Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley has been named the 2023-24 Twyan-Stokes Teammate of the Year. Conley has won the annual award for the second time, having previously received the honour in the 2018-19 season.
The Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award recognises the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, and on-and-off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players. This includes commitment and dedication to the team.
A panel of league executives chose 12 finalists (six from each conference) for the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. Current NBA players then selected the winner from the list of finalists.
Conley is in his 17th NBA season. In addition to receiving the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award twice, he has also won the NBA Sportsmanship Award a record four times.
The award, given yearly for selfless play, on-and-off-court leadership, commitment and dedication to the team, is named after Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman. They were friends who played together on the Cincinnati Royals. Stokes was paralyzed after an on-court injury in 1958, and Twyman became his legal guardian. He supported Stokes for the rest of his life until he died in 1970.
The only other Timberwolves player to win this teammate award was Jamal Crawford for the 2017-18 season. Jrue Holiday a three-time winner, is the only other player in the league to win this award multiple times.
