To put it simply, Dennis Schroder’s presence coming off the bench this season helped the Oklahoma City Thunder win.
He was an integral part of the Thunder’s rotation, allowing the other two main guards to play off-ball or on, and gave them rest while the team could keep a good scorer and playmaker on the court.
With all three together, the team was dominant, and Schroder was a driving force.
He finished second in Sixth Man of the Year voting, falling short of Los Angeles Clippers big Montrezl Harrell.
While Thunder Wire articles for Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander listed all voters who had the Thunder guard’s name on their ballot, Schroder was included by 96 of the 100 voters.
That’s too many for one list.
Instead, we’ll indicate the 35 voters who gave him a first place vote:
- Marv Albert, Turner
- Sam Amick, The Athletic
- Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee
- Antoine Bancharel, Canal+ Afrique
- Evan Barnes, Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Rod Beard, Detroit News
- Marc Berman, New York Post
- Chris Broussard, Fox Sports
- Chris Fedor, Cleveland.com
- Jared Greenberg, Turner
- Kevin Harlan, Turner
- Chris Haynes, Yahoo! Sports
- Erik Horne, The Athletic
- Lisa Hsu, Tencent
- Cassidy Hubbarth, ESPN
- Kelly Iko, The Athletic
- Mark Jackson, ESPN
- Fred Katz, The Athletic
- Nick Kosmider, The Athletic
- Coral Lu, ESPN-Tencent
- Brian Mahoney, Associated Press
- Maxime Malet, L’Equipe
- Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated
- Mark Medina, USA Today
- Yoko Miyaji, Sports Graphic Numbers
- Rahel Nichols, ESPN
- Kevin O’Connor, ESPN
- Tim Reynolds, Associated Press
- Simone Sandri, La Gazzetta Dello Sport
- Sekou Smith, NBA.com
- Doug Smith, The Toronto Star
- Seerat Sohi, Yahoo! Sports
- Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
- Matt Winer, Turner
- Royce Young, ESPN