Perth’s Bryce Cotton wins third NBL MVP award

Bryce Cotton wins the Andrew Gaze Trophy for the league’s Most Valuable Player over the 2021 season.

The award makes it back-to-back wins for Cotton, who tallied 112 votes, and his third in four years as the American guard continues to solidify his place as one of the best players in NBL history.

Every 2021 NBL Award Winner:

MVP
Bryce Cotton (Perth) – 112 votes
Tyler Harvey (Illawarra) – 74 votes
Nathan Sobey (Brisbane) – 55 votes

Coach of the Year
Trevor Gleeson (Perth) – 56 votes
Brian Goorjian (Illawarra) – 42 votes
Dean Vickerman (Melbourne) – 35 votes

All-NBL First Team
John Mooney (Inside) – 46 votes
Jock Landale (Inside) – 42 votes
Bryce Cotton (Outside) – 48 votes
Nathan Sobey (Outside) – 47 votes
Tyler Harvey (Outside) – 46 votes

All-NBL Second Team
Mitch Creek (Inside) – 20 votes
Finn Delany (Inside) – 19 votes
Chris Goulding (Outside) – 28 votes
Casper Ware (Outside) – 16 votes
Mitch McCarron (Outside) – 16 votes

Rookie of the Year
Josh Giddey (Adelaide) – 64 votes
Dejan Vasiljevic (Sydney) – 35 votes
Justinian Jessup (Illawarra) – 27 votes

Best Sixth Man
Jo Lual-Acuil (Melbourne) – 38 votes
Scotty Hopson (Melbourne) – 33 votes
Kyle Adnam (South East Melbourne) – 27 votes

Most Improved Player
Sam Froling (Illawarra) – 50 votes
Jordan Hunter (Sydney) – 39 votes
Finn Delany (New Zealand) – 27 votes

Best Defensive Player
Justin Simon (Illawarra) – 56 votes
Tom Abercrombie (New Zealand) – 29 votes
Mitch Norton (Perth) – 26 votes

Executive of the Year
Mark Boyd (Melbourne)