1998-99 NBA Awards Voting

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Most Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player Table
				Voting					Per Game						Shooting			Advanced
Rank	Player	Age	Tm	First	Pts Won	Pts Max	Share	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	WS	WS/48
1	Karl Malone	35	UTA	44.0	827.0	1180	0.701	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	.493	.000	.788	9.6	.252
2	Alonzo Mourning	28	MIA	36.0	773.0	1180	0.655	46	38.1	20.1	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	.511	.000	.652	7.9	.216
3	Tim Duncan	22	SAS	30.0	740.0	1180	0.627	50	39.3	21.7	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	.495	.143	.690	8.7	.213
4	Allen Iverson	23	PHI	5.0	319.0	1180	0.270	48	41.5	26.8	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	.412	.291	.751	7.2	.173
5	Jason Kidd	25	PHO	2.0	159.0	1180	0.135	50	41.2	16.9	6.8	10.8	2.3	0.4	.444	.366	.757	8.1	.188
6	Shaquille O'Neal	26	LAL	1.0	89.0	1180	0.075	49	34.8	26.3	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	.576	.000	.540	9.0	.255
7	Chris Webber	25	SAC	0.0	51.0	1180	0.043	42	40.9	20.0	13.0	4.1	1.4	2.1	.486	.118	.454	3.6	.102
8	Grant Hill	26	DET	0.0	39.0	1180	0.033	50	37.0	21.1	7.1	6.0	1.6	0.5	.479	.000	.752	7.3	.189
9	Gary Payton	30	SEA	0.0	35.0	1180	0.030	50	40.2	21.7	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	.434	.295	.721	7.2	.172
10	Kevin Garnett	22	MIN	0.0	9.0	1180	0.008	47	37.9	20.8	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	.460	.286	.704	5.4	.146
11	Shawn Kemp	29	CLE	0.0	7.0	1180	0.006	42	35.1	20.5	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	.482	.500	.789	6.3	.205
12	David Robinson	33	SAS	0.0	6.0	1180	0.005	49	31.7	15.8	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	.509	.000	.658	8.4	.261
13T	Hakeem Olajuwon	36	HOU	0.0	3.0	1180	0.003	50	35.7	18.9	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	.514	.308	.717	6.5	.175
13T	Arvydas Sabonis	34	POR	0.0	3.0	1180	0.003	50	27.0	12.1	7.9	2.4	0.7	1.3	.485	.292	.771	5.8	.207
15	Darrell Armstrong	30	ORL	0.0	2.0	1180	0.002	50	30.0	13.8	3.6	6.7	2.2	0.1	.441	.365	.904	6.4	.205
16T	Vince Carter	22	TOR	0.0	1.0	1180	0.001	50	35.2	18.3	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	.450	.288	.761	5.0	.136
16T	Anfernee Hardaway	27	ORL	0.0	1.0	1180	0.001	50	38.9	15.8	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	.420	.286	.706	5.0	.122
16T	Mark Jackson	33	IND	0.0	1.0	1180	0.001	49	28.2	7.6	3.8	7.9	0.9	0.1	.419	.311	.823	3.8	.134
16T	Glenn Robinson	26	MIL	0.0	1.0	1180	0.001	47	33.6	18.4	5.9	2.1	1.0	0.9	.459	.392	.870	4.0	.122
16T	Steve Smith	29	ATL	0.0	1.0	1180	0.001	36	36.5	18.7	4.2	3.3	1.0	0.3	.402	.338	.849	4.4	.162
16T	Rasheed Wallace	24	POR	0.0	1.0	1180	0.001	49	28.9	12.8	4.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	.508	.419	.732	5.0	.169

Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year Table
				Voting					Per Game						Shooting			Advanced
Rank	Player	Age	Tm	First	Pts Won	Pts Max	Share	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	WS	WS/48
1	Vince Carter	22	TOR	113.0	113.0	118	0.958	50	35.2	18.3	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	.450	.288	.761	5.0	.136
2	Jason Williams	23	SAC	3.0	3.0	118	0.025	50	36.1	12.8	3.1	6.0	1.9	0.0	.374	.310	.752	2.1	.055
3	Paul Pierce	21	BOS	2.0	2.0	118	0.017	48	34.0	16.5	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	.439	.412	.713	4.9	.144

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