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Richard Walker

Gaston Gazette 2017–2019
Ballots cast
18
Seasons
3
2017–2019
Mean similarity
0.66
field 0.77 (-0.11)
No-overlap ballots
1
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 Nate McMillan, then Brett Brown, then Alvin Gentry, similarity 0.00. The award went to Dwane Casey, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Dennis Schroder,
  2. 2 Domantas Sabonis,
  3. 3 Montrezl Harrell
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Mike Malone,
  3. 3 Nate McMillan
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George
1.00
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 Stephen Curry,
  4. 4 Joel Embiid,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.75
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Deandre Ayton,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.72

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Jordan Clarkson,
  3. 3 Eric Gordon
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nate McMillan,
  2. 2 Brett Brown,
  3. 3 Alvin Gentry
0.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Andre Drummond,
  3. 3 Clint Capela
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Kevin Durant,
  4. 4 Damian Lillard,
  5. 5 Russell Westbrook
0.84
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 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Patty Mills
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Steve Kerr,
  2. 2 Brad Stevens,
  3. 3 Mike D'Antoni
0.11
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Hassan Whiteside
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Kristaps Porzingis,
  3. 3 Devin Booker
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Russell Westbrook,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry,
  4. 4 Isaiah Thomas,
  5. 5 Kawhi Leonard
0.59
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Dario Saric,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
1.00

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