For the sake of argument, let’s say that Pachulia becomes the outright leading frontcourt player in the West, just to take this thought exercise to the farthest extreme. If we assume that both players and media believe Pachulia is the 20th-best frontcourt player in the Western Conference (a very generous assumption, at that), his “score” would be:
1+1+20+20 = 42
42 divided by 4 (4, because we have 4 “units” of 25 percent of the vote each, with fans accounting for two of those “units”) = 13
Compare that to someone such as Anthony Davis, who’s currently fourth in the fan voting. If players and media agree, Davis’ “score” would be:
4+4+4+4 = 16
16 divided by 4 = 4