NBA Award Predictions
2025-26 Awards
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1981-82 - Defensive Player of the Year
Last Update: Oct. 31, 2024, 12:07 a.m.
Model Type: CatBoost Regression Model.
Target: Vote share scaled to sum to 1 by season.
Prediction: Vote share scaled to sum to 1.
Name
Predicted Vote Share
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
0.133
Magic Johnson
0.104
Robert Parish
0.097
Maurice Cheeks
0.088
Julius Erving
0.077
Larry Bird
0.056
Gus Williams
0.037
Artis Gilmore
0.036
Jack Sikma
0.034
Sidney Moncrief
0.028
Quinn Buckner
0.026