NBA: Warriors’ Steph Curry named Teammate of the Year

Golden State Warriors ahead Draymond Green (23) and guard Steph Curry (30) in opposition to the Houston Rockets all over Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff sequence in San Francisco, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Golden State Warriors celebrity Stephen Curry used to be named the NBA’s 2024-25 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year on Monday.

The award is in accordance with “selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team,” in keeping with the league.

Current NBA avid gamers voted for the winner, opting for from an inventory of 12 finalists (six from each and every convention) who have been selected by way of a panel of league executives.

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A primary-time winner of the award, Curry won 66 first-place votes and 1,257 general issues to narrowly defeat Houston Rockets heart Steven Adams (1,237 issues). New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson completed 3rd.

Curry, 37, is an 11-time All-Star and two-time league MVP whose trophy assortment additionally contains the 2010-11 NBA Sportsmanship Award. The guard could also be a four-time NBA champion and the best-ever chief in 3-point box objectives.

The Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award is known as for Hall of Famers Jack Twyman and Maurice Stokes, teammates at the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals from 1955-58.

In the ultimate sport of the 1957-58 common season, Stokes sustained an damage that resulted in his falling right into a coma days later and changing into completely paralyzed. He used to be recognized with post-traumatic encephalopathy, a mind damage that broken his motor-control heart. Stokes used to be supported for the remainder of his lifestyles by way of Twyman, who turned into his felony father or mother and suggest.