The Boston Celtics' Brad Stevens received the award on Tuesday.
The Timberwolves winning their first playoff series in 20 years when they swept the Phoenix Suns in a Western Conference first-round series demonstrates the job Tim Connelly has done as the team’s president of basketball operations. He's helped build an incredibly competitive team.
While Stevens was the runaway winner with 16 of 30 first-place votes as his Celtics won a league-best 64 games this season, Connelly finished third after a stellar year from his Timberwolves. Both he and Presti received four first-place votes, but Presti was on more ballots — 17 to Connelly’s nine. Unlike other NBA end-of-season awards, the voting for Executive of the Year is solely voted on by the league’s 30 executives, who are not allowed to vote for themselves.
Recently, Timberwolves big man Naz Reid was named the league’s Sixth Man of the Year. Three other end-of-season awards have been handed out too, including Most Improved Player , Clutch Player of the Year and Coach of the Year . The Wolves may see a couple more winners for end-of-season awards yet. Rudy Gobert is the Defensive Player of the Year frontrunner, an award that will be announced later in the playoffs.
Coming up next are the Teammate of the Year Award and the Hustle Award, which will be announced on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Timberwolves point guard Mike Conley is among 12 finalists for Teammate of the Year.
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