My end-of-season awards vote (1): Best Sixth Man and Best Coach

I'm in the end-of-season awards polling as a member of the media this year, and I'll analyze my voting choices in several articles.

100 members of the media voted, and each award was scored differently. NBA staff emailed two weeks ago to ask if they would be willing to vote. Some members of the media, in order to avoid suspicion or for other reasons, will refuse to vote. Once confirmed, the NBA will send out an official voting email the following week. Like the All-Star Vote, the voting is now hosted by Ernst & Young, using a voting system owned by Jazz Boss's company.

1. Best Sixth Person

The best sixth person can choose 3 people, and in order of priority, the scores are 5 points, 3 points, and 1 point.

For individual awards, I list all the players that can be considered, and then do a simple screening. In the end, there are only three or four people left, or when they want to rank second, they are compared according to the two.

The best sixth man of the year are Hiro, Love, Oubre, Johnson, Clarkson and Harrell.

In fact, this is an award without suspense. Hiro has played 66 games, the only one of these people to average more than 20 points per game, and it is close to 40% of the three-point shooting rate, whether it is playing time, personal performance, team performance, can not be faulted.

The more troublesome thing is the second and third choices, which do not make much sense, because there is no such thing as the best sixth person and the second person, but since the vote is set up like this, it is still necessary to choose carefully.

Sometimes it feels like two people are similar, but when you compare the data together, you can see it at a glance.

For example, the Jazz's Clarkson and the Suns' Johnson, I see some people putting Clarkson ahead of Johnson, but if you compare the data of the two, you can see who is the better player. The two played for about the same amount of time, with Clarkson scoring about four more points than Johnson and rebounding Johnson dominating. In terms of shooting percentage, Johnson's two-point shooting percentage is 4 percentage points more than Clarkson's, and his three-point shooting rate is 10 percentage points more than Clarkson's. Clarkson made five more shots per game, but scored less than four points. That said, Johnson is much more efficient than Clarkson. If you watch the game between the two teams, the visual effect and the data are very consistent, Clarkson often takes the ball hard shot, can brush high scores when the feel is good, and is the black hole of the team when the feel is not good. In contrast, I had no hesitation in choosing Johnson.

In the same way, you can compare Johnson and Oubre. Oubret scored more than Johnson, but was much less efficient, with Oubre shooting just 66 percent from the free throw line compared to 86 percent for Johnson.

The three-person list I finalized were Hiro, Johnson, and Love. Hiro was the ironclad first man, and then Johnson and Love's rankings, I made a one-sided comparison.

Johnson has a slightly higher shooting percentage, but Love has more rebounds, less playing time, and more scoring than Johnson. In addition, I watch more Cavaliers games, and Love often leads the team to play a wave of performance, such as scoring 32 points in the last 15 minutes of the season, which is the first time in NBA history that someone can score more than 30 points in 15 minutes.

In the end, my best sixth-person choices were: Hiro (5 points), Luck (3 points), Johnson (1 point).

2. Best Coach

The best coach can choose 3 people, in order of priority, the score is 5 points, 3 points, and 1 point.

My understanding of the duties of an NBA coach is that the coach is like a symphony conductor, and his job is not just game time on TV, but more responsibility is outside the game. A good coach should be able to unite the team, teach according to his aptitude, lead the team to face various difficulties, and play good results. In the past few years, the best coaches have generally been the head coaches of surprising teams, because in this type of team, the coach is often considered to be indispensable, such as Nass and Thibodeau.

There are several coaches who can nominate for the best coach this season: Williams of the Suns, Kidd of the Lone Rangers, Jenkins of the Grizzlies, Yuduka of the Celtics, Popovich of the Spurs, Terronlu of the Clippers, Nas of the Grizzlies, Bixtaft of the Cavaliers, Spoo of the Heat, and Cole of the Warriors. So, close to a third.

If the Cavaliers can maintain the momentum of the first half of the season and reach the top four in the East, I think Biktaugh deserves this award, but unfortunately the Cavaliers dropped the chain in the final sprint stage and only entered the playoffs. But it's still an accident compared to before the start of the season, because ESPN predicted that the Cavaliers should have been the same as the Pistons and magic, becoming the worst team in the East. Although the Cavaliers' late decline, mainly due to player injuries, the eighth result cost Bixtaugh of competition. There is also Bulls head coach Donovan, when the Bulls were once first, Donovan also seemed to be a popular candidate for the best coach, and now the Bulls are only sixth, there is no Donovan's share, not worth nominating.

The Spurs were meant to be a flop this season, and trading White before the trade deadline is a clear sign. But Popovich took the Spurs with him and made it to the play-offs. However, Popovich has not given the best coach for so many seasons, and this season is even more unlikely.

I know a lot of Warriors fans scold Kerr a lot, but the Warriors are in the top three in the West and a surprise team this season. The reason why I want to mention Cole is just that I think he deserves to mention the name.

The Raptors can be ranked fifth in the East, and they should also have the credit of Nas. Nas has won the best coach and the team hasn't been so surprised this season. In the season when he won the best coach, another important reason was that the Raptors still got good results despite the injuries of many of the team's main players.

The Clippers are also a surprising team, with multiple main players absent, including two home stars who have barely played much and are still in the top eight of the West. But like Bixtaugh, Tyronelu won the award on the basis of eighth place in the West.

The Heat's Spoo is recognized as a good coach, and the Heat are number one in the East. But he now has a bit of Popovich's treatment: everyone knows that he is a good coach and can no longer surprise everyone. Besides, the Heat have a number of strong players, although the Heat ranked first is a bit of a surprise, but this year's Eastern Conference top four results difference is very small, the first and fourth distinction is not so big.

Kidd brought the Mavericks to fourth in the West, especially after trading Porzines. However, compared with the top three, Kidd is still inferior.

Now let's talk about the top three, the first one, I think is williams of the Suns.

This year is still a pandemic period, and almost every team has had multiple lineup changes, either due to covid-19 or due to injuries. Except for the first few games of the season, the Suns have been very stable throughout the season, leading all the way. It's not hard to lead, it's hard to keep leading. Last season Williams qualified for the best coach, this season, whether it is the team performance, or the team performance, Williams was selected as the best coach, which is well deserved.

Second and third, my choices were Yuduca and Jenkins.

The Grizzlies are a surprising team, finishing second, and their top star Morant has also been injured for several games. In Morant's no-show, the Grizzlies remained strong. The rise of the Grizzlies, of course, is first and foremost the rise of players, including Morant, Bain, Jackson and others, but Jenkins should also be affirmed.

As for Yuduka, in addition to the team's results, the main reason for putting him ahead of Jenkins is that the Celtics' defense is the league's number one. At the level of the NBA, the players are of course the most important, but in general, the defense is more reflective of the coach's skill.

In the end, my best coaching choices were: Williams (5 points), Yuduca (3 points), Jenkins (1 point).