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Rod Beard

Detroit News 2016–2020
Ballots cast
29
Seasons
5
2016–2020
Mean similarity
0.79
field 0.77 (+0.02)
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 Most Improved Player — ranked Christian Wood, then Devonte' Graham, then Brandon Ingram, similarity 0.11.

Every ballot

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Dennis Schroder,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Christian Wood
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Billy Donovan
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Christian Wood,
  2. 2 Devonte' Graham,
  3. 3 Brandon Ingram
0.11
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Zion Williamson,
  3. 3 Kendrick Nunn
0.83

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Spencer Dinwiddie,
  3. 3 Domantas Sabonis
0.72
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 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 De'Aaron Fox
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Paul George,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Nikola Jokic
0.95
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.89

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 Dwane Casey,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Andre Drummond,
  3. 3 Jamal Murray
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 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Greg Monroe
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Erik Spoelstra,
  2. 2 Mike D'Antoni,
  3. 3 Gregg Popovich
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Otto Porter Jr.
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Isaiah Thomas
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Dario Saric,
  3. 3 Buddy Hield
0.89

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jamal Crawford,
  2. 2 Will Barton,
  3. 3 Evan Turner
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Steve Kerr,
  2. 2 Gregg Popovich,
  3. 3 Steve Clifford
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Hassan Whiteside
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Andre Drummond,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 CJ McCollum
0.22
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Karl-Anthony Towns,
  2. 2 Kristaps Porzingis,
  3. 3 Devin Booker
0.89

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