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List of National Basketball League (Australia) awards

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The National Basketball League (NBL) presents 8 annual awards to recognize its teams, players, and coaches for their accomplishments. This does not include the NBL championship trophy, which is given to the winning team of the NBL Grand Final.

As of the 2023–24 season, coaches and captains from each team, and a panel of experts, vote for the MVP, while the head coach, assistant coach and captain of each team vote for the Coach of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Next Generation Award and All-NBL Teams.[1]

Team trophies

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Award Created Description Most recent winner
NBL Championship Trophy
(Dr John Raschke Trophy)
1979 The NBL's championship trophy; awarded to the winning team of the NBL Grand Final. Sydney Kings

Honours

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Honor Created Description
All-NBL Team 1980 Two five-player teams (a first and second team) composed of the best players in the league following every NBL season as chosen via a voting system involving the head coach, one assistant coach and the team captain of each team.[2]

Individual awards

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Award Created Description Most recent winner(s)
Most Valuable Player
(Andrew Gaze Trophy)
1979 Awarded to the best performing player of the NBL regular season. Bryce Cotton (Perth Wildcats)
Grand Final Most Valuable Player
(Larry Sengstock Medal)
1979 Awarded to the best performing player of the NBL Grand Final. Derrick Walton (Sydney Kings)
Fans MVP 2016 Awarded to the best performing player of the NBL regular season, as voted on by fans. Bryce Cotton (Perth Wildcats)
Best Defensive Player 1980 Awarded to the best defensive player of the NBL regular season. Shea Ili (Melbourne United)
Best Sixth Man 1996 Awarded to the best performing reserve player (or sixth man) of the NBL regular season. Ian Clark (Melbourne United)
Most Improved Player 1988 Awarded to the most improved player of the NBL regular season. Sean Macdonald (Tasmania JackJumpers)
Next Generation 2023 Awarded to the best under-25 prospect of the NBL regular season. Sam Froling (Illawarra Hawks)
Coach of the Year
(Lindsay Gaze Trophy)
1980 Awarded to the best coach of the NBL regular season. Dean Vickerman (Melbourne United)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NBL24 MVP finalists revealed". NBL.com.au. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "RANDLE, LISCH HEADLINE ALL-NBL TEAMS". NBL.com.au. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.