For the second time in three seasons, San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford has been named the NBA's Executive of the Year . He won the award — which is voted on by fellow league executives rather than media members — after pulling off the single biggest move of the 2015 offseason : signing All-Star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge to team with Defensive Player of the Year Kawhi Leonard, extending the Spurs' current championship-contending window while also setting San Antonio up to remain in the title chase for years to come. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Despite more than a decade of exemplary work alongside Gregg Popovich in building the Spurs into the league's most consistently competitive and excellent franchise, Buford had never received year-end award recognition until the 2013-14 season , which saw the Spurs win 62 games and, eventually, their fourth NBA title in 16 years. This year's model won a franchise-record 67 games, producing the NBA's stingiest defense, its third most-efficient offense and the seventh-highest margin of victory in league history ... just a tick behind that of the only team to outstrip...