Stephen Curry of the Warriors earns a second Magic Johnson Award.
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is the winner of the 2023-24 Magic Johnson Award, the Professional Basketball Writers Association announced Wednesday.
The award is voted on by more than 200 PBWA writers and editors and honors an NBA player who excels both on the court and by demonstrating “cooperation and consideration in dealing with the media and fans”, according to this organization.
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This is the second Johnson Award for Curry, who also won it in 2016.
Damian Lillard (2017, 2020) and Shane Battier (2007, 2013) are the other two-time winners.
There are five finalists for the award: Curry, Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls), Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers).
Curry, 36, has won nearly every award in the 15 seasons since the Warriors selected him seventh in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Among the honors are two-time MVP, champion Four-time NBA, 10-time All.
-Star, four-time All-NBA first-team selection and member of the league’s 75th Anniversary Team.
During the 2022-23 season, Curry won the J.
Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award and was named a Social Justice Champion, winning the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy.
During the 2023-24 season, Curry averaged 26.
4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists and was named Clutch Player of the Year.
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