{"id":626055,"date":"2026-04-23T16:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626055\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:20:09","slug":"derrick-white-wins-2025-26-nba-sportsmanship-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626055\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick White wins 2025-26 NBA Sportsmanship Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2174672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/derrick-white-sportsmanship-graphic-784x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.nba.com\/NBAapp_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the NBA App<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/awards\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025-26 NBA Awards: Complete coverage<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/history-sportsmanship-award-winners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Sportsmanship Award: All-Time Winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Celtics guard Derrick White has been named the 2025-26 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner, earning the Joe Dumars Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Presented annually since the 1995-96 season, the NBA Sportsmanship Award honors a player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court.\u00a0\u00a0The trophy is named for Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and two-time NBA champion Joe Dumars, who won the inaugural NBA Sportsmanship Award and played his entire 14-year career with the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Each team nominated one of its players for the Sportsmanship Award.<\/p>\n<p>From the 30 nominees, a panel of league executives selected six finalists (one per division).<\/p>\n<p>Current NBA players then voted to select the winner from the finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Voting results: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1MsTMGf5m\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/k1MsTMGf5m<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vc9ADWN5Sb\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/vc9ADWN5Sb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2047345039894819016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each NBA team nominated one of its players for the 2025-26 NBA Sportsmanship Award.\u00a0\u00a0From the 30 team nominees, a panel of league executives selected six finalists (one from each NBA division).\u00a0\u00a0Current NBA players then voted to select the winner from those finalists.\u00a0\u00a0The complete voting results are available <a href=\"https:\/\/pr.nba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/2025-26-NBA-Sportsmanship-Award-Voting-Results.pdf\" data-outlook-id=\"d008c2dc-ea29-486e-a145-ea4e7a8f0edc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White has won the NBA Sportsmanship Award for the first time.\u00a0\u00a0The Celtics have now had recipients in consecutive seasons after Jrue Holiday earned the honor last season.<\/p>\n<p>A nine-year NBA veteran, White is a two-time Kia NBA All-Defensive Team selection and an NBA champion with Boston (2023-24).\u00a0\u00a0He also helped the Austin Spurs win the NBA G League championship during his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs (2017-18).\u00a0\u00a0White won a gold medal with the USA Men\u2019s National Team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App\u2022\u00a02025-26 NBA Awards: Complete coverage\u2022\u00a0NBA Sportsmanship Award: All-Time Winners Boston Celtics guard Derrick White 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