In a surprising decision on Sunday night, the NBA announced that they will introduce a new regular season award; the Seventh Man of the Year. This award will go to the second most important bench player in the league. Montrezl Harrell is the early favorite to win the award.
Lou Williams has been considered a lock for Sixth Man of the Year since about early December, so introducing this award brings back some excitement for the rest of the league since none of them can catch Lou. There was some concern that Harrell and Williams would cancel each other out on Sixth Man votes, but the addition of this new award should prevent that from happening.