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Kevin Ding

Bleacher Report 2015–2017
Ballots cast
12
Seasons
2
2015–2017
Mean similarity
0.60
field 0.77 (-0.17)
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
2015 Coach of the Year — ranked Gregg Popovich, then Steve Kerr, then Brad Stevens, similarity 0.28. The award went to Mike Budenholzer, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 James Johnson,
  3. 3 Eric Gordon
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Gregg Popovich,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Otto Porter Jr.
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Kawhi Leonard
0.54
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Dario Saric,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.67

2015

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 Lou Williams,
  3. 3 Isaiah Thomas
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Gregg Popovich,
  2. 2 Steve Kerr,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
0.28
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Jimmy Butler
0.50
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Chris Paul,
  4. 4 James Harden,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
0.74
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Andrew Wiggins,
  2. 2 Nikola Mirotic,
  3. 3 Nerlens Noel
1.00

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