NBA Awards 2019: 3 reasons why Lou Williams should win the Sixth Man of the Year award

#1 Williams is the Clippers' best player

Williams shooting over Sabonis of the Indiana Pacers during a regular season encounter

In addition to being the first option off the bench for the Clippers, Williams is also arguably the team's best player. During his award-winning 2017/18 season, he led them in both points and assists with 22.6 and 5.3 per game.

As for this past year, he accomplished this feat once more: averaging 20 points and 5.4 assists per game. The other nominees for the award, Sabonis and Harrell, while being great players for their respective sides, were not the best players on their teams this season.

The Pacers' best player was arguably Bojan Bogdanovic, who started at the SF position. Had Victor Oladipo not sustained a season-ending injury before the All-Star break, he would undoubtedly be considered their best performer on the season.

Williams' teammate Harrell meanwhile contributed well and gave them a much-needed scoring and rebounding boost from the bench - but this was overshadowed by the team's leading scorer and playmaker in Lou too.