jeric13xd | CHI

799 | 8 hours ago

I wonder how close THJ was. He was on fire this season.

Congrats to Keldon

barbaraanderson

201 | 8 hours ago

He was third

elbenji | MIA

151 | 7 hours ago

third by a lot

Squarians | BOS

61 | 7 hours ago

I’m more interested in how close Naz was behind him. I don’t know why he wasn’t in the discussion this year after winning last year

CulturalXR | Bulls

88 | 7 hours ago

He looked like he took a step back when I watched

Temporary-Level-5410 | Lakers

76 | 7 hours ago

Yeah he normally takes a few of those from what I’ve seen

chatnoir11

6 | 4 hours ago

He would do shit that was expected of a guy making 13m but once he signed that 25m contract he was under a lot more scrutiny imo

CriticalTemporary662 | Timberwolves

19 | 6 hours ago

He was in a bad place mentally for the start of the season, then looked really good but hurt his shoulder and hasn’t shot well since

IWasTheFirstKlund | Timberwolves

11 | 5 hours ago

Shoulder injury the final 6-8 weeks of the season killed his shooting. He had a 2 month stretch where he was amazing though.

NickLidstrom | SAC

1 | 19 minutes ago

He actually won two years ago and finished 5th last year. Payton Pritchard won last year

Coolguynumber01 | Warriors

622 | 8 hours ago

i need to see if Bill Simmons changing his vote from JJJ to Keldon because of the Heat play ins was the deciding vote lol

who_is_my_boot

403 | 8 hours ago

Is anybody outside heat nation calling Jaques JJJ lol, I’ve never heard that & that’s Jaren Jackson Jr’s nickname too

Urban_Introvert | Knicks

181 | 8 hours ago

Haime Haques Hunior. Shit, that’s HHH too.

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

66 | 7 hours ago

TIME TO PLAY THE GAME

MasterOfSwag9000 | Raptors

16 | 7 hours ago

BACKLASH

TheoMoneyG | Knicks

7 | 7 hours ago

AT BACKLASH UHHHH

FantasticFox1641 | Lakers

100 | 7 hours ago

No I was very confused why Jaren Jackson Jr was in the running for sixth man.

RealPrinceJay |

71 | 7 hours ago

Thank you lol, JJJ is Jaren Jackson Jr and no one else

duvie773 | Hornets

13 | 6 hours ago

Wrong. JJJ is and always will be J. Jonah Jameson

RealPrinceJay |

9 | 5 hours ago

No, that’s J. Jonah Jameson and you better put some respect on his name before the hit piece drops

CreatiScope | Celtics

1 | 4 hours ago

“No disrespect, Spider-Man is A SCRUB!”

“He became friends with Harry Osborn, WHO WAS ON CRACK!”

paradoxofchoice | MIA

8 | 7 hours ago

depends on who has the better season. it’s like a title belt.

bruhstevenson | Warriors

5 | 6 hours ago

I’m a UCLA fan so we call him that sometimes but it’s not super common I guess

Exodus100 | Mavericks

2 | 7 hours ago

Feel like I’ve seen that pretty often for both of them. Usually clear by context

mioraka | Raptors

1 | 4 hours ago

Yes, his nickname clearly should be Triple H.

MelonEnthusiast1 | Hornets

117 | 8 hours ago

I mean if he did it he sure as hell wasn’t the only one.

Edit: KJ had 63 first place votes vs JJJ’s 34

Piats99 | Spurs

177 | 7 hours ago

Can we stop normalizing JJJ as Jamie Jaquez’s nickname?

JJJ is already Jaren Jackson Jr. He has been JJJ for many years now and it’s already hard enough to track every nickname/abbreviation.

UpvoteIfYouAgreee | BOS

66 | 7 hours ago

he also has 2 distinct names to choose from, Jamie/Jaquez and everyone would instantly know who your talking about

DirtySperrys | Slovenia

13 | 7 hours ago

I’m getting too old for these abbreviations. Not saying we need full gov names but damn do some of them just not make sense

Skinnecott | Heat

9 | 6 hours ago

bitch you know how many “stephs” your fanbase has used in the last two years?? sybau.

RealGertle627 | SAS

4 | 6 hours ago

Lmao I live in SA and confused a couple of dudes last night with that. I’m like bro, I mean our Steph - he’s on the TV right now

Skinnecott | Heat

3 | 6 hours ago

lol the first time i heard it i got confused then triggered, but i didn’t say anything because it took me too long to realize i was talking to my spurs friend. didn’t wanna seem uncultured

samuraistabber

7 | 6 hours ago

JJJ is Jaren Jackson Jr. JaJaJa is Jaime Jaquez

Capital_Actuator_404 | BOS

2 | 7 hours ago

I wholeheartedly agree. It’s too confusing!

Parzival127 | SAS

1 | 32 minutes ago

I mean, there’s only one JJJ that was on the running for 6MOTY. If you’re confused that’s kinda on you

MelonEnthusiast1 | Hornets

-1 | 6 hours ago

It’s very easy to tell we’re talking about using context clues. Besides, they’re just initials, not nicknames. You can’t own a set of initials if Jaren Jackson wants to be unique he should earn an actual nickname.

Coolguynumber01 | Warriors

26 | 8 hours ago

true but its the only one we know of. plus it being Bill Simmons makes it funnier haha

Knowledge_Haver_17

80 | 8 hours ago

I don’t care how much of a bum Jaren Jackson is, you can’t be calling Jaquez “JJJ”

DoctorStove | Pistons

50 | 7 hours ago

Dawg you can’t just make up nicknames that already exist for another player. This reminds me of that “SM = Shake Milton” post way back

Veggiedelite90 | SAS

8 | 7 hours ago

It was not that close

hickok3 | Raptors

6 | 7 hours ago

Keldon had 63 to Jaime’s 34 first place votes. That’s not to say other voters had a similar thought as Bill and changed up though. He was just open about it.

death210902 | Spurs

-2 | 7 hours ago

Shoulda been Keldon the whole time anyways

MediocreJay41 | Kings

460 | 7 hours ago

Keldon Johnson has a unique résumé with the Olympic gold medal, the 6MOY and a potential championship down the line.

howtotrainyourturtle

289 | 7 hours ago

Is Ginobili the one player with all 3?

sebtierrez01 | Spurs

110 | 6 hours ago

Yessir

pr0nh0li0

65 | 6 hours ago

Currently yes, but Harden could join this club too if he ever rings up

Kevin McHale and Bill Walton would quite plausibly be in this club as well, if only pros were allowed to play in the Olympics in their era.

Lamar Odom was also very close, but doesn’t qualify because of Ginobili and USA basketball’s disappointing 2004 run. He only has a bronze + the other 2

sgtpepperslaststand | Cavaliers

39 | 6 hours ago

Bill Walton was selected to play for the 1972 Olympics but declined as a protest against the Vietnam War. He played in the 1970 World Cup at 17 but they finished in 5th place. That 1972 team lost to the USSR 51-50 with much controversy

NeverSober1900 | Rockets

8 | 5 hours ago

“Much Controversy” aka replay the final inbounds play until the Soviets win

pr0nh0li0

5 | 6 hours ago

Interesting, thanks for the additional context.

Still, he likely also would have been asked to play in ‘76 (and plausibly ‘84) if pros were allowed so I stand by my assertion.

jbud3570

4 | 5 hours ago

What about Iguodala?

obamacockvore | 76ers

15 | 5 hours ago

Never won 6MOY even though he highkey deserved at least one (probably 2016)

YSLAnunoby | Raptors

5 | 4 hours ago

That last Crawford one was so stupid. Kanter Barton and Iggy were all much better

Lithops_salicola | Bulls

1 | 3 hours ago

Interesting that 6MOY are so rarely on the championship team. MVPs not winning rings makes some sense since if a team is that reliant on a single player then there are usually other issues. But deep playoff runs usually require good benches.

Chiron17 | Celtics

1 | 32 minutes ago

Keldon is going to need to focus on his bat catching skills if he’s going to challenge the goat

cemereth

14 | 6 hours ago

A-Are we just ignoring the man who the award is named after? John Havlicek, 1960 Olympic gold medalist, eight-time NBA champion, Finals MVP? I mean, the award technically didn’t exist back when he played, but

JuiceTheThird

46 | 6 hours ago

I didn’t absorb any of that information after seeing that in text stutter 🤦‍♂️

gsOctavio

4 | 4 hours ago

Lol “potential championship”. Not sure you put that on the resume… or maybe I should put potential CEO of Nvidia on my resume?

Regardless, not unique seeing as Manu Ginobili exists.

MediocreJay41 | Kings

1 | 4 hours ago

He got Wemby on his team….definitely not out of the realm of possibility.

SkinfluteHero | Spurs

403 | 8 hours ago

BIG BODYYYYYYY

Dsarg_92 | SAS

115 | 8 hours ago

First Spurs player since Manu Ginobili to take home the award.

jdd32

59 | 7 hours ago

And honestly I think he embodies the spirit of the award more. He’s a true 6th man, reinvented himself to fit exactly what this team needed. And that’s a big reason why they had the 2nd best record in the league!

He’s the heart and soul of this team. Jaime had a great season, but I don’t think people outside of Spurs fans really know what he means to this team.

Pisshands | Spurs

67 | 8 hours ago

#1 cowboy in the Association!

ArmiinTamzarian | Spurs

40 | 7 hours ago

Leads the league in LPG (llamas per game)

Typical-Business9686 | Spurs

10 | 6 hours ago

Hell yeah. Heart and soul of the team.

CheetahWoods | Nets

1 | 6 hours ago

Call it O’Neal

keldonjohnson

265 | 7 hours ago

deserved

96Mute96 | Spurs

78 | 7 hours ago

Hey Keldon

Infinite_Corndog | Spurs

47 | 7 hours ago

Good work, KJ lol

AccordingMedicine129

30 | 6 hours ago

Hell of a year buddy

Tony_Broprano | Spurs

25 | 7 hours ago

Let’s go big body

OrangeW

22 | 7 hours ago

what in the

targetpracticesucks

17 | 6 hours ago

Let’s go big body!!

onamonapizza | Spurs

8 | 5 hours ago

next level /r/beetlejuicing

krsaxor | Spurs

9 | 4 hours ago

Big Body!!!

IWXREACTIVES | Spurs

1 | 14 minutes ago

give it to him every year thats my goat right there

Malemansam | Spurs

162 | 8 hours ago

BIG.
BODY.

Abject_Map7688 | Spurs

24 | 8 hours ago

JOHNSON

flexingtonsteele | LAL

5 | 6 hours ago

Keldon’s Johnson

MembershipSingle7137 | Celtics

71 | 8 hours ago

Very well deserved

MediocreKirbyMain | Heat

56 | 8 hours ago

I expect my fellow fans gestures broadly to flair to definitely be congratulatory and level headed about this news

^/s

EthicalBballFan | Heat

15 | 6 hours ago

About this one I’m fine but it does bring MVP into question. Why a Spurs can win 6moty being second in stats but not MVP? Wemby MVP or we riot!

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

56 | 8 hours ago

Finally someone that play defense get this award

LakerFansAreSubhuman | Celtics

46 | 8 hours ago

well deserved, he’s been a beast this year

Pleasant_Item2718

-2 | 40 minutes ago

Jaquez clears

dmista21 | SAS

44 | 8 hours ago

MY MAN!

WWECreativegenius | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

YESSIR

ThinkSoftware | Hawks

43 | 8 hours ago

[Shams] Sanantonio Spur Smallforward Secures Sixth Sir Support

Hiitsmichael | Spurs

40 | 7 hours ago

Thats worth another 2 alpacas maybe a llama

xbhaskarx | Spurs

4 | 6 hours ago

Keldon needs to get some emus

cl353 | Heat

38 | 8 hours ago

lol if jaime lost by one vote and it was cuz of the playins id be peeved if i was him

SunKing210 | Spurs

23 | 7 hours ago

I’m sure Jaime’s impact from coming off the bench to help lead the Heat to the checks notes 10th seed in the East was more of a deciding factor of him not winning this award.

natetistic

41 | 7 hours ago

We attribute team success to individual awards, and then we like to ignore how a team is constructed when comparing an individual player’s career to another player. Make it make sense man.

NonNewtonianResponse | Spurs

6 | 6 hours ago

One of the sad things you learn to accept as you get older is just how few people actually value internal consistency

natetistic

2 | 5 hours ago

Just turned 25 and learning this more and more every day.

beefdog99 | UTA

1 | 4 hours ago

At least sixth man has a case for being a team thing. The best candidates wouldnt qualify if their teams sucked because they would just be starting instead.

DalliLlama | Heat

32 | 7 hours ago

Are we really pretending to measure the value of 6th men by team seeding? You think if Miami had Wemby they’d be 10th seed? Or take Wemby off the Spurs and they are the 2?

SunKing210 | Spurs

12 | 7 hours ago

In the past ten seasons, only one player has won 6moty where their team finished with a lower seed. That was Lou Williams but he was averaging 20+ pts per game with 5 asts off the bench. He won it twice in a row as the Clippers were the 8th and 10th seeds

Literally every other year, the 6moty winner was on a top 4 seed in that time span. So no there isn’t a rule or requirement for a player to be on a winning team to win this award, but let’s not pretend that it isn’t factored at all when most players who win the award are on good teams with higher seedings

Burgerburgerfred | Nets

15 | 7 hours ago

That would also be a pretty shitty way to determine the award.

These awards should NOT be based on seeding in the slightest.

EggsAndRice7171 | Pacers

3 | 6 hours ago

It’s not even really entirely based on seeding it’s just that putting up higher stats on a worse team doesn’t make you a better player. It’s hard to have a deep enough team to get 6th man of the year if you can’t make the playoffs to begin with, and if you’re losing games your 6th man is generally on average playing less competitive minutes than a 6th man on a good team on average so I get why it’s factored in. That being said I think Jamie was a better 6th man this season than Keldon was and he would’ve got my vote.

Burgerburgerfred | Nets

1 | 6 hours ago

It’s not even really entirely based on seeding it’s just that putting up higher stats on a worse team doesn’t make you a better player.

I honestly don’t think theres many cases of this for 6th men. Usually people putting up stats on worse teams like non playoff teams are starting. Those teams don’t have the depth to have high quality 6th men.

SunKing210 | Spurs

3 | 7 hours ago

Well it is, unfortunately.

You can have a look for yourself here

I went through the past 20 seasons from this list and all of them but Lou Williams’ 2 seasons with the Clippers, were on a team with higher seedings.

Burgerburgerfred | Nets

3 | 7 hours ago

Would need a bit more context.

A lot of times the deserving player is simply on the higher seed, that isn’t why they won. We would need a year to year breakdown and some instances where the lesser player on a higher seed won to really call it a trend for this particular award.

Granted I do know there are plenty of idiotic award voters who will apply this shitty logic to anything and everything they can so they don’t actually need to think about who they vote for, but by and large I think especially newer wave voters are moving away from this line of thought.

SunKing210 | Spurs

6 | 7 hours ago

Like I highlighted in another comment, the 2 times in the past 20 seasons that a player won 6moty whilst on a team that was a lower seed was Lou Williams but he was averaging 20+ ppg and 5 asts a game, which is probably why he still won the award despite his team not being very good.

The trend shows that 6moty winners are on higher seeded teams, 18 times out of the past 20 seasons. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

Burgerburgerfred | Nets

-1 | 7 hours ago

That isn’t showcasing that it is influencing the award though.

It could be coincidence that deserving candidates are on higher seeds which generally makes sense. Usually competitors are the teams having this quality of player coming off their bench.

We would need case by case breakdowns where we can observe more deserving players losing to be certain that it isnt coincidental. Just assuming so leaves a lot of context out.

Muted_Dog7317 | Heat

4 | 7 hours ago

The Spurs had a +8 net rating without Johnson, the Heat had +1.6 net rating without Jaime, not sure why the team record should be the deciding factor for a bench player. Jaime doesn’t have Wemby and if you take Wemby off the Spurs and you get… last night

TheWarelock | Heat

3 | 7 hours ago

Yeah because Keldon lead his team to the 2 seed, definitely not the 7’5” DPOY/MVP or last years ROY or the 2x All-Star acquisition.

Plus his elite playoff performances this year were undeniable.

3/7/1 (25%FG 😤)
7/4/2 (carried the team when the alien left the game)

Nuclearsunburn | Heat

2 | 5 hours ago

Well a 6th man doesn’t lead you to anything, he only enhances what you already have. And we don’t have a gaggle of lucky lottery picks led by an alien lol

Both players and THJ all were deserving finalists.

cl353 | Heat

-4 | 7 hours ago

yea lets check how much impact keldon johnson is having in the playoffs rn…hmm oh nice little 3 pts game 1, nice little 7 pts game 2. damn hes so essential to the spurs success

SunKing210 | Spurs

6 | 7 hours ago

Regular season award, c’mon now

cl353 | Heat

7 | 7 hours ago

Ah but apparently u can change ur vote based on the playin results lol

SunKing210 | Spurs

7 | 7 hours ago

For Bill Simmons, yes.

HereComesJustice | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

you can blame Luka/Cade for delaying the vote so they could appeal

go even further you can blame the NBA for having this 65 game rule

go even further you can blame the San Antonio Spurs for making it vogue to load manage your players in the first place

cl353 | Heat

0 | 5 hours ago

I actually blame the heat cuz the spurs started load managing against the heat lmao

_19911118 | Raptors

9 | 7 hours ago

He is essential to the team’s success and the team has had a lot of successes.

_19911118 | Raptors

16 | 7 hours ago

It wasn’t close

Pleasant_Item2718

-1 | 40 minutes ago

Jaquez stats all better expect 3 pt cry

Clarkey7163 | Spurs

29 | 7 hours ago

I recommend everyone if they have a few minutes go watch this interview with Keldon from a few years ago and his aim of staying himself even in the midst of a giant losing streak we were on

The difference three years makes. So happy for him

ItsYaBoiSoup | Spurs

24 | 8 hours ago

My wife loves him, keeps calling him “Big Booty” instead of “Big Body.” Super happy for big booty

ArmiinTamzarian | Spurs

12 | 7 hours ago

Tbf he is caked up. Not Kyle Lowry level cheeks but still

Wasting-The-Dawn71 | Spurs

24 | 8 hours ago

I’m gonna cry

HarryPauler | Timberwolves

9 | 7 hours ago

I remember how this felt when Naz won it 🥲

That feels so long ago

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

23 | 7 hours ago

Y’all forget this dude got a gold medal already too and used to score 20 ppg

Insane pivot to take a reduced role on team he was supposed to be a bigger building block

A little Andre Iguodala-ish to take that ego death with stride on the same team

gregatronn | Spurs

11 | 7 hours ago

Insane pivot to take a reduced role on team he was supposed to be a bigger building block

He scored a lot because they lacked a lot of talent, but he was miscast as a 1st/2nd, heck even consistent 3rd option. He’s thriving in that 6th man role.

He’s having his best season as a 2-way player off the bench though. He’s in best shape and with a more defined role, he’s squeezing the most out of his skills than ever before.

HereComesJustice | Spurs

3 | 5 hours ago

reminds me of Podz on the Warriors right now, people calling him ass but I don’t think that’s the truth. He’s probably a decent player just thrust into a role he can’t thrive in but will, in spurts, show what he can be capable of if he finds/is allowed to play his role

thiswasandy | Spurs

24 | 6 hours ago

KJ is on his Ginobili arc.

Pop asks him to come off the bench.

Olympic Gold.

6MOTY <— WE ARE HERE

NBA Champion

acciopizza_ | Spurs

19 | 8 hours ago

BIG BODY

CarlosBoss765

14 | 7 hours ago

Who the hell voted Mitchell Robinson 1st place

FeelingOutside7395

2 | 6 hours ago

Van Gundy

HistoryH22 | Spurs

14 | 8 hours ago

I’m almost as happy for Keldon as I was for Wemby. So very well deserved for the ultimate vibes gut.

ralthea | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

Wemby has many awards to come barring injury. This might be Keldon’s only one. Super happy for him.

HistoryH22 | Spurs

2 | 2 hours ago

Definitely agreed. That, and now he’s in exclusive company with Manu. Absolutely love that for him.

wryano | Spurs

9 | 8 hours ago

KELDON “BIG BODY” JOHNSON LET’S GOOOOOO

Comprehensive_Room52 | Spurs

7 | 8 hours ago

KJ!!!

ExpressFan7426 | Thunder

5 | 7 hours ago

Super deserved

Sea_Blackberry_4257 | Pistons

3 | 8 hours ago

I’m actually surprised Dylan didn’t get more buzz for the award, though maybe he didn’t make the minutes cut, congrats to Keldon though

Creepersgonnacreep2 | Spurs

12 | 7 hours ago

I think probably kj has put in thework for the team for years now. He deserves it since this year he’s been even more impactful.

xbhaskarx | Spurs

4 | 8 hours ago

Well deserved for Keldon “the mayor of San Antonio” Johnson, the heart and soul of this Spurs team.

HarryPauler | Timberwolves

4 | 7 hours ago

The right choice, but sad Naz lost momentum. Wanted it for him for the crap he and his family went through right before the season

McLovinsBro | Timberwolves

2 | 6 hours ago

Bummer both Ant and Naz lost their respective awards due to injuries slowing them down

siphillis | Spurs

5 | 7 hours ago

Needed this

Titronnica | SAS

4 | 6 hours ago

BIG FUCKING BODY

THATS OUR GUY

Fhaksfha794 | Spurs

4 | 7 hours ago

Hell yeah, Keldon might be my favorite spur post kawhi, I’ve loved him since we drafted him. Wearing my 2 KJ jerseys on top of eachother in celebration right now

wembys | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

Him and Derrick ngl

slowakia_gruuumsh | Spurs

3 | 7 hours ago

I’m so happy KJ managed to find a role with the team that allows him to shine. With the logjam of young talent we have at guard/wing (great problem to have) it would have been easy for a guy that used to start to just check out. But he’s so good off the bench, especially this season his shooting and finishing at the rim has been very strong. Just laying the smackdown on dudes.

Timber_LN | Heat

2 | 8 hours ago

couldn’t even give us this smh

Overall-Palpitation6 | Grizzlies

3 | 8 hours ago

The correct choice, all the way.

Dsarg_92 | SAS

1 | 8 hours ago

Big Body!!!

ClaymoresRevenge | Bulls

2 | 7 hours ago

BIG BODY!

Kaladin_Depressed | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

Well deserved

wembys | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

BIG BODY

marineman43

2 | 7 hours ago

Keldon Johnson is my favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, even more than Russell Westbrook

Mario_Viana | Neemias Queta

2 | 7 hours ago

That’s Olympic Gold Medalist Keldon Johnson

PokeLover26

2 | 7 hours ago

Spurs lowkey a superteam

PoonGo0n | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

Hell yeah! Congrats KJ! Big Bodyyyyyy

shoutsoutstomywrist | NJN

2 | 7 hours ago

Good for big body

jiddyjedi

2 | 7 hours ago

Hell yeah I rooted for him all year! He always brings a spark and energy from the bench, plays hard like a mf

strange_thoughts_

2 | 6 hours ago

Mariah Carey would be proud!

ForneauCosmique | Spurs

2 | 6 hours ago

Hell yea I’m proud of him. Started with us mainly in the game league and not getting many minutes his rookie year, played hard and slowly moved up the scoring chain as the years went on, became a 20 point a game scorer, our main scorer when our team was rebuilding. He stuck with it and never complained, became an Olympic gold medalist, then became a 2nd and 3rd option scorer for the betterment of the team and then accepted the bench role when he easily is talented enough to start and never bitched about it. Awesome to see the whole thing develop over time

Itsukuri | Spurs

2 | 6 hours ago

Let’s actually fucking go

nickfawlty

2 | 6 hours ago

this is like the wolves from a couple of seasons ago.. DPOY and 6MOY on the same team. Wonder how many times that has happened?

NonchalantGhoul

2 | 6 hours ago

Jaquez got robbed

ec2xs | Yacht Club

2 | 6 hours ago

Spurs fans needed some good news today!

FERFreak731 | Jazz

1 | 8 hours ago

Brice Sensabaugh robbed

chandler55 | Raptors

1 | 8 hours ago

damn raptors lose the kawhi trade /s

ResultsHaveVary | Knicks

1 | 8 hours ago

He definitely played a huge factor off the bench for me in Fantasy this year 👍🏼

back2ya | Knicks

1 | 8 hours ago

Bill Simmons sends his playin regards

Timber_LN | Heat

0 | 8 hours ago

JJJ robbed

JoeMamma_94

1 | 7 hours ago

Didn’t know he was nice

KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ | Lakers

1 | 6 hours ago

meh,

daniss was the actual 6th man of the year

YoungFlexibleShawty | Charlotte Bobcats

2 | 5 hours ago

Hell no lolol

grizzyx

1 | 5 hours ago

It was between him and Jaquez really. Well deserved.

Bae_the_Elf | Kings

1 | 5 hours ago

I hated on him when the Kings wanted to trade for him and I gotta say he has developed into a better player than I expected. although, if the Kings had traded for him, he’d probably never have improved lol

maggieprobably | Thunder

1 | 5 hours ago

Good !

jo3pro | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

So happy and proud that he won this!!

My favorite player on the roster.

jasonzhang_2312 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

I read “San Antonio Spurs” and then I skimmed and read “of the Year award”. And I was like WEMBY WON MVP LETS GOOO

ktdotnova | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

Can’t argue against 62-20… playing all 82 games. Energy guy for the past 5 seasons. Well deserved.

ObviousAnswerGuy | NYK

1 | 3 hours ago

well deserved

Pleasant_Item2718

1 | 41 minutes ago

Robbed jaquez but ok

Sweet_Rent_2715

1 | 39 minutes ago

Jaime Jaquez robbery. 15.4 pts 5reb 4.7 asst

Onebigfreakinnerd | Spurs

0 | 8 hours ago

was an obvious one. so deserved

Vasilije69 | GSW

0 | 7 hours ago

Bad link

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-1 | 8 hours ago

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JaysonDeflatum | Heat

10 | 8 hours ago

Missing the spirit of the award completely

gigglios

7 | 7 hours ago

Who gives af about seeding for a bench player lmao. Its not an mvp race. 10th seed is fine for that type of award. Why tf you expecting a bench player to have superstar impact LOL

NotFrankSalazar | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

If you’re not contributing to win, then why does it matter?

gigglios

1 | 7 hours ago

Who says they arent contributing? Tf did you just type

NotFrankSalazar | Spurs

0 | 4 hours ago

The teams didn’t win as many games, therefore they didn’t contribute to more wins.

DalliLlama | Heat

5 | 8 hours ago

Wish Miami had a top 3 MVP guy. Doubt they’d be 10th then.

ArmiinTamzarian | Spurs

1 | 7 hours ago

You already have a Wemby variant tho?

CzarGuy111

-2 | 7 hours ago

Meh

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-4 | 8 hours ago

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Obi_Wan_KeBogi | Kings

17 | 8 hours ago

Pritchard started like 75% of the season he was nowhere near eligible lol

5dEchoChamber | Celtics

3 | 8 hours ago

Yeah but PP started 50 times this year

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5dEchoChamber | Celtics

1 | 7 hours ago

yeah i’d agree, he’s been amazing and i’d say if tatum was around the whole year he probably would have won.

xbhaskarx | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

Pritchard wasn’t even a finalist (he started 50 games) lol neither was Ajay Mitchell somehow

taygads

-4 | 7 hours ago

I would love to know how many of the media members with votes were planning on voting for Keldon Johnson before he went on TV and all but begged for it.

I am not a fan of either the Heat or the Spurs (to be clear, I don’t dislike either team but I don’t have a particular affinity for either, either) so I have no skin in this game, but I just find it hard to believe any of them outside of any local voters had Johnson as their 6th man of the year beforehand. Primarily because nothing about his impact on his team’s results on the court suggested he was he the best 6th man in the league.

Case in point:

Spurs w/Keldon on (1,710 mins): +8.4 net rating
Spurs w/Keldon off (1,786 mins): +10.4 net rating

Heat w/JJJ on (1,881 mins): +3.4 net rating
Heat w/JJJ off (1,575 mins): -0.4 net rating

Keldon had a great year, don’t get me wrong. He should absolutely be proud of the year he had. That said, the award is for the 6th man of the year, which is an award that by definition necessitates evaluating a candidate’s impact on their team when they’re on the court first and foremost (ie over individual counting stats) and the Spurs quite literally had a higher net rating when Keldon was off the floor than they did when he was on the floor…

[Charania] San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson has won the 2025-26 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award.