Harrell never really had a shot to repeat as the winner of this award with the way the Lakers’ season went, but good on him for playing through and getting some recognition for it anyway. He provides value for this team, even if he also has some severe defensive limitations in certain matchups. He shot 80% from the field in Game 1 against the Suns and finished as the best Lakers big man on the floor after a rough first quarter, and appears to be a solid matchup against Phoenix’s smaller second units in this series. Harrell was especially huge in giving the purple and gold just enough scoring punch to survive their time without LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and generally played pretty much exactly the level of basketball that was expected from him when the team brought him in this offseason.
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I get that he’s polarizing because we all want to log on to the internet every day and fight to the death about the Lakers’ center rotation, but he shot a team-high 62.2% from the field this year, and gave the Lakers 13.5 points and 6.2 rebounds in 22.9 minutes off the bench (averages that translate to 21.2 and 9.7 per-36 minutes, respectively). In all seriousness, though, Harrell deserved some recognition for his play this year. Congrats to Harrell, for proving with this finish that he is beyond a shadow of a doubt the most Sixth Man player to ever exist, ready to sacrifice and be the sixth man for a team of the NBA’s best sixth men. Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson has won the 2020-21 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award for his contributions in a reserve role, the NBA announced today.įull voting results below ⬇️ /XseKPioryG- NBA Communications May 24, 2021Īs our own Cooper Halpern pointed out to me in Slack, this makes Harrell the official winner of the inaugural Silver Screen and Roll Sixth Sixth Man of the Year award, presented annually to the sixth-best sixth man in the NBA.
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#NBA 6TH MAN OF THE YEAR 2020 FULL#
You can see the full voting breakdown here: The Lakers’ reserve forward got zero first-place votes, three second-place votes and five third-place votes. following him in fourth and fifth, respectively.Īfter that, last year’s Sixth Man of the Year award winner, Montrezl Harrell, finished in sixth place. Derrick Rose of the New York Knicks finished third, with Dallas Mavericks teammates Jalen Brunson and Tim Hardaway Jr.
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love seeing these guys flourish and reach their potential.- Darius Soriano May 24, 2021Ĭongrats to him on proving without a shadow of a doubt that he not only belongs in the league, but can contribute to winning for the team with the best record in the NBA.īut Clarkson and Ingles weren’t the only ones to get some recognition from the NBA media members who vote on these end-of-season awards. and we might get another mip award this season too. one has one the most improved player award and one has won the sixth man of the year award. – Rappler.Three of those dudes made an all-star team.
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#NBA 6TH MAN OF THE YEAR 2020 SERIES#
The Jazz trail their first-round playoff series against Memphis 1-0 with Game 2 set for Wednesday night in Salt Lake City, Utah. His scoring average of 18.3 points as a reserve was the highest in the NBA.Ĭlarkson, whose 208 made three-pointers ranked seventh in the NBA this season, scored 40 points against the Philadelphia 76ers on February 15 and 41 points against the Golden State Warriors on May 10, giving him two of the five 40-point games off the bench in Jazz history. To be eligible for the Kia NBA Sixth Man Award, players had to have come off the bench in more games than they started.Ĭlarkson established a career-high in scoring (18.4 points per game) while collecting 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 26.7 minutes per game over 68 games (one start). Ingles collected 34 first-place votes and 272 points, with New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose third with 77 points (one first-place vote). The two carved out a spot in league history, too, marking the first one-two finish by teammates in Sixth Man voting.Ĭlarkson is the first player in Jazz franchise history to win the award.Ĭlarkson, a Filipino-American, received 65 first-place votes (407 total points) from 100 sportswriters and broadcasters around the globe. Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson won the Kia NBA Sixth Man Award, learning of the accomplishment while sitting with teammate Joe Ingles during a TNT interview.