Retro Player of the Year 1952-53 — George Mikan

[Djoker]

Yea I voted for Clifton as the defensive anchor and now I wonder if Gallatin would be a better choice although his minute drop in the playoffs is making me have huge reservations about doing that. Teams don't usually cut minutes for their best performers.

[AEnigma]

Votes are tallied. I recorded 10 voters: Djoker, Trex, AEnigma, Eminence, Dutchball97, Dr. Positivity, Doctor MJ, LA Bird, ZeppelinPage, and trelos. LA Bird abstained from both OPoY and DPoY. Please let me know if I seem to have missed or otherwise improperly recorded a vote.

1952-53 Results

(Retro) Offensive Player of the Year — Bob Cousy (2*) (Unanimous)

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Player         1st   2nd   3rd   Points  Shares
1. Bob Cousy    9   0   0    45     1.000
2. Ed Macauley    0   4   4    16     0.356
3. Neil Johnston   0    2    2     8    0.178
4. Bob Davies   0    1    1      4     0.089
5. Dolph Schayes   0    1    0      3     0.067
5. Larry Foust   0    1    0      3     0.067
7. George Mikan   0    0    2      2     0.044

(Retro) Defensive Player of the Year — George Mikan (4)

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Player          1st   2nd   3rd   Points  Shares
1. George Mikan   8    1     0     43     0.956
2. Nat Clifton     1    7    1     27    0.600
3. Mel Hutchins   0    1    5     8     0.178
4. Dolph Schayes    0    0    1     1     0.022
4. Slater Martin    0    0    1      1    0.022
4. Vern Mikkelsen    0    0    1      1    0.022

Retro Player of the Year — George Mikan (4)

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Player       1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Pts  POY Shares
1. George Mikan  9  1  0  0  0   97    0.970
2. Bob Cousy   1  8  1  0  0   71    0.710
3. Dolph Schayes   0  1  7  0  1   43    0.430
4a. Nat Clifton   0  0  0  4  1   13    0.130
4b. Ed Macauley   0  0  0  4  1   13    0.130
6. Larry Foust   0  0  1  1  1   9    0.090
7. Neil Johnston   0  0  1  0  1   6    0.060
8. Harry Gallatin   0  0  0  1  2   5    0.050
9. Paul Seymour   0  0  0  0  1   1    0.010
9. Slater Martin   0  0  0  0  1   1    0.010
9. Vern Mikkelsen   0  0  0  0  1   1    0.010

1954 thread will open shortly.

[Dutchball97]

Mikan loses both his unanimous streaks in POY and DPOY but is still leading the way by a lot in both categories. Mikan is 1st in POY Shares currently with 3.970, 2nd is Schayes with 1.721 and Cousy is 3rd with 1.1. DPOY is an even bigger difference as Mikan leads the way with 3.956, while 2nd place Clifton has less than a full POY Share (0.842).

Meanwhile OPOY has a new leader in Cousy with 1.650 and although there are 3 others with more than 1 OPOY Share (Groza, Mikan, Davies), none of them really have a shot to catch up. Especially considering Cousy will likely only further his lead in the coming years.

[eminence]

I wonder how long Cousy will hold that OPOY shares lead. Oscar the obvious next challenger, but more challengers to vote split with going forward. Oscar might have a bit of a leg up on some competition in that the guy winning all the titles (Russell) won't be in the running for OPOY so tiebreakers won't be going his way in a way they may later in races like Magic vs MJ or LeBron vs Steph (just as two examples).