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Individual awards

The Basketball Bundesliga Best German Young Player (German: Bester Deutscher Nachwuchsspieler) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga award that goes to the league's most valuable player who is under age 22, and has German nationality. The award was handed out for the first time in the 2001–02 season, as the Rookie of the Year award.

Winners

Dennis Schröder was the Basketball Bundesliga Best Young German Player in 2013.
Paul Zipser was the Basketball Bundesliga Best Young German Player in 2016.
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won the award

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Season Player Pos. Nat. Team Ref
Rookie of the Year (2001–02 to 2009–10)
2001–02 Marcus Goree C United States Skyliners Frankfurt
2002–03 Szymon Szewczyk PF Poland Braunschweig
2003–04 Aleksandar Ćapin PG Slovenia Telekom Baskets Bonn
2004–05 Koko Archibong SF Nigeria Brose Baskets
2005–06 Anton Gavel SG Germany Gießen 46ers
2006–07 Nicolai Simon SG Germany ALBA Berlin
2007–08 Philipp Schwethelm SF Germany Köln 99ers
2008–09 Per Günther PG Germany ratiopharm Ulm
2009–10 Tibor Pleiß C Germany Brose Baskets
Best German Player Under–24 (2010–11 to 2012–13)
2010–11 Tibor Pleiß (2) C Germany Brose Baskets
2011–12 Maik Zirbes C Germany TBB Trier [1]
2012–13 Dennis Schröder PG Germany New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig [2]
Best German Player Under–23 (2013–14 to 2014–15)
2013–14 Daniel Theis C Germany ratiopharm ulm [3]
2014–15 Johannes Voigtmann C Germany Fraport Skyliners [4]
Best German Player Under–22 (2015–16 to present)
2015–16 Paul Zipser SF Germany Bayern Munich [5]
2016–17 İsmet Akpınar PG Germany ALBA Berlin [6]
2017–18 Andreas Obst G Germany Rockets
2018–19 Franz Wagner F Germany Alba Berlin [7]
2019–20 No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
2020–21 Justus Hollatz PG Germany Hamburg Towers [9]
2021–22 Justus Hollatz (2) PG Germany Hamburg Towers [10]
2022–23 Malte Delow G/F Germany Alba Berlin [11]

References

  1. ^ "Zirbes als bester Nachwuchsspieler ausgezeichnet". Rp-online.de. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Dennis Schröder ist der "Beste deutsche Nachwuchsspieler" und zugleich der "MIP"". Schoenen-dunk.de (in German). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Daniel Theis ist 'Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler'". Courtreview.de. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Beko BBL - Awards: MVP / Coach". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Beko BBL - Awards Herbert und Zipser". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016.
  6. ^ "easyCredit - Award Nummer drei und Krönung: Raymar Morgan ist neuer MVP". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017.
  7. ^ "17-Jähriger gewinnt den Titel: Franz Wagner ist "Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler U22"". easycredit-bbl.de. 8 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Awards für die Saison 2021/22: Doppelte Freude in Bonn und Hamburg". easycredit-bbl.de. 28 April 2022.
  11. ^ "easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Erste Sieger kommen aus Rostock, Oldenburg und Berlin". easycredit-bbl.de. 3 May 2023.

External links

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