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Michelle Beadle

ESPN 2019ABC/ESPN 2017–2018
Ballots cast
18
Seasons
3
2017–2019
Mean similarity
0.79
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
2018 Coach of the Year — ranked Quin Snyder, then Brett Brown, then Brad Stevens, similarity 0.39. The award went to Dwane Casey, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Spencer Dinwiddie
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Nate McMillan,
  3. 3 Kenny Atkinson
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George
1.00
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 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Paul George,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.89
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Deandre Ayton
1.00

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Will Barton,
  3. 3 Eric Gordon
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Quin Snyder,
  2. 2 Brett Brown,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Paul George
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Andre Drummond,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Damian Lillard,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Donovan Mitchell,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
1.00

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Eric Gordon,
  2. 2 Lou Williams,
  3. 3 Andre Iguodala
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike D'Antoni,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Gregg Popovich
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.50
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Isaiah Thomas
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Russell Westbrook,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Isaiah Thomas
0.70
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Dario Saric
0.83

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