Brad Stevens named 2023-24 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year

Brad Stevens has been named Basketball Government of the 12 months for the 2023-24 season, the NBA introduced on Tuesday. The Celtics completed with a league-best 64-18 document, and ended the 12 months with the sixth highest all-time whole level differential, with +930 on the 12 months, per StatMuse. They now maintain a 3-1 collection lead within the opening spherical of the playoffs towards Miami.

“I’m so grateful to work for the Celtics,” Stevens mentioned in an official assertion. “Our possession group has given us the help and assets to construct this crew. The gamers, coaches, entrance workplace, and help workers are superb – superstars of their jobs throughout the board. This recognition has every thing to do with the crew, and nothing to do with anyone particular person. Nice groups require that everybody within the constructing is absolutely dedicated to one another and transferring in a single course. With that in thoughts, we’re onto Recreation 5!”

Stevens’ offseason was headlined by the crew’s trades for Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Vacation. The Celtics despatched Marcus Good to Memphis as a way to purchase Porzingis, and misplaced Rob Williams and Malcolm Brogdon within the commerce for Vacation. Each Porzingis and Vacation have since been prolonged long-term — Porzingis till 2026, and Vacation till 2028.

Shortly after the Vacation acquisition, Stevens mentioned: ““There’s an inventory of fellows within the league that you just at all times suppose you’ve by no means had an actual likelihood to get that you just suppose are good suits, and Jrue is a type of guys.”

Moreover, the Celtics signed Jaylen Brown to a 5-year supermax contract, conserving him in Boston till 2029. Brown had one other All Star season on the heels of the extension, averaging 23 factors on a career-high 49.9% taking pictures.

Stevens additionally signed Payton Pritchard to a 4-year, $30 million contract forward of the season, and Pritchard subsequently loved a career-year, averaging a career-high 9.6 factors on 46.8% taking pictures.

Meaning a core that features Porzingis, Vacation, Brown, Pritchard core is locked down long-term, with Jayson Tatum anticipated to affix that group this summer time. Derrick White has one 12 months left on his present deal and lengthening him has additionally been a said precedence of Stevens.

“Derrick is a large, large a part of our crew, and we would like him round for so long as we will hold him,” Stevens mentioned earlier this month.

Stevens was thought-about a frontrunner for the award and he received by a landslide, ending with 101 whole factors, together with 16 of 25 first-place votes. Oklahoma Metropolis’s Sam Presti got here in second with 47 factors, whereas Minnesota’s Tim Connelly got here in third with 29 factors.