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that it would be namingsome of the league's most iconic trophies after all-time greats.The Most Valuable Player will win the Michael Jordan Trophy. The Defensive Player of the Year will win the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy. And there will be the introduction of a new award: the Jerry West Trophy for the Clutch Player of the Year.West was nicknamed "Mr. Clutch" for his history of making big plays, to tie Game 3 of the 1970 Buster Skrine Jersey NBA Finals. There are plenty of players this season deserving of that honor. But how should we choose?SIGN UP TO WATCH EVERY GAME ON NBA LEAGUE PASS: | has already created a clutch metric over at his site, . His Clutch Win Probability Added (clWPA) metric measures how many more wins a player has added to his team because of his play in clutch situations.By this metric, DeMar DeRozan . That pa ses the sniff test, as DeRozan hit multiple insane buzzer-beaters and earned the Tom Waddle Jersey nickname "King of the Fourth" for in points scored in the final frame.Here are the leaders in Beuoy's clWPA so far this season:Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2.09)Jerami Grant (1.63)Anfernee Simons (1.44)DeMar DeRozan (1.44)Kevin Durant (1.42)Zion Williamson (1.38)Stephen Curry (1.36)Giannis Antetokounmpo (1.19)Bam Adebayo (1.18)Kelly Olynyk (1.16)Gilgeous-Alexander has a healthy lead, and that makes sense. He's hit some huge shots this season, including a clutch 3-pointer to beat the Wizards.SGA hits a smooth stepback for the game-winner! He finished with 42 PTS, 6 REB, and 7 AST NBA (@NBA) The NBA has available on its stats page. Mike Ditka Jersey According to the league, clutch time occurs when the scoring margin is within five points in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime.Here are the best scorers in the clutch based on the NBA's definition of that time period:PlayerPointsFG%3PT%FT%DeMar DeRozan6144.2%0.0%92.0%Shai Gilgeous-Alexander6041.0%33.3%92.6%Luka Doncic5745.8%15.8%71.4%Donovan Mitchell5544.2%29.4%92.3%Jimmy Butler5558.3%0.0%76.5%DeRozan is another great option for this award and would have won it running away if it existed last year. He recently should have won a game for the Bulls against the Hawks at the free throw line if not for an absurd shot by AJ Griffin (more on Griffin later).Lost in the shuffle of AJ Griffin's extremely impre sive game-winner: DeMar DeRozan went to the line for three free throws with 0.5 left, Bulls down two.All three were pinpoint perfect. Dude is clutch. Steph Noh (@StephNoh) MORE: The NBA's clutch stats filter goes a little bit too wide for my taste. A more conventional definition of clutch is baskets made in a one-po se sion Richard Dent Jersey game with the shot clock off.Grant is a great contender. He's hit buckets in the closing seconds.Butler also deserves consideration. He's hit game-sealing shots against the and this season. But no clutch play was more fun to watch than his defense on Devin Booker in the Heat's Nov. 14 win over the Suns.Sealed the game with that defense, of course Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) As far as pure flashine s and excitement goes, nobody can top Griffin's two game-winners.AJ Griffin adds another game-winner to his rookie campaign! Which AJ Griffin game-winner was YOUR favorite? NBA (@NBA) Ultimately, my vote would go to Gilgeous-Alexander. He's second Taylor Gabriel Jersey in clutch points scored, he's behind Simons and he leads Inpredictable's model by a wide margin.It's admittedly tough to call Gilgeous-Alexander the most clutch player in the league when the Thunder are only 11-16 this season, but they'd be the worst team in the league without his heroics. He's had an incredible season and gotten even better in winning time.And the award's namesake did end up on the losing side in eight of his nine Finals series. Sometimes a clutch player can only do so much.