Howard Beck, Baxter Holmes, Tim MacMahon, Shaun Powell and Jason Quick have been named first-place winners in the 2018 PBWA Blumenthal Memorial Writing Contest, which honors the best work by members of the Professional Basketball Writers Association during the 2018 calendar year.
Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea has won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s 2017-18 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, which is presented annually by the PBWA to a player, coach or athletic trainer who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community.
DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors has won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s 2017-18 Magic Johnson Award, which honors the player who best combines excellence on the basketball court with cooperation and dignity in dealing with the media and the public, the PBWA announced today.
The Golden State Warriors have won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s 2017-18 Brian McIntyre Media Relations Award, which is presented each season to an NBA media relations staff that best exemplifies standards of professionalism and excellence, the PBWA announced today.
Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors has won the 2017-18 Rudy Tomjanovich Award, which honors an NBA coach for his cooperation with the media and fans, as well as his excellence on the court.
Carmelo Anthony, J.J. Barea, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Dwyane Wade have been chosen as finalists for the 2017-18 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, which the Professional Basketball Writers Association presents annually to a player, coach or athletic trainer who demonstrates outstanding service and dedication to the community.
Chris Ballard, Zach Lowe, Dave McMenamin, Yaron Weitzman, Brian Windhorst and Adrian Wojnarowski have been named first-place winners in the 2017 PBWA Blumenthal Memorial Writing Contest, which honors the best work by Professional Basketball Writers Association members during the 2017 calendar year.
Longtime Phoenix journalist Joe Gilmartin, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honoree and the first president of the PBWA, died at the age of 88 this week.
Stan Van Gundy of the Detroit Pistons has won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s 2016-17 Rudy Tomjanovich Award, which honors an NBA coach for his cooperation with the media and fans, as well as his excellence on the court.
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s 2016-17 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, which is presented annually by the PBWA to a player, coach or athletic trainer who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community.