Voting history for the NBA’s Most Improved Player has not been closely contested in recent years.
Knicks forward Julius Randle won the award last season with 98% of the first-place votes. The season before that was closely contested between Brandon Ingram and Bam Adebayo (Ingram won with 42% of the first-place votes). But beyond that, most winners have commanded the majority of the vote.
The same may go for this season.
Grizzlies guard Ja Morant is a heavy favorite to win the league’s Most Improved Player award for his play in his third year in the league.