Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson has been named 2020-21 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award after averaging a career-high 18.4 points, four rebounds and 2.5 assists through 68 games, as well as posting two of the five 40-point games off the bench in franchise history.
This is the first Sixth Man honour for Clarkson, who becomes the first player to win the annual award with the Jazz.
Clarkson received 65 first-place votes and earned 407 total points from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Utah forward Joe Ingles finished in second place with 272 points (34 first-place votes), making this the first time that teammates hold the top two spots in voting for the Kia NBA Sixth Man Award. New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose finished in third place with 77 points (one first-place vote).
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