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Scott Kushner

New Orleans Times-Picayune 2022New Orleans Times Picayune 2021
Ballots cast
12
Seasons
2
2021–2022
Mean similarity
0.82
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
2021 Sixth Man of the Year — ranked Joe Ingles, then Jordan Clarkson, then Montrezl Harrell, similarity 0.56.

Every ballot

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Kevin Love,
  3. 3 Jordan Clarkson
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 Chris Finch
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Marcus Smart,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.61
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Darius Garland,
  3. 3 Tyrese Maxey
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid,
  4. 4 Devin Booker,
  5. 5 Jayson Tatum
0.86
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Scottie Barnes,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
1.00

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Ingles,
  2. 2 Jordan Clarkson,
  3. 3 Montrezl Harrell
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Tom Thibodeau,
  3. 3 Michael Malone
0.56
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Jerami Grant
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Chris Paul
0.90
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 LaMelo Ball,
  2. 2 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Tyrese Haliburton
1.00

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