National Basketball Association Awards
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The National Basketball Association's Sportsmanship Award is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1995–96 NBA season, to the player who most "exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court—ethical behavior, fair play and integrity". It is directly analogous to the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, which has been awarded by the NBA's sister league, the WNBA, since that league's inception in 1997. Both the NBA and WNBA awards are nearly comparable to the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy of the National Hockey League, although unlike the NHL counterpart, neither award demands excellence of play.
Every year, each of the 30 NBA teams nominates one of its players to compete for this award. From these 30 nominees, six players, one from each NBA division, are selected by a panel as the divisional Sportsmanship Award winners. Finally at the end of the regular season, NBA players cast vote for this award, with eleven points given for each first-place vote, nine for second-place vote, seven points for third, five points for fourth, three points for fifth and one point for each sixth place vote received.
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Check all the winners of NBA Sportsmanship Award presented under National Basketball Association Awards since 1996 .
