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Adam Himmelsbach

Boston Globe 2016–2026
Ballots cast
50
Seasons
8
2016–2026
Mean similarity
0.83
field 0.77 (+0.06)
No-overlap ballots
0
shared no name with the top

Similarity is rank-biased overlap against each award's final order of finish — 1.00 is the consensus exactly, 0.00 shares no name with it. It measures how unusual a ballot was, not whether it was right: if the panel gets a season wrong, the voter who got it right scores as the outlier.

Least conventional ballot
2024 Most Improved Player — ranked Coby White, then Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, then Jalen Brunson, similarity 0.28. The award went to Tyrese Maxey, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Keldon Johnson,
  2. 2 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  3. 3 Naz Reid
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Jamal Murray,
  3. 3 Anthony Edwards
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Tiago Splitter
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Ausar Thompson
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker,
  2. 2 Neemias Queta,
  3. 3 Jalen Duren
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Jaylen Brown
0.86
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Kon Knueppel,
  2. 2 Cooper Flagg,
  3. 3 VJ Edgecombe
0.67

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Malik Beasley,
  3. 3 Ty Jerome
1.00
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Kenny Atkinson,
  2. 2 Ime Udoka,
  3. 3 J.B. Bickerstaff
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Amen Thompson
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Cade Cunningham,
  3. 3 Christian Braun
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 LeBron James
0.76
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Zaccharie Risacher,
  3. 3 Jaylen Wells
1.00

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malik Monk,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Bobby Portis
0.67
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 DeMar Derozan,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry
0.50
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Joe Mazzulla,
  3. 3 Jamahl Mosley
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Coby White,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
0.28
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  4. 4 Jalen Brunson,
  5. 5 Jayson Tatum
0.81
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Brandon Miller
1.00

2023

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Immanuel Quickley,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Austin Reaves
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 DeMar DeRozan
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Mark Daigneault,
  3. 3 Joe Mazzulla
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  2. 2 Brook Lopez,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Lauri Markkanen,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Mikal Bridges
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Paolo Banchero,
  2. 2 Walker Kessler,
  3. 3 Jalen Williams
0.83

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Kevin Love,
  3. 3 Cameron Johnson
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 Ime Udoka
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Marcus Smart,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Darius Garland,
  3. 3 Tyrese Maxey
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Devin Booker
0.95
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Scottie Barnes,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
1.00

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Joe Ingles,
  3. 3 Derrick Rose
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Tom Thibodeau,
  2. 2 Monty Williams,
  3. 3 Quin Snyder
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Jaylen Brown
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 LaMelo Ball,
  2. 2 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Tyrese Haliburton
1.00

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Montrezl Harrell,
  2. 2 Dennis Schroder,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Jaylen Brown
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.95
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Zion Williamson,
  3. 3 Kendrick Nunn
0.83

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Enes Kanter,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Evan Turner
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 CJ McCollum,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Jae Crowder
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.83
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Karl-Anthony Towns,
  2. 2 Kristaps Porzingis,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
1.00

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