[OC] The main awards have been debated to death, so let's award some additional players (and groups) for their performances in the 2022 Alt NBA Awards!

This is my third year running the Alternative Awards, got great responses in both 2020 & 2021! Now presenting your candidates for the only awards that matter, the 2022 Alternative NBA Awards!

*For the awards with an asterisk, there were no stat-trackers that I found, so I had to scrape them myself. Here's the GitHub link for that (it's a mix of Python & R)!

The Real Sixth Man of the Year (presented by Brent Barry)*

(for players who are between sixth and ninth on their team in minutes played per game, doesn't take into account games started, must have played 50% of team's games)

By PPG:

1. Jordan Clarkson (16)
2. Kelly Oubre Jr. (15)
3. Kevin Love (13.6)
4. Cameron Johnson (12.5)
5. Malik Beasley & Lonnie Walker (12.1)

By VORP:

1. Kevin Love (2.7)
2. Clint Capela & Cameron Johnson (2.1)
3. Brandon Clarke & Isaiah Hartenstein (2)

The Spark Plug Award (sponsored by Lt. Surge, presented by American Express CEO Stephen J Squeri)

Most charges drawn per 36 minutes (minimum 70% of games played), credit to morron88 for the idea to separate charges & loose balls

1. Kevin Love (0.56)
2. Moritz Wagner & Garrison Mathews (0.52)
3. Patrick Beverley (0.47)
4. Kyle Lowry (0.42)

The Most Loose Balls Recovered Award (sponsored by Hungry Hungry Hippos, presented by Dennis Rodman & Nene’s doctor)

Per 36 minutes, minimum 70% of games played

1. John Konchar (1.37)
2. Hamidou Diallo (1.36)
3. Robert Williams III (1.35)
4. Jarred Vanderbilt (1.29)
5. Delon Wright & Patrick Beverley (1.22)

The Plexiglass Award

most deflections per 36 minutes, minimum 70% of games played

1. Matisse Thybulle (5.24)
2. Gary Payton II (5.20)
3. De'Anthony Melton (4.47)
4. Jordan McLaughlin (4.39)
5. Dejounte Murray (4.13)

The Wes Unseld Memorial Brick Wall Award

most points generated by screen assists per 36 minutes, minimum 70% of games played

1. Rudy Gobert (17.2)
2. Steven Adams (16.5)
3. Jakob Poeltl (14.9)
4. Kevon Looney (14.5)
5. Hassan Whiteside (14.3)

The Deadshot Award (presented by Ray Allen/Reggie Miller)

best qualifying 3 point percentage (Basketball-Reference)

1. Luke Kennard (44.9%)
2. Desmond Bane (43.6%)
3. Tyrese Maxey (42.7%)
4. Cameron Johnson (42.5%)
5. Lonzo Ball (42.3%)

The Stormtrooper Award

worst qualifying 2 point percentage (Basketball-Reference)

1. Patty Mills (42.9%)
2. Cole Anthony & Malik Beasley (43.2%)
3. Reggie Jackson (43.9%)
4. Fred VanVleet (44%)

The No Fly Zone Award (presented by Dikembe Mutumbo)*

most blocked dunks as the blocking player

1. Jaren Jackson Jr. (13)
2. Giannis Antetokounmpo (11)
3. Andre Drummond & Daniel Gafford (10)
4. Jarrett Allen & Kristaps Porzingis (9)

The Rejected for Boarding Award (sponsored by United Airlines)*

most blocked dunks as the dunking player (credit to Legdrop_soup for the idea and asw7412 for the sponsor)

1. Precious Achiuwa & Kenyon Martin Jr (11)
2. Darius Bazley & Ivica Zubac (10)
3. Daniel Gafford & Rudy Gobert (9)

The "If He Dies, He Dies" Award (presented by Tom Thibodeau, sponsored by Ivan Drago)

most minutes played per game (Basketball-Reference) (credit to FurryCrew for the idea)

1. Fred VanVleet & Pascal Siakam (37.9)
2. James Harden (37.2)
3. DeMar DeRozan (36.1)
4. Jayson Tatum (35.9)

alternatively: most total minutes played (Basketball-Reference) (credit to FrankEMartindale for the idea)

1. Mikal Bridges (2854)
2. Miles Bridges (2840)
3. DeMar DeRozan (2744)
4. Jayson Tatum (2728)
5. Saddiq Bey (2706)

The “Oops, I Dunked It Again” Award (sponsored by Britney Spears, presented by Gary Payton & Shawn Kemp)*

Most prolific alley-oop duo (credit to lactardenthusiast for the idea)

1. Clint Capela & Trae Young (92)
2. Dwight Powell & Luka Doncic (64)
3. Rudy Gobert & Mike Conley (51)
4. Robert Williams III & Marcus Smart (41)
5. Jarrett Allen & Darius Garland (36)

Trae shows up again at number 6 with 31 alley-oops to John Collins, while Garland and Evan Mobley are tied for 7th with 27 alley-oops

The “He Trick Y’All, Running Around, Doing Nothing” Award (sponsored by Russell Westbrook, presented by Tony Snell)*

Lowest sum of per-36 percentile ranks in the following: charges, contested shots, deflections, defensive boxouts, defensive loose balls recovered (minimum 50% of games played)

Player	Charges Percentile	Contested 2-Pt Shot Percentile	Contested 3-Pt Shot Percentile	Deflections Percentile	Defensive Boxouts percentile	Defensive Loose Balls Recovered Percentile	Sum of Percentiles
Terrence Ross	15.10%	9.97%	19.09%	28.77%	11.97%	8.26%	93.16%
Will Barton	15.10%	21.08%	28.77%	21.94%	0.85%	10.54%	98.29%
Eric Gordon	44.87%	7.41%	0.57%	10.83%	28.21%	10.26%	102.14%
Joe Ingles	15.10%	3.42%	24.79%	19.66%	48.72%	2.28%	113.96%
Bryn Forbes	15.10%	1.42%	1.14%	7.12%	51.57%	39.60%	115.95%

a look at two other relevant players

Player	Charges Percentile	Contested 2-Pt Shot Percentile	Contested 3-Pt Shot Percentile	Deflections Percentile	Defensive Boxouts percentile	Defensive Loose Balls Recovered Percentile	Sum of Percentiles
Russell Westbrook	82.62%	6.84%	11.40%	46.72%	29.34%	72.93%	249.86%
Patrick Beverley	98.86%	19.09%	6.55%	92.88%	4.84%	87.75%	309.97%

The "Mr. Fantastic" Award (presented by Shane Battier, the No-Stats All-Star)*

Highest sum of per-36 percentile ranks in the following: charges, contested shots, deflections, defensive boxouts, defensive loose balls recovered (minimum 50% of games played) (credit to memeticengineering for the idea)

Player	Charges Percentile	Contested 2-Pt Shot Percentile	Contested 3-Pt Shot Percentile	Deflections Percentile	Defensive Boxouts percentile	Defensive Loose Balls Recovered Percentile	Sum of Percentiles
Thaddeus Young	98.58%	75.21%	97.72%	95.16%	84.62%	96.87%	548.15%
Draymond Green	88.89%	79.20%	92.31%	88.60%	92.31%	86.32%	527.64%
DeMarcus Cousins	96.87%	84.90%	76.92%	94.02%	90.03%	77.21%	519.94%
Josh Okogie	94.30%	57.83%	90.88%	96.58%	65.24%	70.80%	475.64%
Alperen Sengun	92.59%	91.45%	70.66%	85.19%	91.17%	40.88%	471.94%

The Bowling Ball Award (sponsored by Pete Weber, presented by Glen "Big Baby" Davis)*

most charges committed (credit to Kdog122025 for the idea)

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (23)
2. Pascal Siakam (16)
3. Jusuf Nurkic & Kyle Kuzma (14)
4. Bam Adebayo & Tobias Harris (13)

"The Good Ol' Hockey Game, is the Best Game You Can Name" Award (presented by Dominik Hasek)*

most goaltends committed (credit to Kdog122025 for the idea)

1. Clint Capela (20)
2. JaVale McGee (16)
3. Andre Drummond (13)
4. Aaron Gordon (12)
5. Mo Bamba & Myles Turner (11)

The "David vs Goliath" Award (presented by Dwyane Wade)*

most shots blocked as the blocker where the blockee is at least 5 inches taller

1. Patrick Beverley (28)
2. Fred VanVleet (25)
3. Facundo Campazzo (18)
4. Terry Rozier (16)
5. Derrick White & Ish Smith (15)

The Most 3-Pt Shooting Fouls Committed Award*

most 3-point shooting fouls committed (credit to watchingsongsDL, kingcobweb & An-Indian-In-The-NBA for the idea)

1. Desmond Bane (10)
2. Bam Adebayo, Buddy Hield, De'Anthony Melton, Garrett Temple, Josh Richardson, Malik Monk, Matisse Thybulle, Miles Bridges, Talen Horton-Tucker & Tyrese Maxey (7)

The "Master Baiter" Award (sponsored by Bass Pro Shops & Kleenex)

most 3-point shooting fouls drawn (Source at PBPStats)

1. James Harden (55)
2. Garrison Mathews (50)
3. Stephen Curry (31)
4. Khris Middleton (28)
5. Bryn Forbes (21)

The "Weakest Link" Award (sponsored by Jack Link's Beef Jerky, presented by the 2015 Atlanta Hawks Starting 5)*

best 5th starter by VORP (must have started 50% of a team's games) (credit to memeticengineering for the idea)

1. Jae Crowder (1.5)
2. Marcus Smart (1.4)
3. Dwight Powell, Kevon Looney, Tobias Harris & Matisse Thybulle (1.3)

The Stonks Award*

contract overperformance by fewest contract $ per 1 VORP, excluding rookie contracts & lower salary than CBA minimum (like 10-days, two-ways, hardship, etc) (credit to memeticengineering for the idea)

player	salary	vorp	VORP per $1M
Gary Payton II	1939350	1.8	0.9281
Nicolas Batum	3170029	1.6	0.5047
Hassan Whiteside	2401537	1.2	0.4997
Nemanja Bjelica	2089448	1	0.4786
Dorian Finney-Smith	4000000	1.9	0.4750

alternatively, also excluding players making less than 5% of the salary cap:

player	salary	vorp	VORP per $1M	Salary as Percent of Salary Cap
Nikola Jokić	30510423	9.8	0.3212	27.14%
Dejounte Murray	15428571	4.4	0.2852	13.72%
Joel Embiid	31579390	6.5	0.2058	28.09%
Royce O'Neale	8678571	1.7	0.1959	7.72%
Jakob Poeltl	8750000	1.7	0.1943	7.78%

Giannis is 6th at 0.1881 VORP per $1M

The "This Game Has Always Been, And Will Always Be, About Buckets" Award*

highest points as percentage of counting stats (rebounds, assists, steals, blocks), minimum 70% of games played (credit to stewdabaker2013 for noticing the columns were incorrectly labelled)

player	Points Per Game	Rebounds Per Game	Assists Per Game	Steals Per Game	Blocks Per Game	Points as Percentage of Other Stats
Bryn Forbes	8.8	1.2	1	0.3	0.1	77.19%
Ben McLemore	10.2	1.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	75.56%
Bojan Bogdanović	18.1	4.3	1.7	0.5	0	73.58%
Gary Trent Jr.	18.3	2.7	2	1.7	0.3	73.20%
Jalen Green	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	71.19%

The Empty Calorie Stats Award (sponsored by Pop-Tarts)*

highest percentile rank within position in usage, descending VORP, descending TS% (minimum 50% of games played) (credit to eewap for the idea)

player	True Shooting %	Usage %	VORP	TS Positional Percentile Rank	Usage Positional Percentile Rank	VORP Positional Percentile Rank	Sum of Positional Percentiles
Reggie Jackson	0.488	27.6	-0.6	90.59%	96.47%	92.94%	2.8
Jalen Suggs	0.455	25.3	-1.2	98.31%	77.97%	100.00%	2.762711864
DeMarcus Cousins	0.567	28.1	0.1	85.71%	96.83%	84.13%	2.666666667
Aleksej Pokusevski	0.485	20	-0.2	100.00%	69.57%	94.20%	2.637681159
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	0.475	24.1	-0.3	98.82%	88.24%	76.47%	2.635294118

don't necessarily agree with this tbh, considering what good things I've read from Clippers fans on Big Government's season

The "Can’t Win With These Cats" Award (sponsored by Scar from The Lion King, presented by Kevin Durant in a fake mustache)*

highest difference in on/off splits between best & median player on team (minimum 50% of games played) (credit to eewap for the idea)

player	team	Net Plus Minus per 100 Possessions	Team Median NPM per 100 Possessions	NPM Difference
Jusuf Nurkić	POR	13.8	-6.7	20.5
Jayson Tatum	BOS	13.8	-4.7	18.5
Nikola Jokić	DEN	16.4	-1.25	17.65
Immanuel Quickley	NYK	13.8	-1.7	15.5
Anthony Gill	WAS	13.1	-2.2	15.3

The “Fine, I’ll Do It Myself” Award (sponsored by Thanos, presented by Allen Iverson)

Highest percentage of unassisted field goals as portion of total field goals, minimum 50% of games played

1. Luka Doncic (85.8%)
2. Chris Paul (84.8%)
3. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (83.2%)
4. Trae Young (83.1%)
5. James Harden (78.6%)

The “You Gotta Feed Me” Award (presented by Joey Chestnut & Marcin Gortat)

Highest percentage of assisted field goals as portion of total field goals, minimum 50% of games played

1. Davis Bertans (96%)
2. Wayne Ellington (93.9%)
3. Duncan Robinson (93.4%)
4. Ben McLemore (93.1%)
5. Mike Muscala & Maxi Kleber (92.9%)

The “FUCK OUTTA HERE, I GOT THAT SHIT” Award

Lowest contested rebound percentage, minimum 50% of games played

1. DJ Augustin (6.1%)
2. Tyus Jones (7.6%)
3. Isaiah Joe (9.6%)
4. Trae Young (9.7%)
5. Aaron Holiday (10.3%)

alternatively: restricting to players > 6 foot 6 inches in height

1. Furkan Korkmaz (12.9%)
2. Duncan Robinson (14.3%)
3. Ziaire Williams (15.2%)
4. Amir Coffey (16.1%)
5. Cameron Reddish (16.2%)

Carmelo Anthony is at 31.1%

The "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" Award (presented by Dennis Rodman)

Highest contested rebound percentage, minimum 50% of games played

1. Mitchell Robinson (60.5%)
2. Jakob Poeltl (57.6%)
3. Jock Landale (56.5%)
4. Ivica Zubac (52.3%)
5. Steven Adams (52.1%)

alternatively: restricting to players < 6 foot 7 inches in height

1. Thanasis Antetokounmpo (43.8%)
2. Ish Wainright (42%)
3. Kenrich Williams (39.1%)
4. Jae'Sean Tate (37.7%)
5. Stanley Johnson (37.4%)

The Rotation Awards

(the awards I agonize over the most & still get wrong lmao)

I value depth over one solitary star. I use basketball-reference's play-by-play position percentages as baseline for position groupings with loose minimums of 250 MP & 12 MP/G.

The Best Guard Rotation Award (sponsored by Buckingham Palace)

East:

1. Heat (Lowry, Herro, Vincent)
2. Sixers (Maxey, Harden, Seth, Shake)
3. Bulls (Lonzo, Caruso, Coby, Ayo)
4. Cavaliers (Garland, Rubio, Sexton, LeVert, Rondo, Brandon Goodwin)
5. Nets (Harden, Seth, Patty Mills, World B Flat, Jevon Carter, Dragic, David Duke Jr.)
6. Boston (Smart, Fast PP, Schroder, Derrick White)
7. Knicks (Quickley, Quentin Grimes, Burks, Rose, Kemba)
8. Pacers (Duarte, Brogdon, Haliburton, Hield, Duane Washington, TJ McConnell, Keifer Sykes, Brad Wanamaker)
9. Pistons (Cade, Cory Jo, Killian, Frank Jackson, Saben Lee)

West:

1. Suns (CP3, Book, Cam Payne, Aaron Holiday)
2. Warriors (Steph, Poole, GPII)
3. Mavericks (Luka, Brunson, Dinwiddie, Frankie Smokes)
4. Jazz (Spida, Conley, Trent Forrest, Clarkson)
5. Grizzlies (Ja, Melton, Tyus Jones, Konchar)
6. Spurs (Dejounte, Derrick White, Tre Jones, Bryn Forbes)
7. Kings (Fox, Hali, Davion Mitchell, Hield)
8. Trail Blazers (Dame, Simons, McCollum, Norm Powell, DSJ, Brandon Williams, Kris Dunn)
9. Thunder (SGA, Giddey, Tre Mann, Ty Jerome, Theo Maledon)

The Best Wing Rotation Award (co-sponsored by Lou Williams and Magic City)

East:

1. Boston (Jay², Josh Richardson, Langford)
2. Bulls (LaVine, Deebo, Javonte Green, TBJ, DJJ)
3. Heat (Butler, Strus, Sheen, Caleb Martin, Oladipo)
4. Bucks (Middleton, Connaughton, Jordan Nwora, Hood, Wesley Matthews, Ted Cruz)
5. Hornets (Miles Bridges, Hayward, Jalen McDaniels, Oubre, Cody Martin)
6. Hawks (Huerter, Bogdan², Hunter, Reddish, TLC)

West:

1. Suns (Cam Johnson, Bridges, Waluigi, Crowder, Torrey Craig)
2. Grizzlies (Bane, Ziaire Williams, Dillon Brooks, Kyle Anderson)
3. Pelicans (Herb Jones, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, NAW, Trey Murphy, Naji Marshall, Tomas Satoransky, Tony Snell)
4. Mavericks (DFS, Bullock, THJ, Josh Green, Sterling Brown)
5. Clippers (PG13, Terance Mann, Marcus Morris, Covington, Amir Coffey, Brandon Boston)
6. Warriors (Wiggins, JTA, Iggy, Klay, Damion Lee)
7. Spurs (Big Body, Keita Bates-Diop, Vassell, Lonnie Walker, Primo, Josh Richardson)
8. Thunder (Aaron Wiggins, DORT, Bazley, Kenrich, Lindy Waters, Vit Krejci)
9. Rockets (Jae'Sean Tate, Kenyon Martin Jr, Nwaba, Eric Gordon, Garry Bird, Josh Christopher)

The Best Big Rotation Award (jointly sponsored by Tom Hanks, Cadbury and Sex and the City)

East:

1. Cavaliers (Allen, Mobley, Markkanen, Love)
2. Boston (Horford, Timelord, Theis, Grant Williams)
3. Bucks (Giannis, Bobby Portis, Ibaka, Cousins, Brook Lopez, Semi Ojeleye)
4. Sixers (Embiid, Tobi, Drummond)
5. Heat (Bam, PJ Tucker, Dedmon, Yurt7, Markieff)
6. Raptors (Siakam, Pascal, Achiuwa, Khem Birch, Boucher, Thad Young)
7. Nets (KD, LMA, Blake Griffin, Claxton, Drummond, Day'Ron Sharpe)
8. Hawks (Capela, John Collins, Gallinari, Okongwu)
9. Pacers (Sabonis, Myles Turner, Goga, IJax, Jalen Smith)
10. Wizards (Kuzma, Montrezl, Gafford, Thomas Bryant, Porzingis, Bertans)
11. Magic (WCJ, Bamba, Mo Wagner, Robin Lopez)

West:

1. Grizzlies (JJJ, Steven Adams, Brandon Clarke, Xavier Tillman, Killian Tillie)
2. Warriors (Dray, Looney, OPJ, Bjelica, Kuminga)
3. Jazz (Gobert, Whiteside, Rudy Gay, Paschall)
4. Suns (Ayton, JaVale, Jalen Smith, Bismack, Kaminsky)
5. Mavericks (Dwight Powell, Kleber, Porzingis, Bertans)
6. Wolves (KAT, Vanderbilt, Naz Reid)
7. Nuggets (Jokic, Jeff Green, Nnaji, DeMarcus Cousins, JaMychal)
8. Pelicans (Valanciunas, Jaxson Hayes, Willy Hernangomez)
9. Lakers (Day-to-Dayvis, Carmelo, Dwight, Stanley Johnson, DeAndre Jordan)
10. Trail Blazers (Nurk, Covington, Larry Nance Jr, Trendon Watford, Eubanks, Cody Zeller)
11. Rockets (Christian Wood, Alperen, Theis)

What are some other awards you'd like to see? Feel free to give me feedback on my choices, especially for the Rotation Awards contenders!