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The NBA's awards season has become an epic farce and a joke without a suitable punchline. Does winning Most Improved mean you sucked last year? Congratulations on no longer being a crappy player! In the rookie of the year race, high-scoring youngsters on putrid lottery teams usually beat out those filling lesser roles on playoff-bound units. Humor and frustration aside, one award still peaks my interest. Each year, the NBA honors the best bench player with a trophy. The league first bestowed the accolade on Bobby Jones in 1982. Since that innaugural hand out, Kevin McHale and Detlef Schrempf remain the only back-to-back winners. The tiny statue recognizes a player willing to accept a reserve role on bonafide playoff squad. It rewards selflessness and winning. I decided to examine two ...

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Article written by Robert Kleeman