Hey, y’all—happy Tuesday to you. Just in case you’re a normal adult human and avoid making countdown calendars tied to the NBA schedule, there are 19 days left in the regular season. I know because I’ve gone ahead and counted. I genuinely have no clue what’s going to happen once we start the playoffs and I really love it.
That said, some things—like likely award candidates—are starting to come into focus. And with that in mind, I wanted to break down how I view one of the tighter races playing out or, at least how I’m leaning in terms of a potential vote with about 10 games left. Let’s break down the Sixth Man of the Year race. (Rest assured that I’ll use this space to do the same thing with the hotly contested MVP race sometime soon.)
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