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標題[TimesPicayune] Hornets' Brown honored by NBA
時間Sun Apr 25 05:38:51 2004
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Hornets' Brown honored by NBA
Forward picks up sportsmanship award
Saturday, April 24, 2004
By Jimmy Smith
Staff writer
After being a finalist each of the past three seasons, Hornets
forward P.J. Brown has won the NBA's Sportsmanship Award, league
sources said Friday.
Brown will be presented the Joe Dumars Trophy by former Detroit
All-Star Bob Lanier in a pregame ceremony before today's playoff
game against the Miami Heat at New Orleans Arena.
Brown has been the Central Division winner of the award each of
the past three seasons, but this season captured 1,220 of a possible
1,320 points, including 95 first-place votes, in balloting by fellow
NBA players.
Brown's vote total surpassed the Los Angeles Clippers' Elton Brand
(1,139), the Memphis Grizzlies' Shane Battier (985) and the New
Jersey Nets' Kerry Kittles (880), the other division winners.
Players were awarded seven points for each first-place vote, five
points for each second-place vote, three for third and one for
fourth-place votes.
The award, first given to Dumars following the 1995-96 season,
honors a player who exemplified the ideals of sportsmanship on the
court, ethical behavior and fair play.
Each NBA team nominated one player for consideration, then a panel
of former NBA players that included Walt Frazier, Mike Glenn, Tommy
Heinsohn, Eddie Johnson and Gil McGregor selected the four division
winners.
This year marked the first time NBA players determined the winner.
The NBA will make a $25,000 donation to the P.J. and Dee Brown
Foundation, as well as $10,000 to charities designated by the other
division winners.
Brown's win gives the Hornets two Dumars winners. Guard Steve Smith
won in 2001-02 when he was with the San Antonio Spurs.
New Orleans native Avery Johnson won in 1997-98 when he was with San
Antonio.
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Jimmy Smith can be reached at
[email protected] or (504) 826-3814.
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