More and more NBA awards are being announced. Now, we know the Sixth Man of the Year winner. Boston’s Malcolm Brogdon took home the award after a very strong campaign. The award was bested by Milwaukee’s Bobby Portis and New York’s Emmanuel Kwikli. Brogdon has been a welcome and steady presence at the point guard position all year for the Celtics. Boston knew they needed a reliable backup guard with some offensive explosiveness after last season’s NBA Finals. They wasted no time in the offseason by signing the former Indiana Pacer right away and they paid dividends.
Malcolm Brogdon takes home his sixth Man of the Year award
Season of Malcolm Brogdon
As already pointed out, Brogdon had a very good season with the Boston Celtics. The former Rookie of the Year averaged 14.9 points, 3.7 assists and 4.2 total rebounds per game coming off the bench. Furthermore, his effective field goal percentage averaged 57.4 percent, nearly seven percent better than last season’s total in this category. Brogdon also had a career-best offensive rating of 122 to go along with a real shooting percentage of 61.5 percent, another career high.
To go along with this, the Celtics’ backup point guard also averaged total offensive win shares of +3.6, his highest total in the category since the 2018-19 campaign when he was with the Milwaukee Bucks. Malcolm Brogdon was a solid player for the Bucks as well, however, and he seemed to find a real match with the Boston Celtics. As a result, she catapulted them to the top seed in the East and was named Sixth Man of the Season.
influence on the Boston Celtics
Brogdon was the Celtics’ best addition in the offseason last year. The team already has plenty of impact defensively, but their offense outside of Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown has been at times inconsistent. However, Malcolm Brogdon produced a welcome consistency in Boston’s second unit. Brogdon also had this to say about coming to the Celtics:
“Coming to Boston and playing behind JT, behind JB, these guys have proven that they are all-stars and soon to be all-NBA guys. It definitely works for me.”
All in all, Brogdon definitely deserves the award. His numbers may not be as great as the other players, but his influence outside the box is valuable to Boston.