New Zealand NBL Final Four MVP Award

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The National Basketball League Final Four MVP (previously known as the Grand Final MVP and Finals MVP) is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 2004 New Zealand NBL season to the best performing player of the post-season. In 2004, Auckland's Aaron Olson was named the league's first Grand Final MVP.[1] Prior to 2004, a Player of the Week award for the Grand Final week was handed out, with Wellington's Ben Knight earning Grand Final Player of the Week honours for his 18 points and 12 rebounds in the Saints' 2003 championship win over the Waikato Titans.[2] In 2007, the playoff format was changed, with a one-game Grand Final now a three-game Finals series. However, in 2007, no Finals MVP was awarded, with 2008 marking the first year a Finals MVP was named. A Finals MVP was named every year between 2008 and 2012, when in 2013, the award was redefined as Final Four MVP. This award is given to the best performing player over the NBL's annual Final Four weekend, a weekend that consists of three games: two semi-finals and one grand final.

Winners

Denotes players that also won the regular season MVP that season.

Year Player Nationality Team
2004 Aaron Olson  New Zealand Auckland Stars
2005 Dillon Boucher  New Zealand Auckland Stars
2006 Paora Winitana  New Zealand Hawke's Bay Hawks
2007 N/A N/A N/A
2008 Puke Lenden  New Zealand Waikato Pistons
2009 Justin Bailey  United States Waikato Pistons
2010 Lindsay Tait  New Zealand Wellington Saints
2011 Lindsay Tait (2)  New Zealand Wellington Saints
2012 Alex Pledger  New Zealand Auckland Pirates
2013 Leon Henry  New Zealand Southland Sharks
2014 Lindsay Tait (3)  New Zealand Wellington Saints
2015 Tai Wesley  Guam Southland Sharks
2016 Tai Wesley (2)  Guam Wellington Saints

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LENDEN SURPRISED AT MVP". SkySport.co.nz. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2015. to join Dillon Boucher, Aaron Olson and Paora Winitana as Finals MVPs.
  2. ↑ "Player Of The Week (Final)". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on July 22, 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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