NEW YORK (AFP) — Grant Hill, a 12-year veteran, became the first two-time winner of the National Basketball Association Sportsmanship Award on Friday, the league announced.
In voting by NBA players, the Joe Dumars Trophy went to Hill, who also won the honor in 2005 while with Orlando. The NBA will donate 25,000 dollars in Hill's name to HopeKids, a Phoenix-based charity for seriously ill children.
Hill received 90 first place votes and 2,628 total points to 78 first-place nods and 2,318 points for Houston's Shane Battier.
Other finalists for the tribute honoring fair play, ethics and integrity included Toronto's Chris Bosh, Detroit's Antonio McDyess, Washington's Antawn Jamison and Portland's Brandon Roy.
Hill and the Suns are playing the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in the first round of this year's NBA playoffs.
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