OAKLAND, Calif. — Warriors general manager Bob Myers was named the NBA Basketball Executive of the Year, the league announced Friday.
Myers, in his third season as general manager, oversaw the Warriors as they finished with the best record in the NBA at 67-15, setting a franchise record for regular-season wins.
Myers garnered 13 of 30 first-place votes from a panel of basketball executives throughout the league. Cleveland’s David Griffin finished second, and Atlanta’s Mike Budenholzer finished third.
After the firing of Mark Jackson, Myers hired a head coach in Steve Kerr who had no previous coaching experience in the league. The Warriors improved their record by 16 games, the highest increase in league history by a team that had won at least 50 the previous year.
Myers signed guard Klay Thompson to a contract extension after the organization decided not to trade him in the offseason as part of a package that might have landed them Kevin Love. Thompson became an All-Star, and the free-agent signing of Shaun Livingston also helped the Warriors’ backcourt.
Myers is the second Warriors executive to win the award, joining Dick Vertlieb, who won during the team’s championship season in 1974-75.
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