The National Basketball League Rookie of the Year is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the

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of the regular season. For a player to be considered for Rookie of the Year, they must be an unrestricted player who has never previously played professionally in the NBL or any other league (excluding in

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). At the season's end, each club nominates one player for the award with the head coach, one assistant coach and the team captain then voting in a 3-2-1 format (3 votes being indicative of the most deserving). Voters are not allowed to vote for players from their own team.

Winners

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:NBL Rookie of the Year Award Rookie of the Year Awards established in 1983 Rookie player awards