J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
The J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award is an award for social commitment that is given annually to a player or coach in the professional basketball league NBA . The trophy is named after the NBA's second commissioner, James Walter Kennedy , who headed the league from 1963 to 1975. The respective winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Awards is chosen by sports journalists. In contrast to the NBA Sportsmanship Award , this award does not recognize exemplary behavior in basketball, but rather a role model outside of actual sport.
General
The approximately 150 members of the Pro Basketball Writers Association (PBWA) are entitled to vote for the nomination of candidates as well as for the actual election . The PBWA is an association of journalists who regularly report on the NBA in newspapers, magazines and online portals. Each election is preceded by a nomination round. In 2011, for example, Marcus Camby , Kyle Korver , Dwight Howard and Ron Artest were selected as possible winners. Ultimately, Artest won the award, which has now officially changed its name to Metta World Peace .
The type of excellent social commitment within the framework of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Awards can be varied: In 2010 , Samuel Dalembert received the award for his commitment to the earthquake victims in his home country Haiti . His successor, Ron Artest, was recognized for raising public awareness of the issue of mental health . Kevin Garnett , then playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves , received the 2006 award for a $ 1.2 million donation to victims of Hurricane Katrina . The money went towards a house building program.
Award winners
Most of the winners of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Awards in the history of the award have the Detroit Pistons with a total of five award winners. Los Angeles Lakers players received the award four times, while Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers players won three times each . The only winner who has received the award twice is the former Center Dikembe Mutombo .
The only award winners not recognized as an active player with the trophy are Frank Layden and Joe O'Toole . Layden won the Utah Jazz Coach , while O'Toole was recognized for coaching the Atlanta Hawks.
Only once, following the 1985–1986 season, were two winners, Michael Cooper and Rory Sparrow , chosen simultaneously.
Web links
- The J. Walter Citizenship Awards winners on the official NBA website .
Individual evidence
- ↑ lakernation.com ( Memento from November 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ kicker.de , accessed on November 28, 2011.
- ↑ cbssports.com ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 28, 2011.
- ^ Report on ESPN.com , accessed November 28, 2011.
- ↑ USA Today , accessed November 28, 2011.
- ↑ looktothestars.org , accessed November 28, 2011.
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