The Greek Basket League MVP is the yearly
MVP
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award
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An awar ...
that is awarded by the
1st-tier professional
basketball
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league in
Greece
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, the
Greek Basket League
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
.
Since the
2014–15 season, the Greek Basket League MVP award is voted on by the fans online, whereas previously it was not. The voting is currently decided by a ratio of 40% by the fans and the media, and 60% by the
head coaches
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and the
captains
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of each of the 14 teams of the Greek Basket League.
Vassilis Spanoulis named Greek League MVP.
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Since the 2010–11 season, the Greek Basket League's PIR leader is considered to be an unofficial statistical MVP award, that is based solely on the Performance Index Rating (PIR)
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statistic. This is not to be confused with the official Greek Basket League MVP award, which is an award that is based on a voting process, and that is awarded at the end of each season's playoffs.
Greek Basket League MVP award winners
Notes:
: There was no awarding in the 2019–20, due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe
The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, COVID-19 pandemic in France, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe ...
.
Multiple Greek Basket League MVP award winners
See also
*Greek Basket League awards
Greek Basket League awards are the yearly individual awards that are given by the Greek basketball league system, 1st-tier professional basketball league in Greece, the Greek Basket League.
Since the Greek Basket League 2014-15, 2014–15 season, ...
*Greek Basket League Finals MVP
The Greek Basket League Finals MVP, or Greek Basket League Playoffs MVP award (Greek: Ελληνικού Α1 Μπάσκετ Πρωταθλήματος Tελικός MVP) is the yearly Finals MVP award for the playoff finals of the 1st-tier profes ...
References
External links
Official Greek Basket League Site
Official Greek Basket League YouTube Channel
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
Basketblog.gr
GreekBasketball.gr
{{Greek Basketball Championship
European basketball awards
Greek Basket League
MVP
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Basketball most valuable player awards
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