To be eligible for the award, a player must come in off of the bench in more games than he starts.

Even though it is early on in the season, the fact that the trio of Korver, Green, and Wade have been playing at such an outstanding level easily puts them in the conversation for the NBAвЂ™s Sixth Man of the Year 's Hoopedia wrote:The NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award is the award given by the National Basketball Association to the league's most valuable player for his team coming off the bench as a substitute (sixth man). Thankfully for the Cavs, they have three reliable bench options in Kyle Korver, Jeff Green, and Dwyane Wade who all have helped drag the team back from massive deficits.

The biggest thing right now for the Cavs is to establish consistency and chemistry, which is tough to do with so many new faces and having to do so on the fly. While they yet again had another sluggish start in the first quarter, the bench was able to step up and save the game and even outplayed some members of the starting rotation. While the Cavaliers, for the most part, have looked lackluster to start the season, the game against the Rockets appeared to be the tipping point for better things to come. This game against the Hawks showcased the Wade of old as he, along with Korver, almost single-handedly won the game for the Cavs and as he continues to settle into his bench role and become more consistent, along with the fact that he is a star player coming off the bench, easily puts him in the conversation for Sixth Man of the Year. So far this season Green has averages of 11.0 points, 1.5 assists, and 2.5 rebounds and his biggest games so far for the Cavs have been against the Brooklyn Nets and most of all the Houston Rockets. The next key player off the bench for the Cavaliers, Jeff Green, was at one point considered not likely to make the roster as he was only signed to a veteran minimumвЂ™s deal and thankfully for Cleveland, he has earned every cent he is being paid to play for the Wine and Gold. These two performances against the Nets and the Hawks have cemented Kyle Korver as one of the early-on candidates for the NBAвЂ™s Sixth Man of the Year award. In a game that showed that the Cavs simply did not have their hearts in the game, Korver, along with Wade, would not allow the Cavs to lose and almost pulled the Cavs within victory as they barely fell to the Hawks 117-115. Once again, it was Korver that made shots and shifted momentum with 25 points off the bench. Much like the Brooklyn game, the Cavs also came into a Sunday matinee against the Hawks and soon found themselves getting whipped by a team that was simply playing harder than them from the start. Three of his most defining games this season were against the Brooklyn Nets, twice against the Milwaukee Bucks and his former team, the Atlanta Hawks. Korver has been able to easily provide the three-point shooting and much more for the Cavs as he been on the floor on a regular basis closing out games. Heading into the 2017-18 season, the Cavs were looking to Korver to provide three-point shooting off the bench, something he is an expert in due to the fact he has a career rate of 43.1%. The first signing the Cavaliers made this offseason was when they re-signed Kyle Korver to a three-year $22.06 million deal as he was one of the key players the team needed to retain from the year before. This has been huge for the Cavs this season, as the bench has kept Clevelandin games after the starting unit falters in the first quarter and because of the before-mentioned Green, Korver, and Wade, the Cavs also have three legitimate Sixth Man of the Year candidates playing for them this season. According to Hoop Stats, the Cavs have jumped from the twenty-ninth ranked bench last season to the third best bench in the Association this year, only behind the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers. Wade, along with Green and Korver have been the biggest catalysts for a Cavs bench that is massively improved compared to last season.

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