Bryce Cotton wins the Andrew Gaze Trophy for the league’s Most Valuable Player over the 2021 season.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Every 2021 NBL Award Winner:<\/p>\n
MVP
\nBryce Cotton (Perth) – 112 votes
\nTyler Harvey (Illawarra) – 74 votes
\nNathan Sobey (Brisbane) – 55 votes<\/p>\n
Coach of the Year
\nTrevor Gleeson (Perth) – 56 votes
\nBrian Goorjian (Illawarra) – 42 votes
\nDean Vickerman (Melbourne) – 35 votes<\/p>\n
All-NBL First Team
\nJohn Mooney (Inside) – 46 votes
\nJock Landale (Inside) – 42 votes
\nBryce Cotton (Outside) – 48 votes
\nNathan Sobey (Outside) – 47 votes
\nTyler Harvey (Outside) – 46 votes<\/p>\n
All-NBL Second Team
\nMitch Creek (Inside) – 20 votes
\nFinn Delany (Inside) – 19 votes
\nChris Goulding (Outside) – 28 votes
\nCasper Ware (Outside) – 16 votes
\nMitch McCarron (Outside) – 16 votes<\/p>\n
Rookie of the Year
\nJosh Giddey (Adelaide) – 64 votes
\nDejan Vasiljevic (Sydney) – 35 votes
\nJustinian Jessup (Illawarra) – 27 votes<\/p>\n
Best Sixth Man
\nJo Lual-Acuil (Melbourne) – 38 votes
\nScotty Hopson (Melbourne) – 33 votes
\nKyle Adnam (South East Melbourne) – 27 votes<\/p>\n
Most Improved Player
\nSam Froling (Illawarra) – 50 votes
\nJordan Hunter (Sydney) – 39 votes
\nFinn Delany (New Zealand) – 27 votes<\/p>\n
Best Defensive Player
\nJustin Simon (Illawarra) – 56 votes
\nTom Abercrombie (New Zealand) – 29 votes
\nMitch Norton (Perth) – 26 votes<\/p>\n
Executive of the Year
\nMark Boyd (Melbourne)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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