Uncover the Surprising NBA Award Favorites That Data Experts Didn’t See Coming This Season
Other Contenders
Ajay Mitchell, Oklahoma City Thunder (he has the highest DRIP of all the players that meet the criteria, but he’s been out for so long, all of his momentum may be cooked); Keldon Johnson, San Antonio Spurs; Bobby Portis, Milwaukee Bucks
NBA Most Improved Player
Methodology: Our DELTA metric is an awesome tool for this award race as it calculates how much a player’s DRIP has changed from the beginning of the season to today.
1. Collin Gillespie, Phoenix Suns (3.15 DELTA)
Sportsbooks need to get hip to Gillespie as soon as possible (FanDuel has six players with better odds to win the MIP award). If it’s truly about recognizing the player who displayed the most growth from one season to the next, Gillespie has to be the guy. Last season, he was on the fringes of the Suns’ rotation; now he’s at the epicenter (first on the team in DRIP) of one of the NBA’s bigger surprise teams (they’re only one win shy of matching last season’s total).

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