Isaac
Years ago

Tragardh and Lemanis win December awards

Melbourne Tigers big man Cameron Tragardh has been named the National Basketball League's Player of the Month for December, while Andrej Lemanis of the New Zealand Breakers has been voted as the iiNet NBL Championship’s Coach of the Month.

Tragardh was a clear winner of the Player of the Month honour, tallying 45 votes to finish well ahead of Adam Gibson of the Gold Coast Blaze in second place on 21. Jamar Wilson of Cairns and Daniel Johnson of Adelaide tied for third place with 17 votes apiece.

Tragardh was superb throughout December, averaging 20.4 points per game as well as 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists. He made 47 of his 84 field goal attempts for the month at an average field goal percentage of 56%.

The man known as 'Trigger’ helped the Tigers win three of their five games for the month, including recording victories over Townsville, Cairns and Gold Coast. In Round 13 he was named Player of the Week after scoring 25 points and adding six rebounds and one block as the Tigers roared back from a slow first half to defeat the Blaze at ‘The Furnace’ on New Year’s Eve, 79-72.

Andrej Lemanis has now picked up his second Monthly award of the 2011/12 iiNet NBL Championship season. Lemanis also won the Coach of the Month honour in October.

In December the Breakers’ mentor steered the reigning champions to a league-best 4-2 record which included wins over Melbourne, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Cairns.

Lemanis was a clear winner of the Coach of the Month voting for December, polling 48 votes. That put him well ahead of Townsville’s Paul Woolpert in second place on 23 votes and Melbourne’s Trevor Gleeson in third (19).
Here are the vote counts:
Player of the Month - December 2011
Cameron Tragardh (Melbourne) 45
Adam Gibson (Gold Coast) 21
Jamar Wilson (Cairns) 17
Daniel Johnson (Adelaide) 17
Thomas Abercrombie (New Zealand) 6
Diamon Simpson (Adelaide) 3
Darryl Corletto (New Zealand) 2
Kevin Lisch (Perth) 2
Julian Khazzouh (Sydney) 2
Cedric Jackson (New Zealand) 2
Eddie Gill (Townsville) 2
Damian Martin (Perth) 1


Coach of the Month - December 2011
Andrej Lemanis (New Zealand) 48
Paul Woolpert (Townsville) 23
Trevor Gleeson (Melbourne) 19
Aaron Fearne (Cairns) 15
Marty Clarke (Adelaide) 8
Rob Beveridge (Perth) 7

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Bo Hamburger  
Years ago

They got those awards out quickly, didn't they. (inside jokes are the best Jerry - the best!)

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Big Ads  
Years ago

Joey Wright, Ian Robilliard and Gordie McLeod must have loved reading this release.

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