Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon has won the 2022-23 NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Brogdon finished ahead of New York Knicks guard Emmanuel Quickley for the award, receiving 60 out of 100 first-place votes and amassing 408 total points.
Quickley received 34 first place votes and 326 total points. Milwaukee Bucks winger Bobby Portis finished third, with six first-place votes and 97 total points. “It’s such an honor,” Brogdon said in an interview on TNT’s “Inside the NBA.”
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“But I’m with a great organisation, and I’ve got great teammates and a great coaching staff,” added Malcolm Brogdon. “Atmosphere [Mazzulla] He took over and did a great job, so I want to thank those guys.” In 67 games off the bench with Boston, Brogdon averaged 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 26 minutes.
In addition, the seven-year-old veteran shoots 48.4% from the floor, a career-best 44.4% outside the arc, and 87% at the foul line. Moreover, in Brogdon’s Celtics debut on October 16, the guard scored 16 points off the bench in a 126-117 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Malcolm Brogdon becomes the third Celtics player to win his sixth NBA Most Valuable Player Award, joining two-time winners Kevin McHale (1984-1985) and Bill Walton (1986)
In addition, Brogdon became just the second player to win the Sixth Man of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards, joining Mike Miller. The guard is also the third Celtics player in franchise history to win the Sixth Man Award, joining two-time winners Kevin McHale and Bill Walton.
“It was a pleasure to play with Giannis [Antetokounmpo]one of the best players in the world,” Brogdon said. “For me coming out of college, I was all-American, and I had a good grade, but you have to check your ego at the door, especially when you got to Milwaukee.
Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon has been named the 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year by the John Havlicek Award for Kia.
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Then I went to Indiana, and I and… [Domantas Sabonis] They run the show there, and my last two years there weren’t very successful. So for me, it was another self-check for me, to understand that maybe I’m not the number one guy. But I can be No. 2, or No. 3, or No. 4, and then come to Boston, and play backfield [Jayson Tatum] And [Jaylen Brown] And these guys, proven All Stars and soon-to-be All-NBA players, it was a perfect fit for me.”
Furthermore, in the Celtics’ 122-106 win over the Charlotte Hornets on January 14, Brogdon scored a season-high 30 points on 11-of-17 (64.7%) shooting from the field, 4-of-6 (66.7%) outside the arc, and 4 From 4 (100%) at the free throw line.
Equally important, Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk finished with the most points, rebounds, and assists off the bench in the regular season with 1,542. Brogdon ranks second with 1,528, followed by Russell Westbrook (1,475) and Bennedict Mathurin (1,361). ). All things considered, the Celtics guard deserved this award the most.