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Nuggets' Warkentien is executive of year (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Mark Warkentien has been named the NBA's executive of the year. Warkentien was the architect of the biggest deal in the NBA this season, trading Allen Iverson for Chauncey Billups. The move sparked Denver's franchise-tying 54-win regular season and the Nuggets' first playoff series win in 15 years.