Ryan Anderson wins Most Improved Player, Avery Bradley 8th

[LooseCannon]

Some ridiculous votes out there, with 20 players receiving a first-place vote.  Kyle Lowry, Andrew Bogut, and Marc Gasol all received a single first-place vote as their sole vote.  Anderson only appears on 61% of ballots.


1st Place (5 Pts) 2nd Place (3 Pts) 3rd Place (1 pts) Total
Ryan Anderson 33 27 14 260
Ersan Ilyasova 21 15 9 159
Nikola Pekovic 10 15 9 104
Greg Monroe 10 9 19 96
Andrew Bynum 13 8 7 96
Jeremy Lin 10 8 17 91
Goran Dragic 4 8 10 54
Avery Bradley 4 4 4 36
Danny Green 3 3 3 27
Jeff Teague 1 5 7 27
Serge Ibaka 2 2 0 16
Ty Lawson 1 3 2 16
Paul George 2 1 0 13
Steve Novak 1 2 1 12
DeMarcus Cousins 0 2 5 11
Kevin Love 1 0 3 8
Roy Hibbert 0 1 4 7
James Harden 0 2 1 7
Gerald Henderson 1 0 1 6
Marcin Gortat 1 0 1 6
Kyle Lowry 1 0 0 5
Andrew Bogut 1 0 0 5
Marc Gasol 1 0 0 5
Gordon Hayward 0 1 1 4
Arron Afflalo 0 1 0 3
C.J. Watson 0 1 0 3
Brandan Wright 0 1 0 3
Tony Parker 0 1 0 3
Jarrett Jack 0 0 1 1
Marreese Speights 0 0 1 1

[GreenFaith1819]

Congrats to Ryan...he needs to now play his tail off for ORL to keep from going down 3-1, though.

Simply AMAZING that AB is already on this list, at 22 years of age. The young fella has only been playing since March, too.

Keep it up, AB!

[mqtcelticsfan]

Alright, who the hell put Tony Parker on his ballot?

[hpantazo]

Alright, who the hell put Tony Parker on his ballot?

exactly! I mean, how is that even possible? Do they just erase the time he was good and consider a year of mediocrity due to injuries as the baseline for comparison to this season? Totally pathetic.

[syfy9]

Why is Bogut on the list.......................

[eugen]

I think Lin is most impressive improvment.

[Who]

I don't like Ryan Anderson winning. He didn't improve at all.

He just finally got the minutes from SVG that he had deserved for 2+ years.

Alright, who the hell put Tony Parker on his ballot?

I thought Tony Parker was a fair choice. He just had the best season of his career.

One could argue and many do that T.Parker was one of the top ten players in the league this season. He has been All-Star caliber player in the past but never at this high of a level (top ten player).

Why is Bogut on the list.......................

The Bogut one I don't get at all. Maybe they scribbled his name down on the wrong ballot ... but what ballot could they have thought he was deserving of? I don't know. Oddball choice, there's always a few of them (such as PJ Brown getting an MVP vote).

[mqtcelticsfan]

Alright, who the hell put Tony Parker on his ballot?

I thought Tony Parker was a fair choice. He just had the best season of his career.

One could argue and many do that T.Parker was one of the top ten players in the league this season. He has been All-Star caliber player in the past but never at this high of a level (top ten player).

I just don't like the idea of putting a guy with a HoF resume on a most improved player ballot. He didn't really improve. He just had a great year.

[indeedproceed]

Well, this explains the Bogut thing:

From NBA: A first place MIP vote was incorrectly awarded to Andrew Bogut. Should have gone to Andrew Bynum.

[Fafnir]

I don't like Ryan Anderson winning. He didn't improve at all.

He just finally got the minutes from SVG that he had deserved for 2+ years.

And just for fun he's been exposed this playoff series against the Pacers.

Without Dwight Howard to play off of he's been a sieve on defense no matter which Pacers front court player he's had to guard.

Hollinger said that through game 3 the Magic starters only had a DREB% of 50.5. That's just mind boggling bad through three games.

[indeedproceed]

Ilyasova's improved year just absolutely flew under my radar.