Clippers G Jamal Crawford wins 6th Man of the Year Award, Blazers’ Ed Davis receives 1st place vote
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Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Jamal Crawford took home his third NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, the league announced Tuesday morning. At 36 years old, Crawford is once again the oldest player ever to win the award. He won it two seasons ago at the age of 34.
The Portland Trail Blazers had a couple of players get votes, including Ed Davis, who finished 8th in the voting and received one first-place vote from Phoenix Suns broadcaster Tim Kempton. Davis got second place votes from Bulls broadcaster Neil Funk, ESPN.com’s Kevin Arnovitz, Warriors analyst Jim Barnett, Hornets broadcaster Eric Collins and Andy Vasquez of the Bergen Record.
Blazers guard Allen Crabbe received just one third place vote from John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com. Former Blazer and current Nuggets swingman Will Barton finished 4th in the 6th Man of the Year voting.
Here are the full voting results. You can see who voted for who on NBA.com for every NBA award.
Player Team 1st Place (5 Pts) 2nd Place (3 Pts) 3rd Place (1 Pt) Total Points
Jamal Crawford L.A. Clippers 51 23 17 341
Andre Iguodala Golden State 33 35 18 288
Enes Kanter Oklahoma City 19 20 27 182
Will Barton Denver 15 21 20 158
Evan Turner Boston 3 7 10 46
Ryan Anderson New Orleans 4 6 5 43
Jeremy Lin Charlotte 1 6 7 30
Ed Davis Portland 1 5 1 21
Dennis Schröder Atlanta 1 2 6 17
Tristan Thompson Cleveland 2 — 6 16
Shaun Livingston Golden State — 1 4 7
J.J. Barea Dallas — 1 2 5
Boris Diaw San Antonio — 1 2 5
Zach LaVine Minnesota — 1 1 4
Darren Collison Sacramento — 1 — 3
Allen Crabbe Portland — — 1 1
Jrue Holiday New Orleans — — 1 1
Patrick Patterson Toronto — — 1 1
Mirza Teletovic Phoenix — — 1 1
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.