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1979-80 - Most Valuable Player
Last Update: Oct. 31, 2024, 12:04 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
Actual Vote Share
Actual Winner
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
0.622
0.664
Julius Erving
0.172
0.143
Moses Malone
0.053
0.005
George Gervin
0.048
0.086
Larry Bird
0.035
0.068