ATLANTA -– The Atlanta Hawks honored forward Paul Millsap with the Jason Collier Memorial Trophy before tonight’s matchup against the Charlotte Hornets. The club annually bestows the award upon the player who most closely exemplifies the characteristics of a community ambassador displayed by Collier, the late Hawks center who passed away in 2005.
Millsap’s 2016-17 season community involvement tipped off with a school-wide donation of backpacks and supplies to Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy in August. The 11-year veteran provided a year’s worth of items for nearly 600 students at Hollis, a STEM school which opened on Atlanta’s Westside in 2016.