Baylor Voted Top Executive By GMs

NBA general managers picked Los Angeles Clippers’ Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor to win the Executive of the Year Award, according to respondents of the 2006 NBA.com GM Awards Survey. The results of the survey will be posted daily on NBA.com.

Baylor made several moves that were instrumental in the Clippers reaching their first postseason in nine seasons. Baylor acquired point guard Sam Cassell and a top-10 protected first round pick from Minnesota , nine days after signing free agent shooting guard Cuttino Mobley. Baylor also re-signed center Zeljko Rebraca and signed veteran free agents Walter McCarty and Vin Baker. A year after signing Quinton Ross as a free agent in Europe, Baylor went back overseas prior to the 2005-06 season to sign free agent forward James Singleton. Baylor’s acquisitions led the Clippers to the eighth best record in the NBA this season at 47-35, a 10 victory improvement over their 2004-05 record of 37-45.

Although the Clippers were firmly entrenched in the postseason hunt in mid February, Baylor felt he needed to add a shooter to stretch opposing defenses and acquired Vladimir Radmanovic from Seattle, who has added another dimension to the Clippers attack. Baylor’s acquisitions led the Clippers the eighth best record in the NBA this season at 47-35, a 10 victory improvement over the 2004-05 record of 37-45.

In the exclusive survey, Baylor received eight first-place votes, 4 second-place votes and six third-place votes for a total of 58 points. Five points were awarded for first-place votes, three for second-place and one for third-place. Finishing second to Baylor was Bryan Colangelo of the Toronto Raptors (34 points) while Donnie Nelson of the Dallas Mavericks (20 points) finished third.

Additional results of the 2006 NBA.com GM Awards Survey include:


Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons - Defensive Player of the Year
Mike Miller, Memphis Grizzlies - Sixth Man Award
Boris Diaw, Phoenix Suns - Most Improved Player Award
Avery Johnson, Dallas Mavericks - Coach of the Year
The official results for the 2006 NBA Awards, including Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man Award, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year will be announced by the NBA in the coming weeks. In the meantime, fans can visit NBA.com to preview the results of the NBA.com GM Awards Survey.

Colangelo's still getting votes despite being Toronto's GM now. I honestly don't think any other person deserves the award.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/baylor_top_gm.html

I'm happy for Elgin. For so many years, he'd be at that same seat at the lottery. I'd say to myself, "damn, poor Elgin can't get a break". Great job making the Clips a legit team.

Well deserved for Elgin.

It's not that easy considering who he works for. Probably the worst owner in the NBA.

well done to him

anyone else notice even rob babcock got a vote

Big E was known for his playing skills, not GM. So a good step for him

Well-deserved honour if he ends up proving the survey correct. I picked Danny Ferry a few weeks back but I'd forgotten all about what Baylor has does with the Clippers this year.

what does the Vice President of Basketball Operations actually do

Generally they're in charge of drafting players, negotiating with free agents and making trades. The title sometimes varies from team to team.

well his moves were most significant, and the results were excellent.

Great job and he deserved it.

Wow, Elgin Baylor winning Executive of the Year...I never thought it would happen. Just a few years ago he was mocked being "a veteran of the lottery process" and now the Clips make the second round. How fast things change!

Wow, Elgin Baylor winning Executive of the Year...I never thought it would happen. Just a few years ago he was mocked being "a veteran of the lottery process" and now the Clips make the second round. How fast things change!

Amen.

The Cassell trade was the best trade of the offseason and getting Cats was a good pickup. Although it looks like he'll be using his lottery skills again with rumors that we'll be trading Mags for a lotto pick after the season ends.

Isiah Thomas should've won it. He has done so much for the city of Chicago...

That's probably what's keeping Paxson from being in contention for the award. He's made some nice moves the last couple of years and the Bulls have been in the Playoffs both seasons but most of the deals were with Thomas and Babcock.

Congrats to this dude. Clips look better than I expected.

Babcock got a first place vote though...