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Marc Berman

New York Post 2015–2020
Ballots cast
24
Seasons
5
2015–2020
Mean similarity
0.70
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
2018 Coach of the Year — ranked Brad Stevens, then Brett Brown, then Nate McMillan, similarity 0.11. The award went to Dwane Casey, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Dennis Schroder,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Dwight Howard
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Nick Nurse,
  3. 3 Billy Donovan
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Devonte' Graham,
  3. 3 Trae Young
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 James Harden
0.79
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Zion Williamson,
  3. 3 Kendrick Nunn
0.83

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Fred VanVleet
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Brad Stevens,
  2. 2 Brett Brown,
  3. 3 Nate McMillan
0.11
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Kevin Durant,
  3. 3 Paul George
0.61
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Spencer Dinwiddie,
  3. 3 Montrezl Harrell
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Kevin Durant,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Donovan Mitchell,
  2. 2 Jayson Tatum,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.50

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Eric Gordon,
  2. 2 Zach Randolph,
  3. 3 Andre Iguodala
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike D'Antoni,
  2. 2 Brad Stevens,
  3. 3 Scott Brooks
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 James Johnson
0.56
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.89
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Dario Saric,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.67

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jamal Crawford,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Ryan Anderson
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Hassan Whiteside,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 CJ McCollum,
  2. 2 Will Barton,
  3. 3 Jae Crowder
0.61

2015

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Steve Kerr,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
0.56
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Russell Westbrook,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 James Harden,
  5. 5 LeBron James
0.72
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Andrew Wiggins,
  2. 2 Nikola Mirotic,
  3. 3 Elfrid Payton
0.89

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