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Sports > Pro Basketball > 1998-99 Season > Annual Awards

Most Valuable Player

The Maurice Podoloff Trophy; voting by 118-member panel of local and national pro basketball writers and broadcasters. Each ballot has five entries; points awarded on 10-7-5-3-1 basis.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Pts
Karl Malone, Utah	44	29	31	8	5	827
Alonzo Mourning, Mia	36	32	30	11	6	773
Tim Duncan, San Antonio	30	36	31	9	6	740
Allen Iverson, Phi.	5	11	10	40	22	319
Jason Kidd, Phoenix	2	4	6	21	18	159
Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers	1	2	3	11	17	89
Chris Webber, Sac	0	2	2	5	12	51
Grant Hill, Detroit	0	1	3	3	8	39
Gary Payton, Seattle	0	1	1	4	11	35
Kevin Garnett, Minn.	0	0	0	2	3	9
Shawn Kemp. Cle.	0	0	0	2	1	7
David Robinson, San Antonio	0	0	1	0	1	6
Hakeem Olajuwon, Hou	0	0	0	1	0	3
Arvydas Sabonis, Port	0	0	0	1	0	3
Darrell Armstrong, Orl.	0	0	0	0	2	2
Vince Carter, Tor.	0	0	0	0	1	1
Anfernee Hardaway, Orl.	0	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Jackson, Ind.	0	0	0	0	1	1
Glenn Robinson, Mil	0	0	0	0	1	1
Steve Smith, Atl.	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rasheed Wallace, Port	0	0	0	0	1	1

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