clarky
Years ago

Odom wins 6th Man of the Year

Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom has become the first Lakers player to win the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award.

Odom received 513 of a possible 585 points, including 96 of a possible 117 first-place votes, from a panel of 117 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. For the second consecutive season, Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks finished second with 244 points. Thaddeus Young of the Philadelphia 76ers finished third with 76 points.


Articles can be found HERE and HERE

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The_Champ33  
Years ago

I'm surprised he's the first Laker to win this award.

I thought Jamal Wilkes or Michael Cooper might have claimed the award sometime during the Showtime 80's.
They may have switcted between starters and bench depending on the match-ups.

Interesting fact.

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Tweet Tweet  
Years ago

Magic would have won it in 1995-96 if he played the whole season.

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HoldenV8  
Years ago

Cooper was a pretty good candidate for best 6th man but was so often seen as a defensive player that his offensive skills were largely ignored.

Other Lakers past you could name would be the likes of Jamal Wilkes, Bob McAdoo, Kurt Rambis and Billy Thompson. All could have easily won the award. None did though.

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Tweet Tweet  
Years ago

Not sure why everyone keeps mentioning Jamaal Wilkes here. He only came off the bench towards the very end of his career when he was washed up.

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