As expected, veteran guard Jamal Crawford of the Los Angeles Clippers was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year for the third time earlier this week. Crawford’s third award for being the best bench player in the league is a record putting him ahead of Detlef Schrempf, Ricky Pierce and Kevin McHale who all won the award twice during their careers.
With Crawford beating out the competition with relative ease this season, his predecessor, Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Lakers, took to Twitter to congratulate him. Williams also made a suggestion that makes a lot of sense once Crawford’s NBA career comes to an end:
They should put @JCrossover face on the 6th man trophy.