Please answer the following question: Information:  - The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the predominant men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.  - The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA). League play started in 1997; the regular season is currently played from June to September with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October.  - The Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season, to the player who most "exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the courtethical behavior, fair play and integrity." This is the same criterion used by the analogous NBA Sportsmanship Award, given by the NBA since its 199596 season.  - The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA, FIBA World, or FIBA International, from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball", is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball. Originally known as the "Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word "Amateur" from its official name but retained the acronym; the "BA" now represents the first two letters of "basketball".  - Kim Perrot (January 18, 1967  August 19, 1999), was an American basketball player. She played in the WNBA for the Houston Comets.  - The NBA Sportsmanship Award is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given to a player who most `` exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court with ethical behavior , fair play , and integrity . '' It is directly analogous to the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award , which has been awarded by the NBA 's sister league , the WNBA , with neither award demanding excellence of play . Every year , each of the 30 NBA teams nominates one of its players to compete for this award . From these nominees , one player from each NBA division are selected by a panel as the divisional Sportsmanship Award winners . At the end of the regular season , players in the league cast votes for the award , with eleven points given for each first - place vote , nine for second - place vote , seven points for third , five points for fourth , three points for fifth and one point for each sixth place vote received . The player with the highest point total , regardless of the number of first - place votes , wins the award and presented with the Joe Dumars Trophy ; named after the former Detroit Pistons player and the award 's inaugural recipient . Grant Hill has won the award three times ; the most in NBA history . Jason Kidd has won the award twice . Kidd and Hill are the only players to win the award multiple times .    After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'nba sportsmanship award' exhibits the relationship of 'inception'. Find the answer from the choices below.  Choices: - 18  - 1967  - 1989  - 1995  - 1996  - 1999  - 24  - 29  - 30
Answer:
1996