Celtics' Jrue Holiday wins the NBA Sportsmanship Award for the second time

Jrue Holiday of the Boston Celtics won the SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD of the NBA for the second time and won him the fifth player in the history of the league in several years.

The vacation received around 34% of the first votes that were made by almost 400 current NBA players to decide the award winner.

Cleveland's Jarrett Allen took second place, Dallas' Kyrie Irving was third, Shai Gilgeous-Aalexander by Oklahoma City, Dorian Finney-Smith from Los Angeles Lakers, was fifth and Orlandos Franz Wagner was six.

“In my experience, some of the best competitors who spend a calm self -confidence with humility, have the competition with their own preparation and work and who have endurance to navigate the ups and downs of a season with grit and perspective,” said Celtics President Brad Stevens. “There is no better example of this than Jrue. He is the ultimate teammate and gives a great example of those who strive to compete with integrity. His game speaks and his effects goes out on and off the square far beyond his game.”

The vacation closes with the four -time winner Mike Conley, the triple winner Grant Hill and the two -time winner Jason Kidd and Kemba Walker as people who win the award more than once. The Holiday is given the Joe Dumars Trophy, named after the Basketball Hall of Famer, a two -time champion and the first winner of the Sportsmanship Award after the 1995/96 season.

Dumars recently left his role as an NBA manager to return to his home country Louisiana as an executive Vice President for Basketball Operations for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Each of the 30 teams in the NBA nominated a player for the Sportsmanship Award, and the league managers have limited this list to six finalists – one of every division.

The vacation is also a three-time recipient of the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year and this season is again a finalist for the NBA Prize for Social Justice Champion. This award has existed for five years; The vacation was finalist in three of them.

He is twice all-star, two-time NBA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and six-time all-defensive team selection.

The Sportsmanship Award is the eighth price, which has been announced by the NBA since the end of the regular season. Stephen Curry von Golden State won the Twyman Stokes teammate of the year and his Warriors teammate Draymond Green the Hustle Award. These awards are not selected by the body of 100 global reporters and transmitters, like the sporting manner hip, which vote for other top NBA season.

Other award winners this season: Dyson Daniels in Atlanta won the most improved players, San Antonio's Stephon Castle won Rookie of the Year, Cleveland Evan Mobley won the defensive player of the year, New York Jalen Brunson won the Clutch player of the year and Boston's Payton Pritchhard, the sixth man of the year of the year.

Awards that will be announced later in the playoffs included mvp (Either Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver's Nikola Jokic or Milwauke's Giannis Antetokounmpo), Coach of the Year (Ether Detroit's JB Bickerstaff, Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson's IME Udoka), plus the all-nba, all-rookie and all-defensive teams.