Jacque Vaughn has been named the Atlantic Division sportsmanship winner for 2005-06--and finalist for the league wide honor. Vaughn was selected by a five-member panel of former players. The NBA Sportsmanship Award will be voted on by the league's players and announced at the end of the season. The other finalists are Chicago’s Luol Deng, Houston’s Yao Ming, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Elton Brand, Miami’s Shaquille O’Neal, and Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko
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