On Monday night, Ben Simmons finally claimed his NBA Rookie of the Year award after a standout season that helped push the Sixers into the second-round of the playoffs for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
As my colleague Keith Pompey wrote, Simmons recorded 12 triple-doubles in the regular season, the second most by a rookie in NBA history behind Oscar Robinson. He also averaged 15.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 8.2 assists. Simmons garnered Eastern Conference rookie-of-the-month honors for October/November, January, February, and March/April.
But despite his standout season, a quick look at the vote breakdown Simmons received reveals that one of the 101 voters weighing in actually gave the Sixers standout a third-place vote.