LA Clippers' Lawrence Frank Named Executive of the Year

LA Clippers President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank was officially named Executive of the Year on Thursday.

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00:00 LA Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank has officially been named the

00:04 NBA executive of the year, which has an 8,020 NBA season. Frank has seemingly had the award

00:10 wrapped up since last summer when LA managed to acquire both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George

00:13 during the leagues for agency period. At the time Leonard and George would be the two of the best,

00:18 very best players in basketball. Leonard had just won his second NBA title and first the Toronto

00:23 Raptors earning his second NBA finals MVP award in the process. George on the other hand was

00:29 the first of the best season of his career, which saw him finish as a finalist for league MVP and

00:33 defensive player of the year. Those are big moves but Frank's front office achieved much more than

00:38 just that. LA also re-signed key role players like Patrick Beverly, Ebenezer Zubats, and

00:43 Michael Green to team friendly contracts as they pursued NBA title this season. To help improve

00:49 depth, the Clippers also landed Patrick Patterson and Rodney Magruder on solid contracts as well.

00:53 Frank's work wasn't done yet though. The front office managed to swing a deal for Marcus Morris

00:57 Sr. at the trade deadline that gave the Clippers a legitimate third option, initially a rotation on

01:01 both offense and defense. His performance for LA in the postseason was key and he should be in line

01:06 to greet a new deal with the Clippers this offseason. Per the organization's release, LA Clippers

01:10 chairman Steve Ballmer is quoted as saying the following of Frank at the front office performance

01:15 this past season saying, "LA is a passionate, dedicated, and selfless leader. I'm proud of the

01:20 work he and his group are doing and thrilled his peers feel the same way." This award is a great

01:24 tribute to the hard work done by the entire front office including the general manager Michael

01:27 Winger, assistant GMs Mark Hughes and Trent Redden, and consultant Jerry West. Together they've worked

01:33 to develop every facet of our basketball operations department. Frank finished with 61 total votes,

01:38 or total points, sorry, 10 first place votes while Oklahoma City thunders Sam Presti and

01:44 Miami Heat's Pat Riley coming in a distant second and third.

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