Sixers Guard Tyrese Maxey wins NBA Sportsmanship Award

Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey was named the 2023-24 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner on Thursday.

Maxey, 23, provides the accompanying Joe Dumars Trophy to his Most Improved Player award introduced final month.

Presented since 1995-96, the NBA Sportsmanship Award honors the participant who finest represents the beliefs of sportsmanship on the courtroom.

All 30 NBA groups nominated considered one of their gamers for the award, and a panel of six league executives chosen one finalist from every of the league’s six divisions. Current NBA gamers picked the winner from a listing of six finalists.

Maxey acquired 91 first-place votes and a pair of,545 whole factors. Kevin Love (Miami Heat) completed second, adopted by Jarrett Allen (Cleveland Cavaliers), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings) and Tre Jones (San Antonio Spurs).

Maxey made his first All-Star crew in 2023-24 and averaged 25.9 factors, 6.2 assists and three.7 rebounds in 70 begins in his fourth season with the Sixers.

He is the second Philadelphia participant to win the Sportsmanship Award after guard Eric Snow (1999-2000). — Field Level Media/Reuters