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Nira Khurana

Perform 2019Excelsior 2017–2018
Ballots cast
18
Seasons
3
2017–2019
Mean similarity
0.81
field 0.77 (+0.05)
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 Sixth Man of the Year — ranked Andre Iguodala, then Eric Gordon, then Zach Randolph, similarity 0.56.

Every ballot

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Domantas Sabonis,
  3. 3 Montrezl Harrell
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Mike Malone,
  3. 3 Doc Rivers
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 D'Angelo Russell,
  2. 2 Pascal Siakam,
  3. 3 De'Aaron Fox
0.67
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Paul George,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.93
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 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Fred VanVleet
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Dwane Casey,
  2. 2 Brad Stevens,
  3. 3 Quin Snyder
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Al Horford
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Julius Randle,
  3. 3 Spencer Dinwiddie
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.88
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 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Zach Randolph
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike D'Antoni,
  2. 2 Brad Stevens,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Isaiah Thomas,
  3. 3 James Johnson
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Russell Westbrook,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Isaiah Thomas
0.80
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Dario Saric,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.67

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