New Zealand NBL Kiwi MVP Award

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The National Basketball League Kiwi MVP was an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given to the best performing New Zealand player(s) of the regular season. With no MVP award given for the league's first two seasons, in 1984, the league named its first MVP in New Zealander John "Dutchie" Rademakers. The award then went on a six-year hiatus before being brought back in 1991. However, the league did not recognise imports, with only New Zealanders being able to win MVP honours. That was until 2003 when a league-wide MVP award was introduced alongside the Kiwi MVP to allow imports the opportunity to win.[1] In 2019, the Kiwi MVP was not awarded for the first time since 1990.[2]

Winners

Denotes players that also won the overall MVP that season.
Denotes the year a separate New Zealand player won the overall MVP.
Year Player Team
1984 John Rademakers Canterbury Rams
1985 N/A N/A
1986 N/A N/A
1987 N/A N/A
1988 N/A N/A
1989 N/A N/A
1990 N/A N/A
1991 Byron Vaetoe New Plymouth Bulls
1992 Neil Stephens Wellington Saints
1993 Pero Cameron Waikato Warriors
1994 Pero Cameron (2) Auckland Stars
1995 Pero Cameron (3) Auckland Stars
1996 Phill Jones Nelson Giants
1997 Pero Cameron (4) Auckland Rebels
1998 Phill Jones (2) Nelson Giants
1999 Pero Cameron (5) Auckland Rebels
2000 Tony Rampton Nelson Giants
2001 Phill Jones (3) Nelson Giants
2002 Terrence Lewis Canterbury Rams
2003 Dillon Boucher Waikato Titans
2004 Adrian Majstrovich Hawke's Bay Hawks
2005 Lindsay Tait Auckland Stars
2006 Casey Frank Auckland Stars
2007 Link Abrams Taranaki Mountainairs
Paora Winitana Hawke's Bay Hawks
2008 Casey Frank (2) Auckland Stars
2009 Phill Jones (4) Nelson Giants
2010 Thomas Abercrombie Waikato Pistons
2011 Alex Pledger Waikato Pistons
2012 Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets
2013 Lindsay Tait (2) Wellington Saints
2014 Corey Webster Wellington Saints
2015 Lindsay Tait (3) Wellington Saints
2016 Marcel Jones Canterbury Rams
2017 Corey Webster (2) Wellington Saints
2018 Shea Ili Wellington Saints

See also

  • List of National Basketball League (New Zealand) awards

References

  1. ^ "2015 Bartercard NBL Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 28–34. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ "SEASON'S BEST CELEBRATED AT ANNUAL AWARDS". nznbl.basketball. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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New Zealand NBL Kiwi MVP Award