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Horford named Hawks’ Best Teammate in players association vote

By Chris Vivlamore
Aug 4, 2016

Al Horford was voted the Hawks’ Best Teammate in a survey of NBA players conducted by the National Basketball Players Association.

The players union released the voting results of its Players Voice Awards on Thursday.

The following were the award winners in several other categories:

* MVP: Stephen Curry

* Global Impact Player: Kobe Bryant

* Most Influential Veteran: Tim Duncan

* Best Social Media Follow: LeBron James

* The Clutch Performer: Stephen Curry

* Coach You’d Most Like To Play For: Gregg Popovich

* Best Home Court Advantage: Warriors

* Best Dressed: Russell Westbrook

* Player You Secretly Wish Was On Your Team: LeBron James

* Toughest to Guard: Stephen Curry

* Best Defender: Kawhi Leonard

* The Best Off The Bench: Jamal Crawford

* Comeback Player Of The Year: Paul George

* Rookie Of The Year: Karl-Anthony Towns

A player on each team was voted Best Teammate. Horford signed with the Celtics as an unrestricted free agent this summer.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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