Russell Westbrook was named the NBA’s MVP at Monday’s NBA Awards show, running away with 69 first place votes — 47 more than James Harden received in second. Well behind those two Los Angeles natives was Compton’s own DeMar DeRozan, who received one fifth-place vote for the league’s top honour.
Fifth place votes are ultimately forgotten to history, but it’s still a nice bit of recognition for DeRozan at the end of a career season in which he finished fifth in league scoring (27.3 PPG) while setting career highs in rebounding (5.