The NBA has named Patty Mills the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy, the NBA Sportsmanship Award for 2021-22. The annual award best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the hardwood.
Mills becomes the first Net in franchise history to win the award. The veteran guard received 1,975 total points (58 first-place votes) in the balloting of NBA players. Former Net, Jeff Green tallied the second-most votes and finished in second with 1,841 points (60 first-place votes).
The six finalists — Mills, Green, Bam Adebayo, Mikal Bridges, Darius Garland, and Jaren Jackson Jr. — were awarded 11 points for each first-place vote, nine points for each second-place vote, seven points for each third-place vote, five points for each fourth-place vote, three points for each fifth-place vote and one point for each sixth-place vote.