{"id":15475,"date":"2025-05-07T07:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/15475\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:49:17","slug":"pistons-trajan-langdon-finishes-third-in-executive-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/15475\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons&#8217; Trajan Langdon finishes third in Executive of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746604157_675_83401801007-05012025-pistons-2-h-29.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/icon-play-alt-white.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cade Cunningham reacts to Detroit Pistons&#8217; Game 6 loss to NY Knicks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The immediate one is disappointment. &#8230; That feeling will stick with us this summer,&#8221; Cade Cunningham said after Game 6 vs New York Knicks, May 1, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations, Trajan Langdon, finished third in NBA Executive of the Year voting.Langdon oversaw a 30-win improvement for the Pistons in his first season, a historic increase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/executives\/langdtr01x.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trajan Langdon<\/a> finished third in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/sam-presti-nba-executive-of-year-2024#:~:text=Oklahoma%20City%20Thunder%20Executive%20Vice,20%20and%202023%2D24).\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Basketball Executive of the Year<\/a> race and received six first-place votes, the league announced May 6.<\/p>\n<p>Langdon, who was hired as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/sports\/pistons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a>&#8216; president of basketball operations last June, oversaw a 30-game improvement in his first season in charge. The Pistons made a historic leap from 14 to 44 wins, becoming the first team to ever triple its win total in an 82-game season, and snapped a 17-year streak without a playoff win after falling to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-york-knicks\/18\/\" data-autotag=\"8b753024-9401-4cc8-9e23-5a6cdca0282d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Knicks<\/a> in the first round, 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>He navigated free agency by adding Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Paul Reed, four veterans who all addressed important needs on the floor and led the locker room. His first draft pick, Ron Holland, was a core rotation player and appeared in 81 games. And he landed Dennis Schr\u00f6der and two second-round picks at the deadline, fortifying the roster for a postseason push without sacrificing assets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">EVERYONE PASSES: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/pistons\/2025\/05\/06\/detroit-pistons-grades-2024-25-report-card\/83463121007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons grades: A lot of &#8216;A&#8217;s&#8217; in 2024-25 season report card<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the award, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" data-autotag=\"cd165858-eeda-4db8-a84a-db7a782e61e3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> general manager Sam Presti, finished with 74 points and earned 10 first-place votes.<\/p>\n<p>Langdon tied with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/cleveland-cavaliers\/5\/\" data-autotag=\"90b53492-af62-4517-8ec8-642f11795510\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> president Koby Altman with six first-place votes each. Altman finished narrowly ahead of Langdon with 58 points; Langdon finished with 52 points. Langdon also received five votes for second and seven votes for third.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">Follow the Pistons all year long with the best coverage at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/sports\/pistons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">freep.com\/sports\/pistons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">Follow the Detroit Free Press on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/detroitfreepress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@detroitfreepress<\/a>), TikTok (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@detroitfreepress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@detroitfreepress<\/a>), YouTube (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdHm_sm5CzM8ftbORawpKYA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@DetroitFreePress<\/a>), X (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@freep<\/a>),\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/13687\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>, and like us on Facebook (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/detroitfreepress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@detroitfreepress<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.freep.com\/offers?gps-source=CPNEWS&amp;utm_medium=mix&amp;utm_source=news&amp;utm_campaign=NEWSROOM&amp;itm_content=marlowealter&amp;gnt-eid=control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Stay connected and stay informed. 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