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Sekou Smith

NBA.com 2017–2020
Ballots cast
24
Seasons
4
2017–2020
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
2018 Defensive Player of the Year — ranked Jrue Holiday, then Rudy Gobert, then Paul George, similarity 0.28.

Every ballot

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Dennis Schroder,
  2. 2 Lou Williams,
  3. 3 Davis Bertans
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Michael Malone
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Bam Adebayo
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 James Harden,
  5. 5 Kawhi Leonard
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Zion Williamson
1.00

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 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 De'Aaron Fox,
  3. 3 Malik Beasley
0.72
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 Deandre Ayton
1.00

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Will Barton
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Dwane Casey,
  2. 2 Brad Stevens,
  3. 3 Terry Stotts
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jrue Holiday,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Paul George
0.28
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Spencer Dinwiddie,
  3. 3 Terry Rozier
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Kevin Durant,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.91
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 Jamal Crawford
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Brad Stevens,
  2. 2 Mike D'Antoni,
  3. 3 David Fizdale
0.28
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Isaiah Thomas
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Dario Saric,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
1.00

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