NBA 2011 Award Tour: Predictions for Individual Awards

October 26th, 2010 by Reservoir God Leave a reply »
 

It's time to give my predictions for the individual awards that will be passed out at the end of the 2011 NBA season.  Predictions will come in two flavors: 1) who I predict the sportswriters and broadcasters will select for the award, and 2) who I predict should win the award if it was based on Wins Produced.

Wins Produced is a statistical model created by Professor David Berri from the Wages of Wins Journal to measure how much a player's box-score statistics contribute to his team's wins. An average player produces an estimated 0.100 wins per 48 minutes (WP48).

More information can be found at the following links:

Simple Models of Player Performance
Wins Produced vs. Win Score
What Wins Produced Says and What It Does Not Say
Introducing PAWSmin — and a Defense of Box Score Statistics

 

Predictions for Sportswriters and Broadcasters

Most Valuable Player

1. Kevin Durant: The sportswriters have made it clear since "The Decision" that it's open season on LeBron James, and as long as it's profitable, they're going to continue spewing hatred because that's w ...

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