The Cavaliers’ LeBron James was named the winner of the Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award by Professional Basketball Writers Association, the NBA announced Sunday.
Named after the league’s second commissioner, the award is presented to a player, coach or athletic trainer who shows “outstanding service and dedication to the community.”
James, 32, is the fourth Cavalier selected, following Austin Carr (1979-80), Eric Snow (2004-05) and Luol Deng (2013-14). The first winner of the award was Washington’s Wes Unseld (1974-75).
Other finalists this season were the Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, the Bulls’ Jimmy Butler, the Trail Blazers’ CJ McCollum and the Grizzlies’ Zach Randolph.