Garrett Temple finishes fourth in Teammate of the Year voting
Raptors veteran Guard/Forward Garrett Temple finished fourth in terms of voting for the 2025/2026 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award.
The award, named for former Rochester/Cincinnati Royals players Jack Twyman and Maurice Stokes, recognizes the player who is deemed “the league’s best teammate, based on selfless play, leadership, and commitment to the team,” according to the NBA.
This year, Pelicans center DeAndre Jordan won the award, finishing with 66 first-place votes, 59 second-place votes, 46 third-place votes, and 25 fifth-place votes, garnering 1,445 total voting points. Jrue Holiday, who has spent this season with the Portland Trail Blazers, finished not far behind Jordan with 39 first-place votes, 80 second-place votes, 61 third-place votes, 51 fourth-place votes, and 29 fifth-place votes, recording 1,437 total voting points.
Temple finished in fourth behind both Houston’s Jeff Green and the previously mentioned Jrue Holiday and DeAndre Jordan. In total, Temple recorded 46 first-place votes, 40 second-place votes, 63 third-place votes, 40 fourth-place votes, and 48 fifth-place votes for a total of 1,223 voting points- 222 points shy of first place, and 203 points shy of third-place Jeff Green.
To add some context for the points system I have been mentioning, first-place votes are worth 10 points, second-place votes are worth 7 points, third-place votes are worth 5 points, fourth-place votes are worth 3 points, and fifth-place votes are worth only 1 point.
Temple has played in 22 regular-season games this season as a shooting guard, averaging 0.8 points, 0.4 rebounds, and 0.4 assists while shooting 26.7 percent from the field, 25 percent from three, and 66.7 percent from the free-throw line.
Jordan’s win this year snaps a seven-year streak of the award going to a guard, as from the 2018-19 season to the 2024-2025 season, only Mike Conley, Jrue Holiday, Damian Lillard, and Steph Curry captured the award.
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