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Voter profile

Lang Whitaker

NBA.com 2015–2017
Ballots cast
18
Seasons
3
2015–2017
Mean similarity
0.84
field 0.77 (+0.07)
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
2017 Coach of the Year — ranked Gregg Popovich, then Mike D'Antoni, then Erik Spoelstra, similarity 0.50.

Every ballot

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Jamal Crawford
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Gregg Popovich,
  2. 2 Mike D'Antoni,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 James Johnson
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Isaiah Thomas
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Dario Saric,
  3. 3 Marquese Chriss
0.89

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jamal Crawford,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Enes Kanter
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Steve Kerr,
  2. 2 Gregg Popovich,
  3. 3 Rick Carlisle
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 DeAndre Jordan
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 CJ McCollum,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Kemba Walker
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Russell Westbrook,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Karl-Anthony Towns,
  2. 2 Kristaps Porzingis,
  3. 3 Devin Booker
0.89

2015

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Isaiah Thomas
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Steve Kerr,
  3. 3 Gregg Popovich
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 DeAndre Jordan
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Jimmy Butler,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Russell Westbrook,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Andrew Wiggins,
  2. 2 Nikola Mirotic,
  3. 3 Nerlens Noel
1.00

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