All season long, Toronto players and fans had been campaigning for then-Raptors guard Lou Williams to win the Sixth Man of the Year award. Even recording artist Drake got involved by dropping Williams’ name three times in his appropriately titled song, “6 Man.”
So when Williams won and became the first Raptor to win a major NBA award since 1999 Rookie of the Year Vince Carter, it would seem like a major personal accomplishment for a career sixth man who finished second for the honor in 2012. But Williams maintains that this wasn’t the case.
Heading into his first season with the Lakers, the 10-year veteran insists that the award isn’t on his radar.