I hope the person who gets the most first place votes loses on points. Maximum chaos.

Just no ties, this is America goddamnit!

Don’t worry, no matter how this plays out there will be angry fans

Fr lmao like it ain’t that deep

especially given all the people saying “can’t we just have co-rotys?” as if that can be decided in advance

He’s number one in my heart 

I’m curious about the people who didn’t put him third. I can’t see a realistic argument for him above that, but I can’t see a realistic argument for him lower either.

I’m guessing they have Harper three? That’s the only choice that wouldn’t be completely absurd

they can have their fake little Rookie of the Year BS

VJ Will Take his Finals MVP this year

if Ben Simmons can win RotY, anything is possible i suppose

UH OH.

LUKA JUST FILED ANOTHER CLAIM

Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. A guy who has a bad play-in game loses an award to a guy who DNP’d the playin due to team not qualifying?

Obviously you can’t just not be aware of the play-in game performance, but I think most voters who are adjusting their vote are making a conscious decision to do so, which makes it stupid.

Sucks cause Kon is playing through a back injury. He was also top 20 in the NBA in minutes and is just hitting a wall at the worst time.

Cooper was the odds on favorite before the play in game. I’m sure some voters had switched before that, as Kon hasn’t been playing well for the last 3 weeks.

I do agree the play in should have no impact, but I really think we’re looking at a small percentage of voters who were on the fence to the point they were going to let that game swing it.

These awards are supposed to be based on the regular season right? If so did they already vote before the play-in? Would be the logic thing to do.

It’s not that close for me. And I get that Kon’s an amazing talent.

But Coop should win the ROY because he’s simply the better player.

Team record for ROY should only matter if the two candidates are close in terms of output.

I pledge allegiance to the Flagg

I’m with you. Kon has Lemelo, Miller, and just a lot better players and playmakers. Flagg basically had to play point and run the entire offense. And looks generally incredible. I just don’t see how you can have Kon over Flagg

The guy is leading the league in 3pt makes on elite efficiency on a team fighting for the playoffs that won 19 games last year. That’s how. Just because Cooper is the better overall prospect and will almost certainly be a better player doesn’t mean he’s rookie of the year.

Because he had a better season. Flagg just had way more opportunity. Every year there are rookies on shitty teams that put up counting stats on bad efficiency. How many years are there rookies who lead the league in 3point shooting? Of the top 20 in total 3s made this year he shot a better percentage than everyone but Jamal Murray. Kon shot better from 2 and 3 and was a key part of one of the best offenses in the NBA. People say Flagg led the mavs, but to what exactly?

Lmao Kon literally set multiple rookie records for 3 point shooting. No rookie in the history of professional basketball matched his totals.

He also played a ton on a winning team versus shot chucking on a lowly squad. Flagg also didn’t play as many games and had multiple stinkers just like Kon after he hit the rookie wall, after being an ironman for months straight.

I understand people like Flagg, and I understand why people would vote for him. I struggle to see why you think someone voting Kon makes “zero sense” given the above. We aren’t talking about some guy averaging 3 points a game off the bench or some shit.

I think it’s close, but to me there were many times where you watched Cooper even with other proven stars on the floor and said, “wow, he’s the best player on the floor”. With Kon it was more of the consistency and incredible shooting stretches. Both are impressive in their own right, but to me Cooper had the higher highs and was consistent enough to be the winner.

Because he was a better player on both ends for 80% of the season and had maybe the best rookie shooting season ever? Not sure what’s hard to understand here.

The opposite for me. No clue why anyone would vote for Flagg.

kon fits right into the nba stats nerd focus area

but you’re right, it doesn’t actually make sense. kon is the 3rd option on a play-in team in a terrible conference. stats nerds will point to efficiency stats and not realize that everyone in reality realizes that if you switched the two, dallas has like 11 wins and charlotte is probably better

Agreed. Monumental race that no one will care about right after it happens. But it’s such a compelling comparison.

Only if they exactly tie with first and second place votes

kidd and hill too

hard to do with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place votes, sadly

Kon is a good defender

insane that a “role player” and a “bonafide 1st option” finished all of 2 ppg different (1pt per 36 lol)

lmfao

1st option on an uncompetitive, terrible team.

The only 19 year old ever to score 50.

Josh Giddey > Chet confirmed?

I mean I wouldn’t call prime Klay a role player… similar styles, not the same defender though ofc

Insane you think the Clippers could even trade for Jalen Williams

It is actually baffling and I love the Hornets.

The Mavs are a shit team that would likely be more shit if he had Kon running the show. The Hornets would be missing some wing shooting by replacing Kon with Cooper but they’d get a super charged Miles Bridges with elite spacing to work with.

People who say he’s just a role player don’t watch the game and just look at stats. He did so much for this team this year. And I love Coop, he’s got a chance to be generational. Kon just had a better year.

When people say Kon is just a glorified 3 point shooter it pisses me off so much lol. He has a way higher ceiling that that. He has a nice midrange game, is a great connective passer, a stout defender, and scored at a higher percentage at the rim than Cooper did this year.

Sorry but I’m with team nipple

Then I don’t want to be right

Probably cause Kon’s been on a cold streak lately

Yet they do anyway. 

he didn’t make the playoffs yet.

Man the sheer volume at the 4 position in the 2000s was wild. I’d be very curious if you could bring back some those dudes from 00-04 if any teams would go double big or if they would all be pushed towards the 5.

But I think that was the problem was that non-maverick fans painted dirk as a no defense, soft, shooter whereas he was much more. That 2006 run would have greatly changed people opinion but I don’t want to rehash that. Also dirk was the #1 option his entire career once Dallas fully bought into what he brought to the table and 2010 speaks for itself.

Where are you seeing the votes

First of all there are multiple players who are going to be all NBA with negative on/off. Brown and Brunson at minimum, maybe Harden/Durant.

And second, I see Flagg as finishing the season with a positive on/off anyway. Where are you looking?

You gotta send this post to Charles Lee. Why the hell did that idiot take him out during the end of Tuesdays game?

There’s actually been co ROTY before so yeah, we’ve seen it

Coop has 12 doesn’t he?