Wisconsin Herd guard Frank Mason III has been named the 2019-20 NBA G League Most Valuable Player, the NBA G League announced today. He earned the honor in a vote by the league\u2019s 28 head coaches and general managers.<\/p>\n
Mason (5-11, 190, Kansas), who signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks last July, averaged an NBA G League-high 26.4 points, 5.0 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 23 games with the Herd. Wisconsin went 18-5 with Mason in the lineup and finished with the league\u2019s best record (33-10).<\/p>\n
Mason shot 50.4 percent from the field, 42.5 percent from three-point range and 81.5 percent from the free throw line, joining the Fort Wayne Mad Ants\u2019 Stephan Hicks as the only players in the NBA G League to record a 50\/40\/80 shooting season in 2019-20.<\/p>\n
A 2019-20 Midseason All-NBA G League Team selection, Mason registered seven games with at least 30 points. He scored a season-high 44 points against the Grand Rapids Drive on Feb. 19 and followed that performance by finishing with 36 points (on 14-of-17 shooting from the field) against the Drive on Feb. 23. In his second-to-last NBA G League game of the season, he made 16-of-18 shots from the field and had 35 points against the Delaware Blue Coats on Feb. 27.<\/p>\n
This season marked Mason\u2019s first action in the NBA G League after spending two seasons with the Sacramento Kings, who selected him with the 34th pick in NBA Draft 2017 presented by State Farm. He was the 2016-17 consensus National Player of the Year as a senior at Kansas.<\/p>\n
In his NBA career, Mason has averaged 6.5 points and 2.5 assists in 96 games with the Kings and Bucks. He has appeared in six games for Milwaukee this season.<\/p>\n
Herd guard Jaylen Adams and Maine Red Claws guard Tremont Waters finished second and third, respectively, in voting for the 2019-20 NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award.<\/p>\n
The NBA G League canceled the remainder of its 2019-20 season on June 4. The regular season was suspended on March 12 and had been scheduled to conclude on March 28.<\/p>\n
NBA G League Most Valuable Players<\/p>\n
2019-20: Frank Mason III (Wisconsin Herd)<\/p>\n
2018-19: Chris Boucher (Raptors 905)<\/p>\n
2017-18: Lorenzo Brown (Raptors 905)<\/p>\n
2016-17: Vander Blue (Los Angeles D-Fenders)<\/p>\n
2015-16: Jarnell Stokes (Sioux Falls Skyforce)<\/p>\n
2014-15: Tim Frazier (Maine Red Claws)<\/p>\n
2013-14: Ron Howard (Fort Wayne Mad Ants)<\/p>\n
Othyus Jeffers (Iowa Energy)<\/p>\n
2012-13: Andrew Goudelock (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)<\/p>\n
2011-12: Justin Dentmon (Austin Toros)<\/p>\n
2010-11: Curtis Stinson (Iowa Energy)<\/p>\n
2009-10: Mike Harris (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)<\/p>\n
2008-09: Courtney Sims (Iowa Energy)<\/p>\n
2007-08: Kasib Powell (Sioux Falls Skyforce)<\/p>\n
2006-07: Randy Livingston (Idaho Stampede)<\/p>\n
2005-06: Marcus Fizer (Austin Toros)<\/p>\n
2004-05: Matt Carroll (Roanoke Dazzle)<\/p>\n
2003-04: Tierre Brown (Charleston Lowgators)<\/p>\n
2002-03: Devin Brown (Fayetteville Patriots)<\/p>\n
2001-02: Ansu Sesay (Greenville Groove)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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