Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard has been named the Hickok Belt® Award winner for February 2023. Voting was conducted by a select panel of members of the National Sports Media Association (NSMA). The voters selected the 32-year-old who performed throughout the month when he recorded an amazing amount of points, triple doubles, rebounds and assists. Then, on February 26, he became the eighth player in NBA history to score a career-high 71 or more points in a single game and set a Trail Blazers franchise high record of 13 three pointers in a 131-114 win over the Houston Rockets.
Other finalists for the month of February in order of how the NSMA ranked them included: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (auto racing), Luka Doncic (basketball), Connor McDavid (hockey), Linus Ullmark (hockey) and Martha Bassino (skiing) – tie, Jon Rahm (golf), Scottie Scheffler (golf), Emmanuel Navarette (boxing), and E.J. Tackett (bowling).
Lillard’s selection as the Hickok Belt® winner for February recognizes him as “the best of the best” in professional sports for the month and makes him the second candidate eligible to receive the 2023 overall award, joining Mikaela Shiffrin and other finalists throughout the year based on NSMA voting.
To learn more about the Hickok Belt® Award and its history, visit https://www.hickokbelt.com.
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