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JC is a solid leader in the 6^th Man award, thus far in the season.

He’s averaging 17.1 points on 35.7% shooting from beyond the arc, in 30.6 minutes of play.

He’s the Atlanta Hawks’ 2^nd best scorer, after MVP candidate Joe Johnson, at 21.2 points per game.

He’s played in all 41 games at the season’s halfway mark, and has come off the bench for every single game.

With each award, comes fierce competition. So, it’s time to take a look at the 4 other players that assemble the top 5 list for candidates for the trophy, in reverse order.

#5 Golden State Warriors forward Corey Maggette

20.3 points per game leads all bench players in the league in scoring, but he has started 19 out of the 39 games he has played, and by the end of the season will more than likely have started more games than he has come off the bench in, disqualifying him.

#4 New York Knicks forward Al Harrington

He is stroking 30.6% of his treys, while scoring 18.2 points. However, he should be starting

for his squad, which, by the way, is a losing team. 6^th men are meant to have an impact in the game, and to will the team to victory, and he just doesn’t cut it, in that respect.

#3 Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry

55.6% field goal accuracy is 9^th best in the league, and 1^st for bench players, and he can come into a game, control the tempo, and put on a show off the pine. But, 15.6 points is almost 2 points per game less than Crawford.

#2 Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry

34.4% shooting from downtown (1.3% less) for 16.5 points (.6 points less), in 33.7 minutes (3.1 minutes more) are good numbers, and he is a powerful spark plug off the pine for Dallas, but he has to take 2^nd in this race.

This puts Jamal at 1^st in the running for the award, and he deserves it. But, he has tough competition right behind him. So, it is by no means said and done, and he must continue to improve and pad his stats in order to claim winner.

He has been the team’s leading scorer in 14 of their 41 games.

5 for 13 (38%) from beyond the arc for 17.7 points in 3 wins against the Boston Celtics only helps his cause.

The best part about Jamal Crawford, is he would trade it all just to make his 1^st trip to the playoffs.

“If we get there this year, I’m really going to enjoy it,” Crawford says.

In a January 8 win against Boston, he converted a 4 point play after being knocked into the seats on a 3 point shot from the corner.

He consistently makes jumpers to win or seal the game.

“He does that all the time,” teammate Josh Smith said. “It’s unbelievable. When he gets it going, he’s hard to stop.”

Enough said.

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