Darrell Armstrong Wins NBA's Sixth Man Award
Jet, May 31, 1999
Darrell Armstrong, who has been an explosive spark for the Orlando Magic this season, received the NBA's Sixth Man Award for his extraordinary efforts for his team.
The award is designed to honor the league's best player off the bench. Armstrong easily won the award, receiving 85 of a possible 118 votes. Coming in a far second was the Portland Trailblazers Rasheed Wallace with 16 votes.
The 6-1, 180-pound point guard averaged career highs in points (13.8), assists (6.7), rebounds (3.6) and steals (2.16) in about 30 minutes per game this season. Armstrong also shot .904 (161 for 178) from the free-throw line, third best in the league.
He came off the bench in 35 of the season's 50 games. He started in other games toward the end of the season as he helped his team land the No. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference for the playoffs.
An amazing story of perseverance, Armstrong, 30, has played in the Continental Basketball Association, the United States Basketball Association and in Cyprus and Spain. A former kicker for Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, he was not drafted by an NBA team. He signed with the Magic only a few weeks before the team went to the NBA finals in 1995.
Magic General Manager John Gabriel said there are many good sixth and seventh men in the league. "But there are few who can come in and create immediate change. Darrell has done that with us. He changes tempo. He changes momentum."
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