BAL Most Valuable Player

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BAL Most Valuable Player Award
Sport Basketball
League Basketball Africa League
Awarded forBest performing player in the season of the Basketball Africa League
History
First award 2021
Most winsThree players (1 each)
Most recent Nuni Omot, Al Ahly (2023)

The Basketball Africa League Hakeem Olajuwon Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) award given to the best player of a given season. The award is named after all-time great Hakeem Olajuwon. The award was first handed out in the inaugural season to Walter Hodge. [1]

Contents

Three players have won the award thus far. Nuni Omot from South Sudan is the only African player to have won the award. [2]

Winners

Nuni Omot with the MVP award in 2023. He is the only African player to have won the award. Nuni Omot MVP (cropped).jpg
Nuni Omot with the MVP award in 2023. He is the only African player to have won the award.
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClubSelected statisticsRef
2021 Walter Hodge Guard Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
  • 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game
  • 19 points and 10 assists in semi-final
  • 12 points and 4 assists in the final
[1] [3]
2022 Michael Dixon Guard Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir
  • 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game
  • Led the league in three-point percentage with 47.4%
  • 21 points and 6 assists in the final
[1] [4]
2023 Nuni Omot Forward Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
  • 18.9 points per game
  • Four 20+ games
  • 22 points in the final
[2] [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hodge, born in Puerto Rico, also owns the Puerto Rican and American nationality but represents the US Virgin Islands in international competition.
  2. ↑ Dixon was born in the United States but became a naturalised Georgian citizen in 2016.
  3. ↑ Omot was born to South Sudanese parents in a refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya. He also owns the American nationality as he moved to the country at age 2. [5] He represents South Sudan in international competition.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zamalek are the champions of the inaugural Basketball Africa League". The BAL. 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "AL AHLY ARE THE 2023 BAL CHAMPIONS". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Walter Wallace Hodge - Statistics". The BAL. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Michael Andre Dixon - Statistics". The BAL. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "New forward for Bundesliga basketball team Gießen 46ers". Archysport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Anunwa Omot - Statistics". The BAL. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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