The NBA's Sixth Man of the Year Award winner was announced today, with the Clippers Jamal Crawford taking home the honors for a third time. Evan Turner finished fifth in the balloting:
Turner received three first-place votes:
Celtics coach Brad Stevens had high praise for Turner's candidacy:
After being notified that Evan Turner finished 5th in Sixth Man voting, Stevens says, "We wouldn't prefer to have anyone else at that spot." — Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 19, 2016
Stevens on Turner's Sixth Man finish: "I can't imagine anybody being more valuable off the bench than Evan.