Al Horford Selected As Southeast Division Winner For 09-10 NBA Sportsmanship Award

[MrRyda]

Divisional winners named for 2009-10 Sportsmanship Award

By Official Release

Posted Apr 5 2010 4:19PM

NEW YORK, April 5, 2010 -- Atlanta's Al Horford, Boston's Ray Allen, Cleveland's Antawn Jamison, Denver's Chauncey Billups, Houston's Luis Scola and Phoenix's Grant Hill were selected by a five-member panel of former players as divisional winners for the 2009-10 NBA Sportsmanship Award.

The NBA Sportsmanship Award, designed to honor a player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court, is voted on by NBA players. The NBA will announce the winner after the regular season.

The 2009-10 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner will be presented with the Joe Dumars Trophy, named after the Hall of Famer and former Detroit Pistons great who played 14 seasons in the NBA and was the recipient of the inaugural NBA Sportsmanship Award in 1996. The six-time All-Star was selected in honor of his distinguished and dignified career and for symbolizing the tradition the NBA wants to recognize with this award.

Former NBA players Mike Bantom, Mark Jackson, Tom "Satch" Sanders, Kenny Smith and Eric Snow selected the six divisional winners from a pool of 30 team nominees. Each team nominated one of its players for this award.

The annual award reflects the ideals of sportsmanship -- ethical behavior, fair play and integrity -- in amateur and professional basketball, a key focus of the league's NBA Cares program efforts.

Following is a list of the all-time winners of the NBA Sportsmanship award:

ALL-TIME NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS

1995-1996 Joe Dumars, Detroit (Inaugural winner)

1996-1997 Terrell Brandon, Cleveland

1997-1998 Avery Johnson, San Antonio

1998-1999 Hersey Hawkins, Seattle

1999-2000 Eric Snow, Philadelphia

2000-2001 David Robinson, San Antonio

2001-2002 Steve Smith, San Antonio

2002-2003 Ray Allen, Seattle

2003-2004 P.J. Brown, New Orleans

2004-2005 Grant Hill, Orlando

2005-2006 Elton Brand, Los Angeles Clippers

2006-2007 Luol Deng, Chicago

2007-2008 Grant Hill, Phoenix Suns

2008-2009 Chauncey Billups, Denver Nuggets

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/05/sportsmanship.division/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt2

Congrats Big Al!

[coachx]

I want Big Al to be mean during the games.

[Guest]

Hmmm...the NBA has been pushing the ene-b-a a lot this year in hopes of increasing latino interest in the NBA. They have Luis Scola and Al Horford as winners. Coincidence?

[lethalweapon3]

If Al wins, can T.J. Ford be on hand to deliver the award?

~lw3