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WINS 2019-20 NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2020 – NBA players have selected Vince Carter as the recipient of the 2019-20 NBA Sportsmanship Award, the NBA announced today. Carter, who spent the 2019-20 season with the , announced his retirement from the NBA in June after playing a league-record 22 seasons. He receives the Trophy as the winner of the NBA Sportsmanship Award. Dumars, a two-time NBA champion and Naismith Memorial Hall of Famer, played 14 NBA seasons and won the inaugural Sportsmanship Award in the 1995-96 season. Each NBA team nominated one of its players for the NBA Sportsmanship Award, which is designed to honor a player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. From the list of 30 team nominees, a panel of league executives selected one finalist from each of the NBA’s six divisions. Current NBA players selected the winner from the list of six finalists, with more than 250 players submitting their votes through confidential balloting conducted by the league office. In addition to Carter (Southeast Division), the other finalists were Thunder Steven Adams (Northwest), forward (Pacific), guard Langston Galloway (Central), guard Tyus Jones (Southwest) and guard Garrett Temple (Atlantic). Carter received 143 of 266 first-place votes and 2,520 total points in balloting of NBA players. Temple (1,746 points) and Adams (1,632 points) finished in second and third place, respectively. The six finalists were awarded 11 points for each first-place vote, nine points for each second-place vote, seven points for each third-place vote, five points for each fourth-place vote, three points for each fifth- place vote and one for each sixth-place vote. During his 22-year career, Carter earned eight NBA All-Star selections, was named to the All-NBA Team twice and won the 1998-99 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He also received the 2015-16 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, which honors selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team. Carter, 43, has played the third-most games in NBA history (1,541) and is the only player to appear in a game in four different decades. He ranks 19th on the NBA’s all-time points list (25,728) and sixth in three-pointers made (2,290). 1

Below are the voting totals for the 2019-20 NBA Sportsmanship Award and the all-time list of winners.

VOTING RESULTS: 2019-20 NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

1st Place Votes 2nd Place Votes 3rd Place Votes 4th Place Votes 5th Place Votes 6th Place Votes Total Player (Team) (11 Points) (9 Points) (7 Points) (5 Points) (3 Points) (1 Point) Points

Vince Carter (Atlanta) 143 70 34 13 4 2 2,520 Garrett Temple (Brooklyn) 22 78 63 52 25 26 1,746 Steven Adams (Oklahoma City) 34 57 41 52 58 24 1,632 Harrison Barnes (Sacramento) 24 25 75 48 35 59 1,418 Langston Galloway (Detroit) 23 22 29 60 79 53 1,244 Tyus Jones (Memphis) 20 14 24 41 65 102 1,016

NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS

1995-96 – Joe Dumars, Detroit 2004-05 – , Orlando 2013-14 – Mike Conley, Memphis 1996-97 – , Cleveland 2005-06 – , LA Clippers 2014-15 – , Atlanta 1997-98 – , San Antonio 2006-07 – , Chicago 2015-16 – Mike Conley, Memphis 1998-99 – , Seattle 2007-08 – Grant Hill, Phoenix 2016-17 – , Charlotte 1999-00 – , Philadelphia 2008-09 – , Denver 2017-18 – Kemba Walker, Charlotte 2000-01 – , San Antonio 2009-10 – Grant Hill, Phoenix 2018-19 – Mike Conley, Memphis 2001-02 – , San Antonio 2010-11 – , Golden State 2019-20 – Vince Carter, Atlanta 2002-03 – , Seattle 2011-12 – , Dallas 2003-04 – P.J. Brown, New Orleans 2012-13 – Jason Kidd, New York

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