- NBA Development League Most Valuable Player Award
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NBA Development League awards and honors Championship Individual awards • All-Star Game MVP • Most Improved Player • Finals MVP • Most Valuable Player • Coach of the Year • Rookie of the Year • Defensive Player of the Year • Impact Player of the Year • Sportsmanship Award • Executive of the Year Honors • All-NBA Development League Team • All-Rookie Team • All-Defensive Team The National Basketball Association Development League Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual NBA Development League (NBADL) award given since the 2001–02 NBDL season. From 2001–02 through 2004–05, the league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), and since 2005–06 it has been called the NBA Development League in an effort to more closely associate with the National Basketball Association (NBA), the league to which it is a feeder system for player development.[1] The league's head coaches determine the award by voting and it is usually presented to the honoree during the NBADL's playoffs.[2]
Through the 2010–11 season, no player has been named the MVP more than once. Ansu Sesay was the inaugural winner while playing for the Greenville Groove.[3] He averaged 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists that season.[3] No international player has been named MVP of the D-League. By position, the guards have dominated the award with five winners, followed by forwards with four. Only one center has won (Courtney Sims in 2008–09).
Winners
Season Player Position Nationality Team 2001–02 Ansu Sesay Forward United States Greenville Groove 2002–03 Devin Brown Guard United States Fayetteville Patriots 2003–04 Tierre Brown Guard United States Charleston Lowgators 2004–05 Matt Carroll Guard United States Roanoke Dazzle 2005–06 Marcus Fizer Forward United States Austin Toros 2006–07 Randy Livingston Guard United States Idaho Stampede 2007–08 Kasib Powell Forward United States Sioux Falls Skyforce 2008–09 Courtney Sims Center United States Iowa Energy 2009–10 Mike Harris Forward United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2010–11 Curtis Stinson Guard United States Iowa Energy See also
References
- General
- "D-League Most Valuable Player Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbdl/awards/mvp.html. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "NBDL Adopts New Name, Logo, and Ball". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. July 19, 2005. http://www.nba.com/dleague/dleague/rebrandrelease_050719.html. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ Press release (April 19, 2010). "Mike Harris Named NBA D-League MVP". RidiculousUpside.com. http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2010/4/19/1431257/mike-harris-named-nba-d-league-mvp. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ansu Sesay D-League Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbdl/players/s/sesayan01d.html. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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