Mavs guard Kyrie Irving a finalists for NBA Sportsmanship Award

Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving was named Wednesday as one of six finalists who are candidates to win this season’s NBA Sportsmanship Award, aka as the Joe Dumars Trophy.
The award, which Dumars was the inaugural winner in 2000 when he played for the Detroit Pistons, is presented to the player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. It’s also an award Mavs coach Jason Kidd won as player with the Mavs in the 2011-’12 season and with the New York Knicks