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.
San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson won five IBM Awards.
As of Tim Duncan's selection to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020, all IBM Award winners who are eligible for it have been inducted.[3][4] Jordan, Robinson, Barkley, Johnson, Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal, Karl Malone, and Hakeem Olajuwon also won NBA Most Valuable Player awards during their career; Robinson, O’Neal and Duncan won both awards in the same season.[5] Jordan, Robinson, Olajuwon, Dennis Rodman and Dikembe Mutombo have won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award; Olajuwon is the only player to win both in the same season.[6]Grant Hill is the only winner of the IBM Award who did not win an NBA MVP or Defensive Player of the Year Award sometime in his career.[7] O'Neal is the only player to win an IBM Award and an NBA title in the same season; he did this in both the 1999–00 and 2000–01 NBA seasons.[2] Jordan and Robinson are the only players to win the IBM Award during their respective rookie seasons, both also won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in those years.[8] Two of the award winners were born outside the United States: Olajuwon (Nigeria) and Mutombo (Zaire).[9][10] Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands.[10] The award was discontinued in 2002. With Tim Duncan's retirement following the 2015-16 NBA season, there are no more IBM Award winners currently playing in the NBA.
The IBM Award was originally named the Pivotal Player Award and was sponsored by the Schick razor company.[11]
The IBM Award was calculated with the following formula:[12]
IBM Award formula
In the formula, plyr stands for player, PTS stands for points, FGA stands for field goal attempts, REB stands for rebounds, AST stands for assists, STL stands for steals, BLK stands for blocks, PF stands for personal fouls, and TO stands for turnovers. The award was given to the player with the highest total.
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]
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]
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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 San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson won five IBM Awards Most of the players who won the award have been forwards or centers many finished near the top in rebounding the year they won 2 The award was given out nineteen times six times to players on the San Antonio Spurs three times each to players on the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers and twice each to players on the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons 2 David Robinson won five IBM Awards Charles Barkley won three and Michael Jordan and Shaquille O Neal won two each 2 As of Tim Duncan s selection to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 all IBM Award winners who are eligible for it have been inducted 3 4 Jordan Robinson Barkley Johnson Duncan Shaquille O Neal Karl Malone and Hakeem Olajuwon also won NBA Most Valuable Player awards during their career Robinson O Neal and Duncan won both awards in the same season 5 Jordan Robinson Olajuwon Dennis Rodman and Dikembe Mutombo have won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Olajuwon is the only player to win both in the same season 6 Grant Hill is the only winner of the IBM Award who did not win an NBA MVP or Defensive Player of the Year Award sometime in his career 7 O Neal is the only player to win an IBM Award and an NBA title in the same season he did this in both the 1999 00 and 2000 01 NBA seasons 2 Jordan and Robinson are the only players to win the IBM Award during their respective rookie seasons both also won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in those years 8 Two of the award winners were born outside the United States Olajuwon Nigeria and Mutombo Zaire 9 10 Duncan was born in the U S Virgin Islands 10 The award was discontinued in 2002 With Tim Duncan s retirement following the 2015 16 NBA season there are no more IBM Award winners currently playing in the NBA The IBM Award was originally named the Pivotal Player Award and was sponsored by the Schick razor company 11 Contents 1 Winners 2 Formula 3 Notes 4 See also 5 ReferencesWinners edit nbsp Philadelphia 76ers forward Charles Barkley won three consecutive IBM Awards Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FamePlayer X Denotes the number of times the player won the IBM AwardList of IBM Award Winners Season Player Position Nationality Team1983 84 Magic Johnson Guard nbsp United States Los Angeles Lakers1984 85 Michael Jordan Guard nbsp United States Chicago Bulls1985 86 Charles Barkley Forward nbsp United States Philadelphia 76ers1986 87 Charles Barkley 2 Forward nbsp United States Philadelphia 76ers 2 1987 88 Charles Barkley 3 Forward nbsp United States Philadelphia 76ers 3 1988 89 Michael Jordan 2 Guard nbsp United States Chicago Bulls 2 1989 90 David Robinson Center nbsp United States San Antonio Spurs1990 91 David Robinson 2 Center nbsp United States San Antonio Spurs 2 1991 92 Dennis Rodman Forward nbsp United States Detroit Pistons1992 93 Hakeem Olajuwon b Center nbsp Nigeria c Houston Rockets1993 94 David Robinson 3 Center nbsp United States San Antonio Spurs 3 1994 95 David Robinson 4 a Center nbsp United States San Antonio Spurs 4 1995 96 David Robinson 5 Center nbsp United States San Antonio Spurs 5 1996 97 Grant Hill Forward nbsp United States Detroit Pistons 2 1997 98 Karl Malone Forward nbsp United States Utah Jazz1998 99 Dikembe Mutombo Center nbsp Zaire d Atlanta Hawks1999 00 Shaquille O Neal a Center nbsp United States Los Angeles Lakers 2 2000 01 Shaquille O Neal 2 Center nbsp United States Los Angeles Lakers 3 2001 02 Tim Duncan a e Forward center nbsp United States San Antonio Spurs 6 Formula editThe IBM Award was calculated with the following formula 12 IBM Award formula p l y r P T S p l y r F G A p l y r R E B p l y r A S T p l y r S T L p l y r B L K p l y r P F p l y r T O t e a m w i n s 10 250 t e a m P T S t e a m F G A t e a m R E B t e a m A S T t e a m S T L t e a m B L K t e a m P F t e a m T O displaystyle frac mathrm plyr PTS mathrm plyr FGA mathrm plyr REB mathrm plyr AST mathrm plyr STL mathrm plyr BLK mathrm plyr PF mathrm plyr TO mathrm team wins times 10 times 250 mathrm team PTS mathrm team FGA mathrm team REB mathrm team AST mathrm team STL mathrm team BLK mathrm team PF mathrm team TO nbsp In the formula plyr stands for player PTS stands for points FGA stands for field goal attempts REB stands for rebounds AST stands for assists STL stands for steals BLK stands for blocks PF stands for personal fouls and TO stands for turnovers The award was given to the player with the highest total 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 edita 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 editNBA recordsReferences editGeneral 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 a b c d Rob Reheuser ed 2004 2004 2005 Official NBA Guide Corrie Anderson St Louis Sporting News Books ISBN 0 89204 717 8 Kentucky Basketball KentuckyMBB 6 April 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 amp ABA Most Valuable Players Basketball reference com Sports Reference LLC Retrieved August 20 2011 a b NBA amp 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 Gerry Brown ed 2003 2003 ESPN Sports Almanac Hyperion p 360 ISBN 0 7868 8715 X NBA amp 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 Virgin Islands CIA World Factbook Retrieved August 12 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title IBM Award amp oldid 1185364336, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
