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Mark Jones

ESPN 2019–2020
Ballots cast
12
Seasons
2
2019–2020
Mean similarity
0.74
field 0.77 (-0.03)
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
2020 Coach of the Year — ranked Billy Donovan, then Mike Budenholzer, then Erik Spoelstra, similarity 0.39. The award went to Nick Nurse, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Montrezl Harrell,
  2. 2 Dennis Schroder,
  3. 3 Goran Dragic
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Billy Donovan,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Anthony Davis,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Bam Adebayo,
  2. 2 Brandon Ingram,
  3. 3 Jaylen Brown
0.56
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 LeBron James,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Damian Lillard,
  4. 4 Chris Paul,
  5. 5 James Harden
0.55
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Zion Williamson
1.00

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Domantas Sabonis,
  3. 3 Spencer Dinwiddie
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Doc Rivers,
  3. 3 Mike Malone
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Paul George,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Pascal Siakam,
  2. 2 D'Angelo Russell,
  3. 3 Domantas Sabonis
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Paul George,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Collin Sexton
0.89

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