victorious U.S. squad in the 1958 Pan American Games.
		West is better-known as one of the greatest players in NBA history after a 14-year career, all with the Lakers.
		His 29.1 scoring average in the playoffs is still among the highest in NBA history and he remains he Lakers’ all-time scoring leader.
	alumni.wvu.edu /awards/academy/1991/jerry_west (453 words)

	ABC News: Suns' Bryan Colangelo named Executive of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Suns president Bryan Colangelo was honored as the NBA's executive of the year by The Sporting News on Tuesday after emerging from his father's shadow to engineer the third-biggest turnaround in league history.
		The honor, determined by a vote of NBA team executives, is not an official league award.
		He was asked if the award was a symbol that he had proven himself on his own and separated his image from that of his father.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/ESPNSports/story?id=766870 (661 words)

	Charlotte Hornets Basketball - Bob Bass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bass received the 1997 NBA Executive of the Year Award from The Sporting News for the second time in his illustrious career in just his second season with the Hornets.
		He spent 20 years with the San Antonio Spurs, both in the NBA and ABA, serving the organization in a variety of capacities, most recently as Vice-President of Basketball Operations (1990-94).
		He remained in that position during the 1989-90 season, when he was named the NBA Executive of the Year after the Spurs posted a franchise-best 56-26 record.
	www.gastongazette.com /Portal/Sports/Hornets/Coaches-Staff/bass.htm (968 words)

	Classic TV & Movie Hits - John Gabriel
		During that time (1999 — 2003), he won the NBA's Executive of the Year award, only to be dismissed in the beginning of the 2003 season.
		Gabriel won the 1999 Executive of the Year award after dismantling the previous year's team and trading players for future draft picks.
		Gabriel won the award because the team was comprised of virtually non-notable players, and most experts had predicted the team to falter.
	www.classictvhits.com /cast.php?id=4450 (296 words)

	NBA.com: Chats
		Suns President Bryan Colangelo has seen a lot of talent in his years in Phoenix, but it will be hard to match the excitement generated by Suns basketball last season.
		Colangelo picked up one the team's three major post-season honors with his first-ever NBA Executive of the Year Award after assembling a club that won a league-best 62 wins and battled to the Western Conference Finals.
		The front office made defense their focal point preparing for this year's campaign with the additions of Kurt Thomas and Raja Bell, both having been among the best stoppers in the NBA.
	proxy.espn.go.com /chat/chatNBA?event_id=9389 (1481 words)

	A season to remember!!!!!!!!!!! - JBB 2006
		Chauncey Billups was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending February 2 after averaging 22.3 points, 3.3 assists and shooting 44.4% from three-point range.
		Wallace was named the 2002-03 Defensive Player of the Year, marking the second consecutive season he has earned the award.
		NBA Defensive Player of the Year and All-NBA Second Team member Ben Wallace averaged 8.9 points, 16.3 rebounds, 2.47 steals and 3.06 blocks during the playoffs.
	www.justbball.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2591 (1546 words)

	SI.com - Pro Basketball - Dumars to be Executive of the Year - Sunday May 11, 2003 05:02 PM
		The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations will be honored with the award on Wednesday before Game 5 of the Detroit-Philadelphia playoff series.
		He sent star Jerry Stackhouse to Washington in a six-player trade for Richard Hamilton, who led Detroit in scoring during the regular season and is among the top scorers in the playoffs.
		Billups was among the top free agent acquisitions of the year, Prince has been a force in the playoffs and Okur has shown flashes of promise.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/news/2003/05/11/dumars_report_ap (553 words)

	About The NBA - NBA Salaries - NBA Salary Cap - NBA History - NBA Teams - NBA Commissioners
		The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as the NBA, is the world's premier men's professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America.
		In addition, the league awards an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, which, while not by rule, nearly always goes to a member of the winning team.
		The last time the NBA went though a lockout, a large portion of the 1998-99 season was cancelled, resulting in a shortened 50-game regular season schedule.
	www.sportsbusinesssims.com /the-nba-history-teams-website.htm (1472 words)

	Mass Moments: Celtics Coach Red Auerbach Retires
		In his rookie year with the NBA, Bill Russell led the League in rebounding and became the cornerstone of the new Celtics, throwing the key outlet pass on breakaway plays and fast breaks.
		Russell was named MVP often in these years, but as important to the Celtics as he was, Boston played — and won — as a team, collecting a record-setting eight consecutive NBA championships.
		Even as many inside the NBA considered Auerbach well beyond his prime, he drafted Larry Bird in 1978.Two years later, he brought Robert Parish and Kevin McHale to Boston in a deal that earned him the 1980 NBA Executive of the Year award.
	www.massmoments.org /moment.cfm?mid=127 (979 words)

	HeraldNet: Whitsitt to focus on Seahawks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Whitsitt's tenure in the NBA included stints with franchises in Kansas City/Sacramento (1984-86), Seattle (1986-94) and Portland (1994-2003).
		Whitsitt was just 30 years old when he became general manager of the Sonics in 1986, making him the youngest GM in the league.
		He later went on to receive the 1994 NBA Executive of the Year award before Allen took him to Portland.
	www.heraldnet.com /Stories/03/5/8/16918608.cfm (711 words)

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		MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis Grizzlies president Jerry West was selected NBA Executive of the Year by the Sporting News on Tuesday after turning a struggling franchise into a playoff team.
		West, 65, also won the executive award in 1995 as general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers.
		He spent 40 years with the Lakers as player, coach and executive.
	www.katu.com /printstory.asp?ID=67414 (425 words)

	SonicsCentral.com \| History \| 1993-94 Sonics Season Recap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In addition, Askew returned on a one year deal, and the Sonics drafted former New Orleans center Ervin Johnson with the 23rd pick, and Kansas guard Adonis Jordan with the 42nd.
		SG Kendall Gill -- Gill's scoring average dropped from his Charlotte years to 14.3 ppg as the fourth option offensively, but he impressed defensively, teaming with Payton and Nate McMillan to give the Sonics three players with 150+ steals as they set a team record for steals with 1,053, the second most in NBA history.
		The accolades rolled in, from selections to the All-NBA team to an NBA Executive of the Year award given to Whitsitt.
	www.sonicscentral.com /9394.html (3786 words)

	Jerry West to speak at commencement ::
		West spent all 14 years of his professional career with the Lakers and finished with a 29.1 scoring average in the playoffs, which is still one of the highest in NBA history.
		The Lakers averaged more than 60 wins per season and won three NBA titles when West was their manager.
		West later became the president of basketball operations for the Memphis Grizzlies and was honored with the NBA's executive of the year award.
	www.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/uwire/030206aah.html (701 words)

	The Daily Tribune - Hibbing, MN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He has been mentioned on the short list of candidates for this year’s NBA Executive of the Year Award.
		He puts the same amount of importance on the award as he did any he received as he did when he was a forward with the Boston Celtics.
		McHale — who is considered by some to have had some of the best low-post moves in the history of the game — has always been a hands-on executive, working over the years with young players in the gym, including this year with rookie Ndudi Ebi.
	www.hibbingmn.com /placed/index.php?sect_rank=1&story_id=174689 (735 words)

	maconknights.com: General Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During that week, the AFL Board of Directors awarded an expansion team for 1999 to Buffalo, N.Y., and the Arena Football Hall of Fame inducted its first class of enshrinees.
		The year also saw the league eclipse the one million-attendance mark for the fourth straight season.
		It was the fifth consecutive year that the AFL surpassed one million fans.
	maconknights.com /league/general (2878 words)

	Suns GM Colangelo named top NBA exec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		His father, Jerry, had just won NBA Executive of the Year, for the fourth time, that year.
		Bryan's success in that way was never more evident than when he received Tuesday's award, selected by his fellow NBA general managers.
		The award said 2004-05, but it had as much to do with moves made last season, when he traded the maximum contracts of Stephon Marbury and Penny Hardaway to New York.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0518colangelo0518.html (472 words)

	PodcastFMSports.com - Sports Blog » 2005 » May (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		D’Antoni and Suns GM Bryan Colangelo who was presented with the NBA Executive of the Year award on Tuesday deserve credit for making a mid-season trade to add needed bench strength to the team and make a serious bid for the title this year.
		The Detroit Pistons and the San Antonio Spurs have taken 3-2 leads in the NBA postseason as a result of victories on Tuesday night on their respective home courts.
		With three NBA playoff games on Sunday, some sports fans may not have read about what could become one of the most important milestones in all of sport for the year 2005.
	www.podcastfmsports.com /2005/05/page/3 (1465 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Dunleavy signs new deal with Warriors
		Dunleavy's average increased to 11.7 points in his second year while he started 69 games, but the forward's solid passing was offset by spotty defense and an inconsistent perimeter game.
		West, the 18th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft, averaged 6.2 points and 4.3 rebounds in 30 games for the Hornets last season.
		"David had a frustrating year due to injuries last season, but he has shown great signs during training camp that he is back to where he needs to be," general manager Jeff Bower said.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635157834,00.html (857 words)

	News and Information Services - News Release
		He was the Lakers' first pick in the 1960 college draft, but before joining the NBA, served as co-captain of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball team in Rome in 1960.
		In 1982, he was elevated to the club's general manager, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the club and all player personnel decisions.
		After his first season with the club in 2002-2003, he was honored with the NBA's Executive of the Year Award.
	www.nis.wvu.edu /2006/west_grad_06.htm (710 words)

	Ouachita Baptist University: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In addition to his role in helping to establish the Mavericks NBA team, he served as chairman of the NBA marketing committee and was a member of the NBA Expansion Committee.
		He headed the NBA All-Star chapels for 12 years and twice was named a runner-up for the “NBA Executive of the Year” award.
		Through the endowment established by Williams, the university is host each year to outstanding speakers from varying professional pursuits.
	www.obu.edu /news/story.asp?ID=740 (439 words)

	SportingNews.com - Your expert source for Stan McNeal's MLB Baseball, NFL Football, NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey, NCAA ...
		Colangelo won the award last year and, in my estimation, has had an even better season this time around and should be the leading candidate to win again.
		The award is chosen by a vote of league executives, two from each team.
		Colangelo will be a Raptor but the award would be for the work he did with the Suns.
	www.sportingnews.com /experts/stan-mcneal/blog/20060227.html (641 words)

	Memphis Grizzlies Tickets - Order Grizzlies Tickets TotalTickets.com
		The franchise entered the NBA as the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995 along with the Toronto Raptors.
		It was tough sledding at first, as the Grizzlies finished with the worst record in the league their first year.
		He won the 2003-04 NBA Executive of the Year Award after drafting Pau Gasol with the third overall pick in the 2002 draft.
	www.totaltickets.com /Basketball/Memphis_Grizzlies.php (949 words)

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