On Thursday afternoon, the NBA announced the winner for the 2019-20 season executive of the year in Lawrence Frank. Donnie Nelson finished 8th.
Is this news? Not really. But it’s interesting enough to talk about because for the 2019-20 season, what exactly did Nelson do to get this much credit?
Well in 2018, the Mavericks drafted Luka Doncic, a player who became the Rookie of the Year in 2018-19 and a All-NBA player this season. In February of 2019, he made a blockbuster trade to acquire Kristaps Porzingis from the New York Knicks.