2019-2020 Player of the Year Discussion Thread

[Joey Wheeler]

I'd like to vote if possible.

[Heej]

I'd like to vote if possible.

Hey Joey I didn't see your name on the list. As per the rules you have to PM Doctor MJ and state your interest in voting. As the resident AD stan aside from Unibro, I think he can use your #1 vote . Hopefully will be submitting my full ballot later tonight

[eminence]

Doncic over Kawhi votes are throwing me off a bit.

[toodles23]

Doncic over Kawhi votes are throwing me off a bit.

It's interesting. Kawhi was a materially better player this year than last - clear improvement as a playmaker, healthier (at least until late in the Nuggets series when he started to look hobbled), more committed defensively, and yet he's going to go from #1 to possibly not even making the top 5. What changed is his context, though of course he chose of his own volition to leave for the Clippers.

Toronto was such a ridiculously good situation for him, had he stayed they probably would have been a dynasty. It seems like he really thought that the Pop Spurs and Nurse Raptors were the norm for the NBA instead of the massive outliers they were/are.

[MyUniBroDavis]

Kawhi has rhe best Rs hes had in awhile and just came up short in the playoffs, i get why hes losing poy votes but he wasnt a distaster outside of g7, and id say he outplayed doncic in their series

[Doctor MJ]

Alright, so we have tentative results:

POY: LeBron James
OPOY: LeBron James
DPOY: Anthony Davis
ROY: Ja Morant (unanimous)
MIP: Luka Doncic
6MOY: Goran Dragic
COY: Erik Spoelstra
EOY: (tie) Sam Presti & Pat Riley

Spreadsheet with tallies is here.

There are two races that realistically could have the wrong winner based on counting mistakes.

In MIP, Doncic has a one point lead over Bam.
In EOY, Presti & Riley are tied.

If people would like to double check me particularly on those awards it would be appreciated.

One thing I'll note: HeartBreakKid, you posted twice and before I realized this it actually changed the winners on both awards.

So that's one mistake I caught, there might be more.

Last note: I will not be accepting new votes or subsequent changed votes. I'm 100% fine with Presti & Riley sharing the award if in a 3-deep ballot they end up tied. But of course, if I counted wrong, I would like to know that.