Jason Terry Wins Sixth Man of the Year
April 24, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Basketball
Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks won the 2009 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award. The 31-year-old guard out of Arizona averaged 19.6 points, 3.4 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 33.7 minutes per game. He played in 74 out of the 82 games and came off the bench in 63 of those contests.
Jason Terry, Dallas Mavericks (Image: Newscom)
Currently, Terry and the Mavs are playing the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2009 NBA playoffs. The Mavs are up 2-1 against the Spurs and the fourth game between the two Texas teams is on Saturday.
Despite coming off the bench, Terry was second on the Mavs in scoring. Only Dirk Nowitzki’s 25.9-point scoring average was higher. Terry led the team in three-pointers made (167) and three-pointers attempted (456).
The other players in the NBA who received first place votes in the balloting were J.R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets, Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks, Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers, Travis Outlaw of the Portland Trail Blazers, Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs and Ronald “Flip” Murray of the Atlanta Hawks. Terry received 111 of the 121 first place votes.
