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Brand wins Sportsmanship award

Postby shadowgrin on Tue May 02, 2006 2:37 am

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Elton Brand of the Los Angeles Clippers is the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy presented to the 2005-06 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner, the NBA announced today.
Originally presented following the 1995-96 season, the Sportsmanship Award honors a player who exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court -- ethical behavior, fair play and integrity. The trophy is named for former Detroit Pistons guard and Hall of Famer Joe Dumars, the award’s first recipient.

Brand, a 2006 NBA All-Star and the Clippers’ leading scorer, was one of six divisional winners which included Chicago’s Luol Deng, Houston’s Yao Ming, Miami’s Shaquille O'Neal, New Jersey’s Jacque Vaughn and Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko.


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Postby BIG GREEN on Tue May 02, 2006 3:38 am

Why him? what makes him the best sportsman above everyone else?
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Postby Jackal on Tue May 02, 2006 4:06 am

Why him? what makes him the best sportsman above everyone else?

the Sportsmanship Award honors a player who exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court -- ethical behavior, fair play and integrity

Well deserved, he's so reserved & seems like a really nice fellow.
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Postby Axel on Tue May 02, 2006 6:38 am

Thats great, EB deserves this award
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Postby BIG GREEN on Tue May 02, 2006 7:24 am

Jackal wrote:
Why him? what makes him the best sportsman above everyone else?

the Sportsmanship Award honors a player who exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court -- ethical behavior, fair play and integrity

Well deserved, he's so reserved & seems like a really nice fellow.


Yes but my question is..what has he done that makes him more ethical than other players like dirk, nash etc? How do they rate it?
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Postby air gordon on Tue May 02, 2006 7:35 am

who knows. i believe this is the only award where the players get to vote. i trust them more then the media to get the selection right
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Postby Jackal on Tue May 02, 2006 8:19 am

Can't say I know what the standards are for the award, but as AG pointed out, the players vote for this. They play with him day in & day out, I'm guessing they based their votes on the interactions they've had with the player.

As I said, Brand seems well deserving given his calm/reserved demeanor.
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Postby Anthony15 on Tue May 02, 2006 8:49 am

Good for him. Still f*ck LAC!
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Postby Mayerhendrix on Tue May 02, 2006 9:04 am

He deserves something in this season, with the dramatic improvement. It shows that they're much better than they used to be.
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Postby Fewrookies-From2kW/Love on Tue May 02, 2006 9:32 am

Why ain't there any worst spotsmanship award? I wonder who would deserve it the most...Rasheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed :lol:
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Postby The_Flying_Tomato on Tue May 02, 2006 10:55 am

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Postby Silas on Tue May 02, 2006 11:28 am

Give it to Ray Ray!
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Postby KIG1 on Tue May 02, 2006 12:05 pm

No I read about EB in Sports Illustrated and it sounds like he does a lot of work for the community. I heard that he spends a lot of time working in LA makin playground and shit. Well deserved award for Elton (Y)
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Postby Its_asdf on Tue May 02, 2006 12:14 pm

Elton Brand has won this award in his career before, so there's really no suprise.

I'm really glad to see a guy like him finally make it to the playoffs; he deserves it very much.
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Postby TRUball on Tue May 02, 2006 12:38 pm

Its_asdf wrote:Elton Brand has won this award in his career before, so there's really no suprise.


No he hasn't.

ALL-TIME NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS

Inaugural: Joe Dumars (1996)
1996-97: Terrell Brandon, Cleveland
1997-98: Avery Johnson, San Antonio
1998-99: Hersey Hawkins, Seattle
1999-2000: Eric Snow, Philadelphia
2000-2001: David Robinson, San Antonio
2001-02: Steve Smith, San Antonio
2002-03: Ray Allen, Seattle
2003-04: P.J. Brown, New Orleans
2004-05: Grant Hill, Orlando
2005-06: Elton Brand, L.A. Clippers
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Postby H Rock on Tue May 02, 2006 3:00 pm

Shaq? How in the world can he be considered sportsmanlike?
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Postby Mayerhendrix on Tue May 02, 2006 9:09 pm

Maybe for his initiative in resolving his/Kobe's feud?

That was mostly the work of Bill Russell though...
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Postby Its_asdf on Wed May 03, 2006 12:15 am

Will wrote:
Its_asdf wrote:Elton Brand has won this award in his career before, so there's really no suprise.


No he hasn't.

ALL-TIME NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS

Inaugural: Joe Dumars (1996)
1996-97: Terrell Brandon, Cleveland
1997-98: Avery Johnson, San Antonio
1998-99: Hersey Hawkins, Seattle
1999-2000: Eric Snow, Philadelphia
2000-2001: David Robinson, San Antonio
2001-02: Steve Smith, San Antonio
2002-03: Ray Allen, Seattle
2003-04: P.J. Brown, New Orleans
2004-05: Grant Hill, Orlando
2005-06: Elton Brand, L.A. Clippers


Oh. Well I think he was on the all interview team, so I got confused for a bit. Still, a very deserving player to get the award.
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Postby SFSports on Wed May 03, 2006 12:12 pm

Fewrookies-From2kW/Love wrote:Why ain't there any worst spotsmanship award? I wonder who would deserve it the most...Rasheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed :lol:


Yeah...I know you probably love to hate him...I wish I had somebody I loved to hate... :(
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