Posts tagged "Awards"
Updated FBGM award formulas
Okay this is like 3 updates in a row about FBGM awards which is kind of silly, but I think things are improving at least!
This update fixes two problems with the old awards system:
Previously most awards were based on AV, which is kind of weird in some situations.
The defensive awards were not based on AV, which meant you could have one defensive player win MVP but not even be in the top 10 for DPOY - very weird!
So, what's the problem with AV?
Offensive Player of the Year (OPOY) award in FBGM
Adding an OPOY award to FBGM is a commonly requested feature. Up until now I resisted because I thought OPOY was kind of a weird award. Usually the MVP is an offensive player, but then usually the OPOY is some other offensive player? But sometimes they are the same? Some weird logic in that award.
Well, as the guy writing the code for FBGM, I have the opportunity to make the logic whatever I want! So here's how it works:
Most Improved Player award
Basketball GM has long had awards every season - MVP, Rookie of the Year, etc. But Most Improved Player (MIP) has been missing for a while. That's because MIP is harder to compute than other awards. You don't need just this year's stats, you need prior years too. And you also need to understand context - is a player actually improving, or just recovered from an injury? Or maybe he's an established star coming off a bad season? Or maybe his numbers went up, but only because he got more playing time without really improving? It's complicated.