[South01]

NBL END OF SEASON AWARDS NOMINEES REVEALED

In the wake of last Friday’s thrilling conclusion to the National Basketball League (NBL) season, where the Perth Wildcats took the title over the Wollongong ahm Hawks, the nominees in four of the major award categories for the 2009/10 NBL season have been revealed.

The players nominated for the Most Improved Player, Best Sixth Man, Rookie of the Year and Best Defensive Player awards have been announced. The eventual winners will be named at the 2010 NBL and WNBL Awards Dinner in Melbourne at Crown Casino this Friday night.

Each of the NBL’s eight teams were able to nominate a maximum of two players from their own roster for each of those four award categories. In all, four players were nominated by their club for Rookie honours, 15 for Best Sixth Man, 15 for Best Defensive Player and 12 for Most Improved.

Voting for the award winners was conducted at the conclusion of the regular season, with the Head Coach, one Assistant Coach and one Captain from each team having the chance to cast 3-2-1 votes for their preferred choices. Voters were not allowed to vote for players from their own team in the final balloting process. The player who receives the highest vote total when all ballots are counted will be declared the winner.

Other awards that will be announced this Friday night include the Andrew Gaze Trophy for the NBL’s Most Valuable Player, the All-NBL First, Second and Third Teams, Referee of the Year and the Lindsay Gaze Trophy for Coach of the Year. None of these other awards required clubs to nominate players.

The players nominated by their clubs in the Rookie, Most Improved, Sixth Man and Defensive Player categories are listed below.



Rookie of the Year

Chris Molitor (Adelaide)

Tommy Ammar (Gold Coast)

Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)

Tim Coenraad (Wollongong)



Sixth Man

Jacob Holmes (Adelaide)

Nathan Herbert (Adelaide)

Phill Jones (Cairns)

Rich Melzer (Cairns)

Mika Vukona (Gold Coast)

Erron Maxey (Gold Coast)

Daryl Corletto (Melbourne)

Thomas Abercrombie (New Zealand)

Tony Ronaldson (New Zealand)

Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)

Brad Robbins (Perth)

Stephen Hoare (Townsville)

Brad Williamson (Townsville)

Rhys Martin (Wollongong)

Dave Gruber (Wollongong)







Defensive Player of the Year

Jacob Holmes (Adelaide)

Nathan Herbert (Adelaide)

Aaron Grabau (Cairns)

Ian Crosswhite (Cairns)

Adam Gibson (Gold Coast)

Mika Vukona (Gold Coast)

Tommy Greer (Melbourne)

Thomas Abercrombie (New Zealand)

Dillon Boucher (New Zealand)

Damian Martin (Perth)

Brad Robbins (Perth)

Cameron Tovey (Townsville)

Rolan Roberts (Townsville)

Mat Campbell (Wollongong)

Glen Saville (Wollongong)



Most Improved

Nathan Herbert (Adelaide)

Kerry Williams (Cairns)

Anthony Petrie (Gold Coast)

Chris Goulding (Gold Coast)

Daniel Johnson (Melbourne)

Thomas Abercrombie (New Zealand)

Stephen Weigh (Perth)

Damian Martin (Perth)

Michael Cedar (Townsville)

Cameron Tovey (Townsville)

Larry Davidson (Wollongong)

Rhys Martin (Wollongong)

[South01]

I think Rhys Martin is a shoe in for most improved.

Coenrad or Wagstaff for rookie of year.

[Agent 15]

I think most improved will be Goulding or Johnson, would love to see Goulding get it

Rookie of the year will go to Wagstaff but Coenrad had a great finals series!

[South01]

yeah so many could get the awards it would be a tough decision,Goulding and Johnson standouts as well.

[Agent 15]

Coach of the year goes to Gordie which is well earnt
Defensive player of the year will be interesting, maybe Rolan Roberts? would love Martin to get it though.

[South01]

Agent 15, on 15 March 2010 - 12:48 PM, said:

Coach of the year goes to Gordie which is well earnt
Defensive player of the year will be interesting, maybe Rolan Roberts? would love Martin to get it though.

i was thinking Dlisch or Adam Gibson for defensive player.

[Agent 15]

Yeah Lisch had a good year at the defensive end but is not in the running which sux

[nomisg]

Rookie of the Year

Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)

Sixth Man

Erron Maxey (Gold Coast)

Defensive Player of the Year

Cameron Tovey (Townsville)

Most Improved

Stephen Weigh (Perth)

[JB-]

Here is how i WOULD like to see it awarded


Rookie of the Year

Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)


Sixth Man

Dave Gruber (Wollongong)



Defensive Player of the Year


Adam Gibson (Gold Coast)

Brad Robbins (Perth)


Most Improved


Daniel Johnson (Melbourne) (but goulding will get it )

[South01]

Yeah forgot about the Grubes
he should get 6th man.

[wasportsfan1]

My awards would be as follows -

Rookie of the Year

Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)

Sixth Man

Dave Gruber (Wollongong)

Defensive Player of the Year

Damian Martin (Perth)


Most Improved

Chris Goulding (Gold Coast)

[JB-]

wasportsfan1, on 15 March 2010 - 04:13 PM, said:

My awards would be as follows -

Rookie of the Year

Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)

Sixth Man

Brad Williamson (Townsville) not sure about this but hey no one was a real stand out!

Defensive Player of the Year

Damian Martin (Perth)


Most Improved

Chris Goulding (Gold Coast)

I think Maxey- gruber and phil jones were significantly better then brad williamson

[wasportsfan1]

yeah i have change it to Gruber! Williamson had a few good games though

[lyntdawgy_dawg]

my thought would be
roy = wagstaff
sixth man = maxey or jones, prob would have been abercrombie if he had played all yr

defensive = either rolan roberts or adam gibson

most improved (this 1 was the hardest but i'd say it's between --> goulding, weigh, rhys martin and daniel johnson

[nomisg]

I got at least 50% of them right :-)