Bobby Portis has been one of the NBA's best sixth men since he joined the Milwaukee Bucks. Despite consecutive top-three finishes in the Sixth Man of the Year vote over the last two seasons, the center was left out of the top five by ESPN's Summer Forecast panel vote for next season's award. That feels flat-out wrong. It's almost as if they've forgotten about his efforts over the last few years.
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In order, ESPN's poll ranked these five as next season's finalists: Alex Caruso (OKC), Naz Reid (Minnesota), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Atlanta), Payton Pritchard (Boston), Ty Jerome (Memphis).