The play-in tournament will deliver its verdict in a few hours, the Playoffs start tomorrow evening, my cousin invited me to drink coffee tomorrow morning, in short, this weekend’s program is damn busy. Despite this, the NBA decided to blow our pot by announcing the 2022-23 finalists for each individual trophy tonight. Morality, we will not drink coffee at Blandine, and here are the three finalists for the NBA Sixth Man of the Year trophy.
Here is a race that will have been undecided… all season. For this first John Havlicek Trophy in history, a bunch of guys went through the “plausible candidate” box, but in the end the NBA decided and these are three names that come out of the hat of the best substitutes in the League.
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The 2023 Sixth Man of the Year finalists:
Malcolm Brogdon
Bobby Portis
Immanuel Quickley pic.twitter.com/dxcTctYDFV— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) April 14, 2023
Malcolm Brogdon, Bobby Portis and Immanuel Quickley.
The former shone in his new role as leader of the Boston bench this season. 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 average assists for the former Pacers player, all at more than 48% shooting, 44.4% 3-point and 87% free throws. Too clean, too solid, too valuable, Brogdon is one of the reasons why Boston finished with the second-best record in the NBA.
Probably favorite, Brogdon will still have to face Bobby Portis, the inside of the Bucks who continues to be valuable for Milwaukee off the bench. The Fiserv Forum darling ended his campaign with solid production, 14 points and 9+ rebounds in just 26 minutes, enough to help the Deers cap the 2022-23 campaign at the top of the League. Finally, Immanuel Quickley comes to bring a New York touch to this Top 3, he who would like to succeed the great Gérard ten years after the title of the latter. Quickley remains on the best campaign of his career: 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal, 45% shooting including 37% from afar. It is also thanks to him if the Knicks find the Playoffs this year.