Lega Basket Serie A awards

Last updated May 16, 2023

The Lega Basket Serie A awards are the yearly individual awards that are given by Italy's top-tier professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

LBA MVP

Player nationalities by national team.

Season	Winner	Club(s)
1993–94	Carlton Myers	Scavolini Pesaro
1994–95	Stefano Rusconi	Benetton Treviso
1995–96	Henry Williams	Benetton Treviso
1996–97	Carlton Myers (2)	Teamsystem Bologna
1997–98	Sasha Danilović	Kinder Bologna
1998–99	Vincenzo Esposito	Andrea Costa Imola
1999–00	Vincenzo Esposito (2)	Andrea Costa Imola
2000–01	Manu Ginóbili	Kinder Bologna
2001–02	Manu Ginóbili (2)	Kinder Bologna
2002–03	Massimo Bulleri	Benetton Treviso
2003–04	Gianluca Basile	Skipper Bologna
2004–05	Massimo Bulleri (2)	Benetton Treviso
2005–06	Lynn Greer	Carpisa Napoli
2006–07	Terrell McIntyre	Montepaschi Siena
2007–08	Danilo Gallinari	Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09	Terrell McIntyre (2)	Montepaschi Siena
2009–10	Romain Sato	Montepaschi Siena
2010–11	Omar Thomas	Air Avellino
2011–12	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena
2012–13 ^[2]	Luigi Datome	Acea Roma
2013–14	Drake Diener	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
2014–15 ^[1]	Tony Mitchell	Dolomiti Energia Trento
2015–16 ^[3]	James Nunnally	Sidigas Avellino
2016–17 ^[4]	Marcus Landry	Germani Brescia
2017–18 ^[5]	Jason Rich	Sidigas Avellino
2018–19 ^[6]	Drew Crawford	Vanoli Cremona

LBA Finals MVP

Player nationalities by national team.

Season	Winner	Club(s)
2003–04	David Andersen	Montepaschi Siena
2004–05	Gianluca Basile	Climamio Bologna
2005–06	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	Benetton Treviso
2006–07	Rimantas Kaukėnas	Montepaschi Siena
2007–08	Terrell McIntyre	Montepaschi Siena
2008–09	Terrell McIntyre (2)	Montepaschi Siena
2009–10	Terrell McIntyre (3)	Montepaschi Siena
2010–11	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena
2011–12	Bo McCalebb (2)	Montepaschi Siena
2012–13	Daniel Hackett	Montepaschi Siena
2013–14	Alessandro Gentile	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
2014–15 ^[7]	Rakim Sanders	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
2015–16 ^[8]	Rakim Sanders (2)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
2016–17 ^[9]	Melvin Ejim	Umana Venezia
2017–18 ^[10]	Andrew Goudelock	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
2018–19 ^[11]	Austin Daye	Umana Reyer Venezia

LBA Best Player Under 22

Player nationalities by national team.

Season	Player	Club(s)
2005–06	Andrea Bargnani	Benetton Treviso
2006–07	Danilo Gallinari	Armani Jeans Milano
2007–08	Danilo Gallinari (2)	Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09	Luigi Datome	Lottomatica Roma
2009–10	Pietro Aradori	Lauretana Biella
2010–11	Alessandro Gentile	Benetton Treviso
2011–12	Achille Polonara	Bancatercas Teramo
2012–13 ^[2]	Achille Polonara (2)	Cimberio Varèse
2013–14	Alessandro Gentile (2)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
2014–15 ^[1]	Simone Fontecchio	Granarolo Bologna
2015–16 ^[3]	Diego Flaccadori	Dolomiti Energia Trento
2016–17 ^[12]	Diego Flaccadori (2)	Dolomiti Energia Trento
2017–18 ^[13]	Diego Flaccadori (3)	Dolomiti Energia Trento
2018–19 ^[14]	Tony Carr	Red October Cantù
2020–21	Alessandro Pajola	Virtus Bologna
2021–22	Matteo Spagnolo	Vanoli Cremona
2022–23	Matteo Spagnolo (2)	Dolomiti Energia Trento

LBA Best Coach

Season	Winner	Club(s)
1993–94	Franco Marcelletti	Glaxo Verona
1994–95	Edoardo Rusconi	Cagiva Varèse
1995–96	Attilio Caja	Nuova Tirrenia Roma
1996–97	Andrea Mazzon	Mash Jeans Verona
1997–98	Ettore Messina	Kinder Bologna
1998–99	Carlo Recalcati	Varèse Roosters
1999–00	Piero Bucchi	Benetton Treviso
2000–01	Ettore Messina (2)	Kinder Bologna
2001–02	Stefano Sacripanti	Oregon Scientific Cantù
2002–03	Lino Lardo	Reggio Calabria
2003–04	Carlo Recalcati (2)	Montepaschi Siena
2004–05	Ettore Messina (3)	Benetton Treviso
2005–06	Cesare Pancotto	Snaidero Udine
2006–07	Simone Pianigiani	Montepaschi Siena
2007–08	Matteo Boniciolli	Air Avellino
2008–09	Andrea Capobianco	Bancatercas Teramo
2009–10	Andrea Trinchieri	NGC Medical Cantù
2010–11	Andrea Trinchieri (2)	Bennet Cantù
2011–12	Romeo Sacchetti	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
2012–13	Francesco Vitucci	Cimberio Varèse
2013–14	Paolo Moretti	Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia
2014–15 ^[1]	Maurizio Buscaglia	Dolomiti Energia Trento
2015–16 ^[3]	Cesare Pancotto (2)	Vanoli Cremona
2016–17 ^[12]	Vincenzo Esposito	The Flexx Pistoia
2017–18 ^[15]	Attilio Caja (2)	Openjobmetis Varese
2018–19 ^[16]	Romeo Sacchetti (2)	Vanoli Cremona
2020–21	Francesco Vitucci (2)	New Basket Brindisi
2021–22	Alessandro Magro	Basket Brescia Leonessa

LBA Best Executive

Season	Winner	Club(s)
2005–06	Maurizio Gherardini	Benetton Treviso
2006–07	Ferdinando Minucci	Montepaschi Siena
2007–08	Ferdinando Minucci (2)	Montepaschi Siena
2008–09	Ferdinando Minucci (3)	Montepaschi Siena
2009–10	Bruno Arrigoni	NGC Medical Cantù
2010–11	Bruno Arrigoni (2)	Bennet Cantù
2011–12	Federico Casarin	Umana Venezia
2012–13	Alessandro Della Salda	Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia
2013–14	Alessandro Giuliani	Enel Brindisi
2014–15 ^[1]	Salvatore Trainotti	Dolomiti Energia Trento
2015–16 ^[3]	Nicola Alberani	Sidigas Avellino
2016–17 ^[12]	Peppe Sindoni	Betaland Capo d'Orlando
2017–18 ^[17]	Federico Casarin	Umana Reyer Venezia
2018–19 ^[18]	Simone Giofré	New Basket Brindisi

Premio Reverberi (Oscar del Basket)

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References

1 2 3 4 5 ""Lega Basket Awards" award-giving and playoff presentation at the Corriere dello Sport.", Lega Basket , 10 May 2015. Retrieved on 22 May 2015.(in Italian)
1 2 "Datome replicates Gallinari's feat". FIBAEurope.com. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
1 2 3 4 The Legabasket awards with Nunnally being the MVP.
↑ "Marcus Landry named Serie A MVP. Vincenzo Esposito is Coach of the Year". Sportando.com. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
↑ "Jason Rich of Scandone Avellino named Serie A MVP of the season". Sportando.com. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Andrew Crawford eletto MVP della stagione" [Andrew Crawford named MVP of the season]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ Rakim Sanders eletto MVP delle Finali Scudetto (in Italian).
↑ "Scudetto e titolo di MVP: il bis di Rakim Sanders che migliora tutte le sue cifre" [Second MVP award won by Rakim Sanders who improved all his statistics]. Lega Basket Serie A (in Italian). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
↑ "Melvin Ejim della Reyer Venezia è l'MVP delle finali scudetto" [Melvin Ejim of Reyer Venezia is the MVP of the finals]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Andrew Goudelock è l'MVP delle LBA Finals 2018" [Andrew Goudelock is 2018 LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Austin Daye eletto MVP delle LBA Finals" [Austin Daye named LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
1 2 3 Marcus Landry named Serie A MVP. Vincenzo Esposito is coach of the year
↑ "Gli LBA Awards della regular season 2017-18: Rich è l'MVP, Caja miglior allenatore, Casarin miglior dirigente e Flaccadori miglior Under 22" [LBA Awards of 2017-18 season: Rich is the MVP, Caja best coach, Casarin best executive and Flaccadori best player under 22]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
↑ "Tony Carr eletto miglior under-22 del campionato" [Tony Carr is the best player under-22 of the championship]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ "Attilio Caja della Openjobmetis Varese è il Coach of the Year" [Attilio Caja of Openjobmetis Varese named Coach of the Year]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Meo Sacchetti è il miglior allenatore della stagione" [Meo Sacchetti named Coach of the Year]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ "Gli LBA Awards della regular season 2017-18: Rich è l'MVP, Caja miglior allenatore, Casarin miglior dirigente e Flaccadori miglior Under 22" [LBA Awards of 2017-18 season: Rich is the MVP, Caja best coach, Casarin best executive and Flaccadori best player under 22]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
↑ "Simone Giofré eletto miglior dirigente della stagione" [Simone Giofré is the best executive of the season]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

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[Awards-1] 1 2 3 4 5 ""Lega Basket Awards" award-giving and playoff presentation at the Corriere dello Sport.", Lega Basket , 10 May 2015. Retrieved on 22 May 2015.(in Italian)

[Awards13-2] 1 2 "Datome replicates Gallinari's feat". FIBAEurope.com. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[eurohoops.net-3] 1 2 3 4 The Legabasket awards with Nunnally being the MVP.

[4] "Marcus Landry named Serie A MVP. Vincenzo Esposito is Coach of the Year". Sportando.com. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[5] "Jason Rich of Scandone Avellino named Serie A MVP of the season". Sportando.com. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "Andrew Crawford eletto MVP della stagione" [Andrew Crawford named MVP of the season]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[7] Rakim Sanders eletto MVP delle Finali Scudetto (in Italian).

[8] "Scudetto e titolo di MVP: il bis di Rakim Sanders che migliora tutte le sue cifre" [Second MVP award won by Rakim Sanders who improved all his statistics]. Lega Basket Serie A (in Italian). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

[9] "Melvin Ejim della Reyer Venezia è l'MVP delle finali scudetto" [Melvin Ejim of Reyer Venezia is the MVP of the finals]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[10] "Andrew Goudelock è l'MVP delle LBA Finals 2018" [Andrew Goudelock is 2018 LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[11] "Austin Daye eletto MVP delle LBA Finals" [Austin Daye named LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[sportando.com-12] 1 2 3 Marcus Landry named Serie A MVP. Vincenzo Esposito is coach of the year

[13] "Gli LBA Awards della regular season 2017-18: Rich è l'MVP, Caja miglior allenatore, Casarin miglior dirigente e Flaccadori miglior Under 22" [LBA Awards of 2017-18 season: Rich is the MVP, Caja best coach, Casarin best executive and Flaccadori best player under 22]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[14] "Tony Carr eletto miglior under-22 del campionato" [Tony Carr is the best player under-22 of the championship]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[15] "Attilio Caja della Openjobmetis Varese è il Coach of the Year" [Attilio Caja of Openjobmetis Varese named Coach of the Year]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[16] "Meo Sacchetti è il miglior allenatore della stagione" [Meo Sacchetti named Coach of the Year]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[17] "Gli LBA Awards della regular season 2017-18: Rich è l'MVP, Caja miglior allenatore, Casarin miglior dirigente e Flaccadori miglior Under 22" [LBA Awards of 2017-18 season: Rich is the MVP, Caja best coach, Casarin best executive and Flaccadori best player under 22]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[18] "Simone Giofré eletto miglior dirigente della stagione" [Simone Giofré is the best executive of the season]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

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2022–23 teams	Banco di Sardegna Sassari Bertram Yachts Derthona Tortona Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Germani Brescia GeVi Napoli Basket Givova Scafati Happy Casa Brindisi Nutribullet Treviso Basket Openjobmetis Varese Pallacanestro Trieste Tezenis Verona Umana Reyer Venezia UnaHotels Reggio Emilia Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Seasons	... 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 ... 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Finals	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP LBA Best Defender Best Player Under 22 Best Coach Best Executive Premio Reverberi
Statistical leaders	Stats leaders Scoring Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks
Other articles	Italian Cup Italian Supercup Italian clubs in international competitions All Star Game Italian Basketball Hall of Fame Lega Basket Italian League System
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