Another day, another nomination: yesterday Paolo Banchero was nominated for the Karl Malone award.
Today?
It’s Mark Williams, who has now been put on the watchlist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award.
The award, of course, is named for the former UCLA and Bucks/Lakers great who is on anyone’s shortlist for a quick Top Five all-time NBA players and, arguably, the greatest player to ever take the court in college basketball.
That’s a shortlist. Bill Russell is on it, maybe Pete Maravich and Christian Laettner. Jerry West? Oscar Robertson?
It’s a smaller list.