The NBA officially announced that Nets guard Patty Mills won the sportsmanship award for this season (2021-22).
"The NBA Annual Sportsmanship Awards are first selected by each team to be shortlisted, and then a voting panel of league executives selects a player from each division to be included in the final shortlist, and then the active players vote to determine the final winner of the award."
The award was established primarily to recognize the players who best represent the ideals of sportsmanship on the pitch. The Sportsmanship Awards were established at the beginning of the 1995–96 season, with the inaugural winner being Joe Dumas. At the first time mills won this honor, the Nets also officially posted a photo of Mills receiving the award, expressing congratulations!
It is worth mentioning that Mills, who joined the Nets this season, did not receive a single technical foul. So far in his NBA career, Mills has only received two technical fouls in 820 regular-season games. In 13 seasons, Mills went 11 consecutive seasons without being convicted of a technical foul.
I believe that many fans are still "surprised" by this, after all, Mills' style of play still belongs to the tougher kind, and his best offense is "cold-blooded" three-pointers, a proper big heart player. Defensively, Mills is also at the top of the defensive line, not afraid of confrontation, and the defense is very active.
But it is such a player who plays "tough" and has 0 technical criminals in 11 years, and indeed some unexpected. From this point of view alone, Mills' award is also well deserved.
Before joining the Nets, Mills had already won a championship ring with the Spurs. After joining the Nets, he played the "second spring" of his career, averaging 11.4 points, 2 rebounds, 2.3 assists per game, and averaging 2.8 three-pointers per game with 40% shooting rate (81 games, only 1 missed).
Obviously, for such a player with the 55th pick, the NBA career has been a success. Off the field, Mills also had a beautiful wife to accompany him. His wife, Alyssa Levesque, was a standard "white rich beauty", with outstanding appearance and tall figure.
It is reported that Alyssa Levesque is 1 meter 8 tall and is also a girl who loves sports. After many years of marriage, Mills and his wife's relationship has been as stable as ever, and the two will occasionally post sweet photos on social media. Whether on the court or off the court, the 34-year-old Mills is a big winner in the NBA.
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