Warriors’ Steph Curry named Teammate of the 12 months

Golden State Warriors ahead Draymond Inexperienced (23) and guard Steph Curry (30) in opposition to the Houston Rockets throughout Recreation 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff collection in San Francisco, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photograph/Jeff Chiu)

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was named the NBA’s 2024-25 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the 12 months on Monday.

The award relies on “selfless play, on- and off-court management as a mentor and function mannequin to different NBA gamers, and dedication and dedication to workforce,” in line with the league.

Present NBA gamers voted for the winner, selecting from an inventory of 12 finalists (six from every convention) who had been chosen by a panel of league executives.

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A primary-time winner of the award, Curry obtained 66 first-place votes and 1,257 whole factors to narrowly defeat Houston Rockets heart Steven Adams (1,237 factors). New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson completed third.

Curry, 37, is an 11-time All-Star and two-time league MVP whose trophy assortment additionally consists of the 2010-11 NBA Sportsmanship Award. The guard can also be a four-time NBA champion and the all-time chief in 3-point subject targets.

The Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the 12 months Award is known as for Corridor of Famers Jack Twyman and Maurice Stokes, teammates on the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals from 1955-58.

Within the final recreation of the 1957-58 common season, Stokes sustained an harm that led to his falling right into a coma days later and changing into completely paralyzed. He was identified with post-traumatic encephalopathy, a mind harm that broken his motor-control heart. Stokes was supported for the remainder of his life by Twyman, who turned his authorized guardian and advocate.