Last Week: Games played - 4 Games won - 3 Games lost - 1 Previous week’s NBA Sixth Man of the Year Power Ranking - N/A #5 Ricky Rubio Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio has become a Sixth Man of the Year candidate Take a look at this week's latest power rankings for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award. This year, there's a talented crop of players that are all putting up eye-opening production to earn the award. Each year, a player shines with his play off the bench and becomes a crucial part of a team's success. The NBA Sixth Man of the Year award has always been one of the more underrated accolades in the league. This next month of action will be important for teams to start separating themselves in the standings as we wait to see who will cement themselves as NBA playoff contenders for the foreseeable future.Īs each week of the NBA passes by, that means the buzz around certain awards in the league will start to heat up as well. Other teams have started to find their groove after a slow start, including the Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn Nets. Teams such as the Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards have impressed with their play throughout the opening month of the NBA season.
Well that is about to change this season thanks to Jordan Clarkson.Another week is on the books for the 2021-22 NBA season and storylines across the league continue to build. The Utah Jazz have never had a player win 6th Man of the Year (although Thurl Bailey got ROBBED back in 1987-1989). And few things are more entertaining right now than when he checks into the game. In fact, ultimately this league is about entertainment. The trade to bring Jordan Clarkson in may very well go down as not just one of the most lopsided in Jazz history, but one of the best. He’s grabbing a surprisingly high # of rebounds and he hasn’t been a turnstile on defense like some of these guys. He’s also scoring that 17.4 points per game in fairly few minutes, so scaling everything to per36 shows just how good his scoring has been.īut that’s not all he’s offering. But Michael Jordan Clarkson? That guy’s a flame thrower! His True Shooting Percentage is ridiculous. Honestly, the 6MOY does often go to a relatively inefficient, high-volume scorer (Montrezl Harrell as the exception). Here is a table showing some statistical comparisons of the past several 6MOY: I looked back at prior winners to see how he compared, and he’s been one of the best. At this point this is 100% Jordan’s race to lose.īut he’s also not your typical 6th man of the year. The next closest is Chris Boucher at +700. As of right now, Clarkson is about 2:1 favorite at +250. As such, he’s the odds on favorite to win the 6th Man of the Year Award this year.
This dude is straight up just a professional bucket-getter. Some people were put on this planet to get buckets, and Jordan Clarkson is one of those guys.” “There were people put on this planet to be doctors, lawyers, and carpenters. As Rob Perez put it recently: “There were people put on this planet to be doctors, lawyers, and carpenters. No wonder he’s now flourishing in a winning atmosphere. Someone had to get some points on those awful teams, so Clarkson was tasked to do that more often than not. That’s a ridiculous amount of just losing basketball. But honestly, go look at the teams that he has played for throughout his career. He (unrightfully) earned the reputation of a chucker. Look at how his shot selection has changed through the years: 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021Ĭlarkson used to put up a lot of mid and long range twos. He had been making improvements prior to coming to the Jazz, but Quin Snyder completed it. His transformation into the Utah system has been amazing to watch. But boy did that feel like a lot at the time.Ĭlarkson’s play so far has proven that contract to be a great investment by the Utah Jazz front office. His offensive punch completely changed the bench last season. The Utah Jazz absolutely had to bring him back. When Jordan Clarkson signed his 4 year, 52 million dollar contract his offseason, I was a little bit worried.