The Tribune's AndyBLarsen received thousands of vitriolic messages for his NBA awards ballot — a type of public shaming that will discourage some voters from sharing differing opinions, he argues.
The Tribune reporter received thousands of vitriolic messages for his NBA awards ballot — a type of public shaming that will discourage some voters from sharing differing opinions.
At first glance, the right choice is Banchero. He was the No. 1 pick, and delivered by averaging 20 points per game, well beyond the rest of his competition. But when you start to look at the total picture, the case gets a lot closer. Thanks to Kessler’s defensive impact and efficiency in scoring, along with his team’s better performance with him on the floor, most of the advanced analytics point to Kessler as the rookie who helped push his team towards winning more this season.
Interestingly, many commenters weren’t happy to leave feedback on Twitter. Instead, they looked up my personal Instagram and Facebook pages, posting comments on my old photos. I received emails and phone calls, had strange and critical voicemails. But it’s still more impactful than you’d hope, to have hundreds to thousands of people seeking to find any way they can hurt you most effectively. It tends to take over your day, or multiple days. It stays with you for a while.
But the result of the transparency has been even more public shaming than before — to the point where voters just don’t see it as worth it to buck the trend, even if they disagree with it. Now, we can have a discussion of what we want the Rookie of the Year award vote to be about. Some want it to be a star-anointment award — which rookie showed the most promise? Others stay true to the name of the award, rewarding the best player. In 2008, nearly everyone agreed Durant would have the better career , but did Horford have the better rookie season? There was real, significant disagreement, and that was actually reflected in the voting totals.
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