Thales Soares, Globoesporte.com 2016-17: No Vote 2017-18: James, LeBron (CLE) Harden, James (HOU) Lillard, Damian (POR) Davis, Anthony (NOP) Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) 2018-19: No Votes Tim Bontemps, ESPN 2016-17: No Vote 2017-18: No Vote 2018-19: Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Harden, James (HOU) George, Paul (OKC) Lillard, Damian (POR) Jokic, Nikola (DEN) Tim MacMahon, ESPN 2016-17: No Vote 2017-18: No Vote 2018-19: Harden, James (HOU) Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Jokic, Nikola (DEN) Embiid, Joel (PHI) Curry, Stephen (GSW) Tim Reynolds, Associated Press 2016-17: James, LeBron (Cle.) Westbrook, Russell (OKC.) Harden, James (Hou.) Leonard, Kawhi (S.A.) Curry, Stephen (G.S.) 2017-18: James, LeBron (CLE) Harden, James (HOU) Davis, Anthony (NOP) Westbrook, Russell (OKC) Durant, Kevin (GSW) 2018-19: Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Harden, James (HOU) Curry, Stephen (GSW) George, Paul (OKC) Lillard, Damian (POR) TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN 2016-17: Westbrook, Russell (OKC.) James, LeBron (Cle.) Harden, James (Hou.) Leonard, Kawhi (S.A.) Thomas, Isaiah (Bos.) 2017-18: James, LeBron (CLE) Harden, James (HOU) Davis, Anthony (NOP) Durant, Kevin (GSW) Lillard, Damian (POR) 2018-19: No Vote Tony Jones, The Athletic 2016-17: Harden, James (Hou.) James, LeBron (Cle.) Westbrook, Russell (OKC.) Leonard, Kawhi (S.A.) Curry, Stephen (G.S.) 2017-18: Harden, James (HOU) James, LeBron (CLE) Davis, Anthony (NOP) Curry, Stephen (GSW) Lillard, Damian (POR) 2018-19: No Vote Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo Sports 2016-17: Harden, James (Hou.) Leonard, Kawhi (S.A.) Westbrook, Russell (OKC.) James, LeBron (Cle.) Antetokounmpo, Giannis (Mil.) 2017-18: Harden, James (HOU) Davis, Anthony (NOP) James, LeBron (CLE) Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Lillard, Damian (POR) 2018-19: Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Harden, James (HOU) George, Paul (OKC) Jokic, Nikola (DEN) Curry, Stephen (GSW) Weiping Zhang, CCTV 2016-17: Westbrook, Russell (OKC.) Harden, James (Hou.) Leonard, Kawhi (S.A.) James, LeBron (Cle.) Curry, Stephen (G.S.) 2017-18: James, LeBron (CLE) Harden, James (HOU) Davis, Anthony (NOP) Durant, Kevin (GSW) Lillard, Damian (POR) 2018-19: Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Harden, James (HOU) Curry, Stephen (GSW) Jokic, Nikola (DEN) George, Paul (OKC) Will Guillory, The Athletic 2016-17: No Vote 2017-18: Harden, James (HOU) Davis, Anthony (NOP) James, LeBron (CLE) Lillard, Damian (POR) Westbrook, Russell (OKC) 2018-19: Harden, James (HOU) Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Jokic, Nikola (DEN) George, Paul (OKC) Curry, Stephen (GSW) Xavier Vaution, BeIn Sport 2016-17: No Vote 2017-18: Harden, James (HOU) James, LeBron (CLE) Lillard, Damian (POR) Westbrook, Russell (OKC) Davis, Anthony (NOP) 2018-19: No Vote Yoko Miyaji, Sports Graphic Number 2016-17: Westbrook, Russell (OKC.) Harden, James (Hou.) Leonard, Kawhi (S.A.) James, LeBron (Cle.) Curry, Stephen (G.S.) 2017-18: Harden, James (HOU) James, LeBron (CLE) Davis, Anthony (NOP) Lillard, Damian (POR) Westbrook, Russell (OKC) 2018-19: No Vote Zach Harper, The Athletic 2016-17: No Vote 2017-18: No Vote 2018-19: Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Harden, James (HOU) George, Paul (OKC) Curry, Stephen (GSW) Lillard, Damian (POR) Zach Lowe, ESPN 2016-17: Leonard, Kawhi (S.A.) Harden, James (Hou.) Westbrook, Russell (OKC.) James, LeBron (Cle.) Curry, Stephen (G.S.) 2017-18: Harden, James (HOU) James, LeBron (CLE) Davis, Anthony (NOP) Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Lillard, Damian (POR) 2018-19: Antetokounmpo, Giannis (MIL) Harden, James (HOU) George, Paul (OKC) Jokic, Nikola (DEN) Lillard, Damian (POR)
SO BASICALLY most voters who voted for Giannis either had voted for Westbrick in 2017 or had no vote in 2017 interesting, and confirms there is a bias against Harden
Dear TNT - thanks for letting this constipated old man with his sackful of day-old dad jokes and his congested monotone broadcast 50% of our postseason games.
Yeah the Westbrook in 16/17 and Giannis in 18/19 voters made a mistake 1 year. I think a lot of voters from 16/17 would like a redo.
31 voters Andrew Sharp Anthony Slater Brian Lewis Brian Windhorst Chris Broussard Dennis Scott Doris Burke Erik Horne Frank Isola Jeff Zillgitt Joe Freeman Joe Vardon Justin Termine KC Johnson Keith Pompey Kevin Harlan Kristen Ledlow Kurt Helin Michael Grange NBA Fan Voting Paul Flannery Rachel Nichols Ramona Shelburne Reggie Miller Rod Beard Royce Young Ryan Wolstat Sekou Smith Sherrod Blakely Steve Aschburner Weiping Zhang
These 5 voted for Westbrook, Lebron, Giannis- Jeff Zillgitt KC Johnson Keith Pompey Reggie Miller Weiping Zhang
Zhang Weiping is an old dude from Chinese CCTV5 station. Always reminded me of an Asian version of Sager sans funny suits. He always conducts interviews, and always found good words about both Harden and WBrook.
Dave Pasch, Mike Wilbon, Mike Breen and Jon Barry voted for Harden!? Wow, Harden got thumped in the voting and he got votes from people I thought would have voted for Giannis.
Voters who did not vote Harden first 2/3 or 3/3 years Weiping Zhang, CCTV(Westbrook-LeBron-Giannis) Tim Reynolds, Associated Press(LeBron-LeBron-Giannis) Reggie Miller, Turner(Westbrook-LeBron-Giannis) Keith Pompey, Philadelphia Inquirer(Westbrook-LeBron-Giannis) KC Johnson, Chicago Tribune(Westbrook-LeBron-Giannis) Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today(Westbrook-LeBron-Giannis) TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN(Westbrook-LeBron-No Vote) Stefan Bondy, New York Daily News(No vote-LeBron-Giannis) Ryan Wolstat, Toronto Sun(Westbrook-No vote-Giannis) Joe Vardon, The Athletic(Westbrook-No vote-Giannis) Joe Freeman, The Oregonian(Westbrook-No vote-Giannis) Erik Horne, The Oklahoman(Westbrook-No vote-Giannis) Diego Martínez, Reforma(No vote-LeBron-Giannis) Dave McMenamin, ESPN(No vote-LeBron-Giannis) Brian Lewis, New York Post(Westbrook-No vote-Giannis)
I hope someone is compensating @J.R. for all this analysis and breakdown. He needs to be paid Cuz some smug from Bleacher Report or realGm is going to take all his hardwork and write some long articles to monetize
I was wondering why he didn't show up on my list, and it's because he didn't vote for Westbrook either in 2017, he voted for LeBron. So this guy voted LeBron, LeBron, and Giannis. Questionable. For what it's worth he had Westbrook as his second place vote, and Harden as his third.