I expect AR to keep grinding on his handles to bit by bit get better at handling the pressure he knows the book on him now is calling for teams to apply. How much better at it can he get …. guess we’ll find out.
It's still hard for me to believe we found a legit, undrafted, all-star caliber player. And now we consistently run the offense through him in crunch time in big games, and he frickin' delivers. It's just a nightly dopamine hit.
Is 6th Man of the Year "typically" stat driven (like who scores the most off the bench) or does subjectivity factor in such as clutchness and advanced metrics both sides of the ball? How is it determined voting wise ..... from whom?
I believe it's the same folks voting, that pick the other All NBA awards. It's a stat/impact award, to be a closer, on a team that's won almost 60% of their games, since he's come off the bench. That's as strong of a case, as any player in consideration, could have IMO.
Not a whole lot of drop off watching Reaves play the game, if any, entire bag both players, after watching Halliburton. He’s stepping his game up. IMO AR’s a more exciting and fun player to watch … and that’s no knock on Tyrese.
Reaves will not blow by a defender with speed but he is so shifty and know how to draw contact to get foul calls. Sneaky fast.
He does blow by some though. As you say …. sneaky fast. He’s been aggressive last several games taking it toward the rack to score or break down the D and dish it.
we're lucky to have a player like him who can so seamlessly move to the bench like another HOF'er Westbrook. He just makes it look easy.
