Jay Skeets
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I agree with you, TK.
The idea that he was a starter and over the last couple seasons has gone to the bench and sort of blossomed in that role.
Because some people are like, hey,
Hawkins Jr., he had pretty damn good stats off the bench from Miami.
He did.
Whereas the Spurs had a better record, no doubt.
And then other people are wondering.
Did Luca and Cade Cunningham cost Hawkes Jr.
a six-man-of-the-year award because of the play-in game?
Because of them having to wait, right?
You know, arbitration or whatever, trying to figure out if they were going to be on those ballots for all NBA and MVP.
So the ballots weren't out.
Thus, we got some play-in games.
I think Bill Simmons is on record saying his opinion was changed during play-in games.
His vote should be taken away.
You're not supposed to be doing that, Bill.
Anyway, I don't know if it actually cost him an award.
Probably not.
Maybe a vote or two, but it wasn't that close.
It wasn't too close.