The Milwaukee Bucks’ general manager John Horst finishes 6th in the Executive of the Year voting

The general manager of the Sacramento Kings was the runaway winner.

The Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst finished sixth in the 2022-23 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year voting.

Horst, a former winner of the award, got two 1st place votes and two 3rd place votes for a total of 12 points.

One-sided race

Monte McNair of the Sacramento Kings was the runaway winner after getting 98 points, earning 16 1st place votes, five 2nd place votes, and three 3rd place votes.

McNair became the favorite to win the award after the Kings ended a 16-year playoff drought. Sacramento head coach Mike Brown was also this season’s Coach of the Year winner.

Koby Altman of the Cleveland Cavaliers finished second in the voting with 63 points.

Trailing Altman were Justin Zanik of the Utah Jazz and Calvin Booth of the Denver Nuggets, who each got 20 points.

Brad Stevens of the Boston Celtics wound up fifth with 13 points. Horst and James Jones of the Phoenix Suns were actually tied for sixth place.

Former winner

Horst joined the Bucks in 2017, and in 2019, he was named Executive of the Year. During that year, the Bucks finished the season with a league-best 60-22 season.

Horst has put up the pieces that enabled the Bucks to finish the 2022-23 regular season with an NBA-best 58-24 record.

Milwaukee was the overall top seed when it advanced to the playoffs, where it met the Miami Heat. But as faith would have it, the Heat would score the most significant upset in recent NBA history after they ousted the Bucks in just five games.

The debacle could be attributed to the back injury that Milwaukee main man Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. Giannis missed Games 2 and 3. He was able to return in Game 4, but the Heat had already gathered enough momentum to complete the shocking win.