Pelicans C DeAndre Jordan named NBA’s Teammate of Year

New Orleans Pelicans center DeAndre Jordan was named this year’s winner of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award on Wednesday.

Presented annually since 2012-13, the award recognizes the player deemed the league’s best teammate, based on selfless play, leadership on and off the court as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment to the team.

The 12 finalists were selected by a panel of league executives, with current players voting to determine the winner.

Jordan, 37, narrowly beat three-time winner Jrue Holiday of the Portland Trail Blazers. Jordan received the most first-place votes (66) and finished with 1,445 points, eight ahead of Holiday (1,437). Houston’s Jeff Green (1,420) finished third and Toronto’s Garrett Temple (1,223) was fourth, well ahead of the rest of the field.

Jordan is a three-time All-NBA player, a two-time All-Defensive Team honoree, a one-time All-Star (2016-17) and an NBA champion with the Denver Nuggets in 2022-23. He appeared in 12 games (seven starts) this season for New Orleans, averaging 4.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

Over 1,123 games (798 starts) with eight teams across the last 18 seasons, he is averaging 8.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.

(Reuters)

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