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Steve Popper

Newsday 2022–2025The Record 2015–2016
Ballots cast
17
Seasons
4
2015–2025
Mean similarity
0.74
field 0.77 (-0.03)
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
2022 Most Improved Player — ranked Desmond Bane, then Darius Garland, then Tyrese Maxey, similarity 0.11. The award went to Ja Morant, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Malik Beasley,
  3. 3 Naz Reid
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Trae Young
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Kenny Atkinson,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Ime Udoka
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Luguentz Dort,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Ivica Zubac,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Donovan Mitchell
0.80
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Jaylen Wells,
  3. 3 Zaccharie Risacher
0.83

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Cameron Johnson,
  3. 3 Kevin Love
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Taylor Jenkins,
  2. 2 Monty Williams,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Marcus Smart,
  2. 2 Mikal Bridges,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Desmond Bane,
  2. 2 Darius Garland,
  3. 3 Tyrese Maxey
0.11
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Devin Booker
0.85
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Scottie Barnes,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
0.67

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Gregg Popovich,
  2. 2 Steve Kerr,
  3. 3 Steve Clifford
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Paul Millsap
0.89

2015

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 Chris Paul,
  5. 5 LeBron James
0.84
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Nikola Mirotic,
  2. 2 Andrew Wiggins,
  3. 3 Nerlens Noel
0.67

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