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The IBM Award was an award given out to National Basketball Association players from 1984 to 2002. The award was sponsored and calculated by technology company IBM and was determined by a computer formula, which measured a player's statistical contribution to his team. The player with the best contribution to his team in the league received the award.[1] The first recipient was Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, and the final recipient was Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs.
Most of the players who won the award have been
As of
The IBM Award was originally named the Pivotal Player Award and was sponsored by the Schick razor company.[11]
Winners
| * | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Player (#) | Denotes the number of times the player won the IBM Award |
| Team (#) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
Formula
The IBM Award was calculated with the following formula:[12]
In the formula, plyr stands for player, PTS stands for
The formula bears some resemblance to player efficiency rating, and many winners of the IBM award were calculated to have finished at or near the top in player efficiency rating in their award-winning seasons.[13]
Notes
- a Won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in same season [5]
- b Won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in same season[6]
- c Hakeem Olajuwon was born in Nigeria, but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993.[9]
- d Zaire was renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 1997.[14]
- e Tim Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but is a U.S. citizen and has played for the U.S. Olympic Team.[15] Despite this, the NBA considers him an international player.[10]
See also
- NBA records
References
General (for list of winners and their teams)
- Rob Reheuser, ed. (2004). 2004–2005 Official NBA Guide. Corrie Anderson. St. Louis: Sporting News Books. p. 150. ISBN 0-89204-717-8.
- "Association for Professional Basketball Research FAQ". Association for Professional Basketball Research. November 1, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
Specific
- ^ "Mutombo wins IBM award". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. May 9, 1999. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0-89204-717-8.
- ^ Kentucky Basketball [@KentuckyMBB] (April 6, 2015). "The 2015 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". Basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ a b "NBA & ABA Most Valuable Players". Basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ a b "NBA & ABA Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners". Basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ "Grant Hill at Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ "Rookie of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ a b "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio: 1984–2002". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ^ a b c "NBA Players from around the world: 2005–2006 Season". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Schick Special Advertising Section". USA Today. February 7, 1986. p. 8C.
- ISBN 0-7868-8715-X.
- ^ "NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Top 10 Leaders and Records for Player Efficiency Rating". Basketball-reference.com.
- ^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved November 8, 2009.
- CIA World Factbook. Retrieved August 12, 2008.