We won’t know until June 25 who won the NBA Executive of the Year Award, but I can tell you now that Kevin Pritchard deserves it. He might be the only one who thought the Indiana Pacers were going to be a better team this season than they were a year ago.
With the Pacers making the playoffs sooner than they did a season ago, and likely with a higher seed, it’s hard to argue against Pritchard winning the award.
And once you add the context of how this season’s team was put together, it’s all but an open and shut case.