What do Bill Walton and James Harden have in common? They’re the only two NBA players to win both the regular season MVP award and also win the Sixth Man of the Year award. Walton went from MVP to Sixth Man and Harden went from Sixth Man to MVP (that Thunder team had so much potential, didn’t it?).
What do Walton, Harden, and new Detroit Pistons guard Derrick Rose have in common? I’m sure you can see where this is going.
All three of them have won an MVP. Assuming that Rose comes off the bench for a majority of the upcoming season, could he make a large enough splash to be in the running for Sixth Man of the Year, an award that Lou Williams and Jamal Crawford seem to have cornered the market on in years past?