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J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award : ウィキペディア英語版 | J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
The J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since 1975 to a player, coach, or staff member who shows "outstanding service and dedication to the community."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=3383252 )〕 The award is named in honor of James Walter Kennedy, the second commissioner (then president) of the NBA. The winner is selected by the Professional Basketball Writers Association (PBWA). The PBWA represents writers for newspapers, magazines and internet services who cover the NBA on a regular basis. Members of the PBWA nominate players for the award, and then a vote is taken by approximately 150 PBWA members. The person with the highest point total wins the award.〔 The award is usually given to a person who made a substantial charitable contribution. For instance, Kevin Garnett received the award in after donating $1.2 million toward the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Since its inception, the award has been given to 34 different people. Only one season had joint winners—Michael Cooper and Rory Sparrow in the . Vlade Divac of Yugoslavia (now Serbia), Dikembe Mutombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pau Gasol of Spain, Canadians Steve Nash (born in South Africa), Samuel Dalembert (born in Haiti), and Luol Deng of the United Kingdom (born in South Sudan) are the only winners who were not born in the United States. Mutombo is also the only player to win the award twice. Frank Layden and Joe O'Toole were the only non-players to win the award. Layden, the award recipient, was the head coach for the Utah Jazz, while O'Toole, the award recipient, was the athletic trainer for the Atlanta Hawks. ==Winners==
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