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Lou Williams Wins the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year Award

It's confirmed: Lou Williams is going from 6 Man to Sixth Man.

It was confirmed today that Lou Williams of the Toronto Raptors has won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award given to the league's best reserve.

On the season, Williams (or Sweet Lou, or 6 Man, or, well, you get the idea), averaged a career-high 15.5 points, while shooting 40.4 percent from the field, to go along with averages of 1.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals. He came off the bench in 80 games for the Raps this season and averaged 25.