On May 4, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the winner of the best sixth person award, and the Heat player Taylor Hiero won the best sixth man in the 2021-2022 season. He averaged 20.8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 0.7 steals per game in the regular season this season. In the first game of the second round of the playoffs, he scored 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting, just becoming a big contributor to the Heat's game.
Hiro's performance in the regular season was impeccable, but he averaged only 12.8 points per game in the first round of the playoffs and shot a pitiful 38.6%, but he had a big explosion in the second round, and he and Adebayo both won 20+ to help the Heat beat Philadelphia.
After beating Philadelphia, Hiro has won his 34th game 20+ off the bench this season, and his score on the bench is really outstanding.
In the super six votes, Hiro had 96 first votes, 2 second votes and 2 third votes, for a total score of 488 points. In second place, Loew had only 3 first votes and only 214 points in total, so Hiro was crushed to win.
Hiro won the all-sixth and became the first player in Heat history to win the award.
In addition, Hiro's average of 20.8 points per game is also the fourth highest scoring sixth person in NBA history. It can be said that it is well deserved.
He has already tied Wade's most ever 25+ before the age of 23, and he has hopes of becoming a star in the future.
Hiro said in Fortune: "That's why I chose the sixth person, I want to be the best sixth person in the league. When I think of the sixth-man award, I think of Lou Wei and Crawford, who paved the way for everyone. I would like to pay tribute to Lou Wei and Ke Liu. ”
When the league announced that he had won the award, the Heat boiled over the entire team, and the whole team surrounded Hiro, the little brother. In the offseason, Hiro faces an early contract extension, he can sign a five-year, 180 million maximum salary contract, and after he wins this award, his probability of winning this big contract is getting higher and higher.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream