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The National Basketball League has announced that Gold Coast’s dynamic import Erron Maxey has won the Best Sixth Man for 2009/10.

Maxey took out the honours as the NBL’S best-off-the-bench polling 33 votes after being called into the team following the first two games of the season. The Sixth Man award this season was tight with Maxey’s teammate Mika Vukona polling 29 votes and last year’s winner Phill Jones of Cairns 25.

In his last season in the NBL, New Zealand’s Tony Ronaldon polled 14 votes and Crocodiles swingman Brad Williamson finished with 13.

In 28 regular season games for the Blaze, Maxey averaged 13.7 points and 6.4 rebounds off the pine. He made 48% of his shots from the field, 40.8% from three point territory and 75.9% from the foul line. Maxey was an integral part of the Blaze’s regular season 16-12 record, helping the team from the Gold Coast get to the Semi-Finals.

Previous winners of the Best Sixth Man award include Jason Smith, Bruce Bolden, Stephen Black and Chris Anstey. Maxey is the first member of the Blaze to take out the award.

The Best Sixth Man award is determined by a vote of all league head coaches and captains and one assistant coach per club, with voters excluded from voting for members of their own team.

2010 Sixth Man of the Year Voting

Erron Maxey (Gold Coast) 33

Mika Vukona (Gold Coast) 29

Phill Jones (Cairns) 25

Tony Ronaldson (NZ) 14

Brad Williamson (Townsville) 13

Thomas Abercrombie (New Zealand) 7

Stephen Hoare (Townsville) 6

Jesse Wagstaff (Perth) 5

Daryl Corletto (Melbourne) 5

Rhys Martin (Wollongong) 3

Nathan Herbert (Adelaide) 3

Dave Gruber (Wollongong) 1