Euroleague Season MVP
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The Euroleague MVP is the award given to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the Euroleague
Full Season. The award in its current form, since the 2004-05 season
, counts for the Euroleague regular season, the Euroleague Top 16, and the Euroleague playoffs, and is based on a voting process, and it is therefore considered to be a more prestigious award than the previous Euroleague MVP awards (2001-04), that only counted individual stages of the season and that were based on a statistical formula
. The current Full Season Euroleague MVP award does not count for the Euroleague Final Four
, which has a separate MVP award, called the Euroleague Final Four MVP, which is actually considered to be a more prestigious award, as it is the original MVP award given out by the Euroleague.
Fan voting accounts for 25% of the total, while media voting accounts for the remaining 75%. The Euroleague MVP award, since the 2004-05 season, is basically analogous to the NBA regular season MVP award
, except for the importance of the fan voting in the selection and that only players from the top 4 teams in the league are eligible to win the award.
2004-05 season
. It replaced both the original Euroleague Regular Season MVP and Euroleague Top 16 MVP awards. The Euroleague MVP award combined the previous regular season and Top 16 awards together, into a new award that is for the entire Euroleague season, except the Euroleague Final Four
, which has its own MVP award.
The original Euroleague MVP awards, the Regular Season MVP award (2001-04) and the Top 16 MVP award (2002-04), were divided up by season stage and were bestowed solely based on a player's average Performance Index Ranking
stat, and independently of his team's performance. It was not until the 2004-05 season that an actual season MVP award, based on the full season, and actually based on a set voting criteria, rather than merely a statistical formula, was introduced.
It should be noted that Nate Huffman
did not play in the actual Euroleague
in the 2000-01 season
. He played in the FIBA SuproLeague that season, which was an entirely different and separate competition. However, after that season, the FIBA SuproLeague was dissolved and absorbed into the Euroleague. As part of this arrangement, the Euroleague agreed to recognize the championship and awards of that competition. However, the SuproLeague MVP award, while recognized, is not considered a Euroleague MVP, but rather a SuproLeague MVP. Just as all the stats from the FIBA SuproLeague competition are recognized, but are not considered to be Euroleague stats.
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Full Season. The award in its current form, since the 2004-05 season
Euroleague 2004-05
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...
, counts for the Euroleague regular season, the Euroleague Top 16, and the Euroleague playoffs, and is based on a voting process, and it is therefore considered to be a more prestigious award than the previous Euroleague MVP awards (2001-04), that only counted individual stages of the season and that were based on a statistical formula
Performance Index Ranking
Performance Index Ranking is a basketball statistical formula that is used by the Euroleague and Eurocup, as well as some European national domestic leagues...
. The current Full Season Euroleague MVP award does not count for the Euroleague Final Four
Euroleague Final Four
The Euroleague Final Four is the final four format championship of the Euroleague professional club basketball competition. The Euroleague used the final four format for the first time during the 1987-88 season. It is known as the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four for sponsorship reasons...
, which has a separate MVP award, called the Euroleague Final Four MVP, which is actually considered to be a more prestigious award, as it is the original MVP award given out by the Euroleague.
Fan voting accounts for 25% of the total, while media voting accounts for the remaining 75%. The Euroleague MVP award, since the 2004-05 season, is basically analogous to the NBA regular season MVP award
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1955–56 NBA season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement...
, except for the importance of the fan voting in the selection and that only players from the top 4 teams in the league are eligible to win the award.
History
The Euroleague MVP in its current form was awarded for the first time during the EuroleagueEuroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
2004-05 season
Euroleague 2004-05
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...
. It replaced both the original Euroleague Regular Season MVP and Euroleague Top 16 MVP awards. The Euroleague MVP award combined the previous regular season and Top 16 awards together, into a new award that is for the entire Euroleague season, except the Euroleague Final Four
Euroleague Final Four
The Euroleague Final Four is the final four format championship of the Euroleague professional club basketball competition. The Euroleague used the final four format for the first time during the 1987-88 season. It is known as the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four for sponsorship reasons...
, which has its own MVP award.
The original Euroleague MVP awards, the Regular Season MVP award (2001-04) and the Top 16 MVP award (2002-04), were divided up by season stage and were bestowed solely based on a player's average Performance Index Ranking
Performance Index Ranking
Performance Index Ranking is a basketball statistical formula that is used by the Euroleague and Eurocup, as well as some European national domestic leagues...
stat, and independently of his team's performance. It was not until the 2004-05 season that an actual season MVP award, based on the full season, and actually based on a set voting criteria, rather than merely a statistical formula, was introduced.
It should be noted that Nate Huffman
Nate Huffman
Nathaniel Thomas Huffman is a 7'1" American former professional basketball player, who played most of his career outside of the United States with Maccabi Tel Aviv.-High school and college career:...
did not play in the actual Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
in the 2000-01 season
Euroleague 2000-01
The inaugural Euroleague season 2000-01 under the new ULEB authority started on October 16, 2000 with a regular season game between hosts Real Madrid and Olympiacos at the Raimundo Saporta Pavilion in Madrid, Spain, and ended with the championship finals game on May 10, 2001, at the PalaMalaguti...
. He played in the FIBA SuproLeague that season, which was an entirely different and separate competition. However, after that season, the FIBA SuproLeague was dissolved and absorbed into the Euroleague. As part of this arrangement, the Euroleague agreed to recognize the championship and awards of that competition. However, the SuproLeague MVP award, while recognized, is not considered a Euroleague MVP, but rather a SuproLeague MVP. Just as all the stats from the FIBA SuproLeague competition are recognized, but are not considered to be Euroleague stats.
List of Euroleague/SuproLeague MVP award winners
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| * | Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide... . |
| * | Elected to both the FIBA Hall of Fame FIBA Hall of Fame FIBA Hall of Fame honors basketball players, coaches and administrators who have contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA in 1991. It includes the "Samaranch Library", the biggest basketball library in the world that, as of 2007, has over 10,000 basketball... and Basketball Hall of Fame Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide... . |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP. |
Regular Season MVP award winners (2001-04)
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| FIBA SuproLeague 2000-01 Suproleague FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000-01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup , though in this season of 2000-01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and the ULEB's... } |
Nate Huffman Nathaniel Thomas Huffman is a 7'1" American former professional basketball player, who played most of his career outside of the United States with Maccabi Tel Aviv.-High school and college career:... |
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| ULEB Euroleague 2000-01 Euroleague 2000-01 The inaugural Euroleague season 2000-01 under the new ULEB authority started on October 16, 2000 with a regular season game between hosts Real Madrid and Olympiacos at the Raimundo Saporta Pavilion in Madrid, Spain, and ended with the championship finals game on May 10, 2001, at the PalaMalaguti... } |
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Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well... |
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Top 16 MVP award winners (2002-04)
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Euroleague 2002-03 The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2002–2003 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries... |
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Euroleague 2003-04 The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2003–2004 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries... |
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Euroleague MVP award winners (2005-present)
| Season | MVP | Position | Nationality | Team |
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Euroleague 2004-05 The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries... |
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See also
- Euroleague AwardsEuroleague AwardsEuroleague Awards since the 1987-88 season, when the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four era began, and since the 2000-01 basketball season, when ULEB and FIBA Europe first split up the competition.-Euroleague Final Four MVP:...
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors50 Greatest Euroleague ContributorsThe 50 Greatest Contributors in Euroleague History were chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the FIBA European Champions Cup, officially recognized as the predecessor to today's Euroleague.The list was made up of the...
- ULEB Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team
- Euroleague Final Four MVP