Chauncey Billups – Northwest Division Sportsmanship Award Winner

April 2, 2009
by Jeremy

The NBA has announced that Chauncey Billups has been awarded the sportsmanship award for the Northwest Division.  Billups was voted the winner by a seven member panel of former players and is now eligible for the league wide award that will be voted on by players after the season.  The other divisional winners were Ray Allen of Boston, Antonio McDyess of Detroit, Antawn Jamison of Washington, Ronny Turiaf of Golden State and Michael Finley of San Antonio. 

Every team nominates one player for consideration and the award is based on ethical behavior, fair play and integrity which are keys to sportsmanship at all levels of basketball.  The league seeks to promote those ideals on the floor and through their NBA Cares program.

ALL-TIME NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS

Inaugural:           Joe Dumars (1996) 
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

Posted on April 2, 2009 at 11:29 am | filed in | 1 Comment

One Response to “Chauncey Billups – Northwest Division Sportsmanship Award Winner”

  1. Josh Hopp says:
    April 2, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    Antonio McDyess won? After his dummy-spit after the trade? Not sure about that nomination. Otherwise, spot on.

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