NEW YORK, June 3, 2021 – NBA players have selected Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard as the recipient of the 2020-21 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, the NBA announced today.
Presented annually since the 2012-13 season, the award recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team.
A panel of league executives selected 12 nominees (six from each conference) for the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. Current NBA players selected the winner from the list of 12 nominees, with more than 300 players submitting their votes through confidential balloting conducted by the league office.
Presented annually since the 2012-13 season, the award recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team.
Butters’ inclination proved correct. Forty-one years later, Krzyzewski has turned Duke into the bluest of bluebloods, with five national championships, 12 Final Four appearances and 27 ACC regular-season and conference tournament titles combined during his reign.
After the 2021-22 campaign, however, Krzyzewski’s era in Durham, North Carolina will end. The 74-year-old coach will retire following the season, according to Stadium’s Jeff Goodman. Jon Scheyer, an associate head coach at Duke, is the likely successor of the program.
Krzyzewski’s influence goes beyond the Blue Devils. He’s had 28 former players selected as NBA lottery picks, and he led the U.S. men’s national team to three Olympic gold medals as head coach 2008, 2012 and 2016.
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Jon Scheyer couldn t possibly have chosen bigger shoes to fill for his first head-coaching job.
The man likely tasked with replacing the winningest college basketball coach ever is a former Duke player who moved to the Blue Devils bench just eight years ago and was promoted to associate head coach in 2018. Scheyer has never been a head coach.