Ok who put VJ at 2nd

I love Vj but what voter seriously had VJ over Kon

Surprised VJ got 1 2nd place vote.

Good for him tho

Hes a real baller

Sounds about right. I think Flagg was a bit better, but we were lucky to have two great options this season.

Close as it gets. Kon probably would’ve pulled through if both had just played average near the end of the season but Flagg had some eye popping performances at the same time as Kon was slumping and it’s hard to deny the playin being played before ballot submission probably made some people quietly change their votes.

That 1 dude that gave VJ a second place vote 💀

Pretty likely the last month of the season decided this award. What a bummer.

What’s the argument for Harper or coward over any of those 3

White on white crime

Kon had a ridiculous season for a rookie but Flagg deserved it. He had absolutely no help this year with the Mavericks roster and defenses could key on him. He will continue to get better when Kyrie gets back and presumably the Mavericks get better players.

Coop is Randall when he won Apprentice S4.

Kon is Rebecca.

Voters got it right. Flagg’s overall stats are better. Had defenses keyed in on him while Kon was the third option and had tons of wide open looks.

Not counting the play-in games Kon shit the bed to close the year. Said it once the regular season ended that recency bias would have swayed the voters esp with how Flagg closed the year.

I think that is a very fair breakdown of votes

Yang Hansen with no votes!!! Blasphemy!!! 🤪

Coop should’ve had more votes. Kon had a good shooting season but Coop is clearly a better player with a much worse supporting cast. Imagine the Hornets with Coop instead of Kon. They’d be much better and the Mavs would be worse with Kon.

shout out to the voter from Philly for putting VJ second

This draft is stacked because Edgecombe and Dylan Harper are studs too. This could be a generational draft. Other players too are good from this draft

“What does rookie of the year mean to you?”

Difference of 6.5 voters doesn’t make me too mad. It was rightfully close.

I would’ve understood either choice, just depends on the voters subjective measurements. Kon is closer to the top of the tertiary playmakers / 3 point shooting role than Coop is to the top of the #1 options across the league, however the role of #1 is more valuable than your 3rd ball handler / 3 point player. Just comes down to the voters subjective opinions. I was kinda hoping Kon would get it as a Mavs fan just so it would Coop that extra edge this off-season, but excited to see this possible rivalry grow

I’m legitimately shocked. I’ve been a doomer about it for awhile. This is well deserved though.

Maluach robbed

Hopefully Hornets and Mavs fans can finally be chill out now that the race is over. Who tf put Kon in third though 💔💔💔

Im genuinely curious if 6 votes flipped because of the play in, and if so none of them deserve a vote

Punishing a player for being on a better team is crazy

Kon shouldn’t have had that many votes if we’re being honest.

Anybody think kon got hurt by his first play in game. If the votes were done on time maybe he wins. Anyway glad flagg won.

Bologna

First ROTY decided by the playin

Dylan Harper made a big difference

It’s insane players as good as VJ and harper barely got any votes. They’re both going to be studs for a long time. What a rookie class.

Bill Simmons in shambles.

I fucking knew one person was gonna give VJ a second place vote.

Sucks for Kon. If the season ended after 70 games he likely wins it

i wish they both coulda got it, a tie would felt better.

Who tf voted VJ as 2nd? And Coward in 3rd???

I ended up watching way more Knueppel games than Flagg games to the point I don’t remember any Flagg games. It’s just a blob. Hopefully anyone who suffered through the Mav’s season of endless drama real-time are happy with the silver lining, but it still doesn’t feel like anyone missed out on much if they didn’t tune in for the ROTY which is wild.

Free the Knueppel !

Solid great class of players

Crazy how Harper is undoubtedly the best in the draft though

Happy Coward is fifth on the ballot even with a single vote. Dude is going to be something. And it’s a stacked rookie class that we are going to look back on.

I thought Flagg took incredibly too much shit for the shooting and pg woes he went through. Off the dribble shooting and running a whole offense including making advanced reads is SOOOO hard even more so when he’s never really done that ever before. He’s gonna be a much better player long term from it too. Even if it’s not his game going forward.

Kon was incredibly productive but if you were building a franchise you’d take Flagg kinda easily. Think alot of people took the better player instead of the player who was more valuable THIS year which is Kon.

Knueppel had more first place votes than he should, but ultimately the right player got the award.

Would Kon win if they didn’t delay the voting?

Bro needs to thank Luka and Cade for their appeal

Flagg is gonna be a superstar, kon will be a good sidekick to one.

Recent Kon, and to a lesser extent Luka, sunk the Konpaign unfortunately. I personally was hoping for the edge chance of a tie.

I wonder how many of those votes changed after Kon’s two play-in games.

I bet if Kon had a good play-in he would’ve won the award

Happy for Flagg and Knueppel they both hooped all year but as a Spurs fan I’m just glad Dylan even snuck on a few ballots with the usage he had next to Wemby

If Pop really unleashes him next season his numbers are gonna spike and everyone’s gonna pretend they were high on him the whole time

so Kon definitely lost because of the play-in

It is a joke it was such a close race. It should not have been. Nobody cared Melo took Nuggets to playoffs when voters chose LeBron even though Melo had a much better argument than Knueppel

Kon robbed. He had the better overall season for a team actually playing meaningful games, and he led the entire league in 3-point shooting. But Flagg will be the better pro, he had a bigger role on his team, and the voters didn’t want this to be something that gets thrown in their faces five years down the road.

This is actually a scam bruh

Kon was the clear cut better player this season

Can someone please explain how this makes sense. I thought Kon was so obvious