Adam Mares

They just know if they put Luca's odds higher, more Lakers fans will bet into it.

And you know what?

I will say this.

I do think there is too much hive mind thinking and all of this stuff.

You know what's funny, man, is there's not this in some of the other votes because people don't think about sixth man of the year or most improved player all year long.

They do think of MVP, and then they just kind of try to vote.

I like the fact that three players, actually four players got first place votes.

Jalen Brown got a first place vote.

I don't know.

But I like that a lot of different people just had completely different ballots.

Even me, man.

I had a hard time trying to put this one together.

I'll tell you, I went Shea, Wemby, Jokic, Luca, and Jalen Brown.

It went exactly the way I had my ballot.

Rookie of the Year had a straw poll as well.

We're opening the straw poll.

Khan Kanipal was number one.

He was my number one vote as well.

And in my letter to Tim Bontemps, I felt the need to defend it.

It felt controversial.