ABA League 2021-22 regular season MVP: Nikola Kalinić
The excellent forward of the Belgrade side has finished the voting with a total of 39.7% combined votes, ahead of Jaka Blažič of Cedevita Olimpija, who had 16.6% and Justin Cobbs of Budućnost VOLI, who finished the voting with 10.9% of combined votes.
It’s official – Crvena zvezda mts star player Nikola Kalinić is the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season MVP, as won this title in the voting contest of the head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams, journalists and the ABA League fans.
The excellent forward of the Belgrade side has finished the voting with a total of 39.7% combined votes, ahead of Jaka Blažič of Cedevita Olimpija, who had 16.6% and Justin Cobbs of Budućnost VOLI, who finished the voting with 10.9% of combined votes.
Let’s mention that Nikola Kalinić was the best in votings of head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams, while taking the second places in both votins of the journalists and the fans.
For Nikola Kalinić this has been the first season in the AdmiralBet ABA League following the comeback from abroad and first in the Crvena zvezda mts jersey, and it has for sure been the one in which he shined perfectly, taking his team to the first place in the Regular Season. The 30-year old has been averaging 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1 steal per game, averaging a valuation of 13.
In the traditional ABA League voting for the Ideal Starting Five of the ABA League season and the individual honours, the final results of the voting will combine the votes of the head coaches of ABA League teams (50% of the total voting results), the votes of basketball journalists from the ABA League countries (30% of the total voting results) and the votes of fans (20% of the total voting results).
Regular Season MVP awards so far in the regional league:
2014/15 – Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
2015/16 – Miro Bilan (Cedevita)
2016/17 – Nikola Janković (Union Olimpija)
2017/18 – Luka Žorić (Cibona)
2018/19 – Goga Bitadze (Budućnost VOLI)
2020/21 – Filip Petrušev (Mega Soccerbet)
2021/22 – Nikola Kalinić (Crvena zvezda mts)
Fonte: ABA Liga.