The LBA Awards presented by UnipolSai are increasingly coming to life: from 7 to 12 May fans and enthusiasts will be able to express their preferencesafter registering on the LBA website and app (at this link), to award the Lega Basket Serie A prizes dedicated to the protagonists of the regular season of the UnipolSai Serie A 2023-2024.
On May 14th, the placings from 10th to 4th place for the MVP award will be revealed and the names of the players who will make up the podium, indicated in random order, before the announcement scheduled for May 15th, the date on which the winners of all other prizes.
In the first phase, a specialized panel made up of the media and community and, for the first time, all the players of the 16 clubs in Serie A participated in the voting for the various individual awards. Together with the coaches and head coaches and a manager for each team, there were thus expressed the preferences for two awards that were introduced this season: the LBA Referee Of The Year, awarded to the best referee of the 2023/24 regular season, and the LBA Executive Of The Year for the best official (the latter voted only by managers, coaches, media and community).
Among the novelties of this edition is the Play of the Year – Doctor Glass award, dedicated to the most spectacular play of the 2023 – 24 regular season and the only award that will be voted only by fans and enthusiasts on Friday 10 May on the LBA’s social channels.
Below are the candidates for the individual awards.
DINO MENEGHIN TROPHY – UnipolSai
2023-24 regular season MVP
Marco Belinelli (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
Miro Bilan (Germani Brescia)
Langston Galloway (UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia)
Niccolò Mannion (Openjobmetis Varese)
Nicolò Melli (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
Charlie Edward Moore (Estra Pistoia)
Tornik’e Shengelia (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
Shavon Shields (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
Rayjon Tucker (Umana Reyer Venezia)
Payton Terrell Willis (Estra Pistoia)
BEST ITA OF THE YEAR – Fastweb
Best Italian player of the regular season 2023 – 24
Marco Belinelli (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
Amedeo Della Valle (Germani Brescia)
Davide Denegri (Vanoli Basket Cremona)
Niccolò Mannion (Openjobmetis Varese)
Nicolò Melli (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
BEST UNDER 22 OF THE YEAR – IBSA
Best player of the regular season 2023 – 24 (born January 1, 2002 onwards)
Davide Casarin (Umana Reyer Venice)
Quinn Ellis (Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
Leonardo Faggian (NutriBullet Treviso Basket)
Mouhamed Faye (UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia)
Saliou Niang (Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Pall-Ex
Best defender of the 2023 – 24 regular season
Isaia Cordinier (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
Nicolò Melli (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
Alessandro Pajola (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
John Petrucelli (Germani Brescia)
Briante Weber (UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia)
SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR – realme
Best sixth man of the 2023 – 24 regular season (with at least 50% of games starting from the bench)
Ousmane Diop (Banco di Sardegna Sassari)
Gabriel Lundberg (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
CJ Massinburg (Germani Brescia)
Jamar Smith (UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia)
Kyle Wiltjer (Umana Reyer Venezia)
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Pokerstarsnews
Most improved player from the 2022-23 season
Abass Awudu Abass (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
Andrejs Grazulis (Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
Gabriel Lundberg (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
CJ Massinburg (Germani Brescia)
Leonardo Totè (Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro)
NB the candidate must be at least in his second consecutive season in Serie A
SANDRO GAMBA TROPHY
Best coach of the 2023 – 24 regular season
Luca Banchi (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
Nicola Brienza (Estra Pistoia)
Paolo Galbiati (Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
Alessandro Magro (Germani Brescia)
Dimitris Priftis (UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia)
