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NBL award nominations 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 2012 iiNet Basketball Australia MVP awards dinner in Melbourne at Crown Casino next Monday night (26 March)Here they are:
Each of the NBL's nine teams were able to nominate a maximum of two players from their own roster for each of those four award categories. In all, six players were nominated by their club for Rookie honours, 13 for Best Sixth Man, 13 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.
Rookie of the YearNZ didn't nominate Jackson for DPOTY?
Everard Bartlett (Adelaide)
Greg Hire (Perth)
Ben Purser (Perth)
Patty Mills (Melbourne)
Anatoly Bose (Sydney)
Chris Cedar (Townsville)
Sixth Man of the Year
Nathan Herbert (Adelaide)
Aaron Grabau (Cairns)
Stephen Hoare (Gold Coast)
Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)
Brad Robbins (Perth)
Daniel Dillon (Melbourne)
Liam Rush (Melbourne)
Alex Pledger (NZ)
CJ Bruton (NZ)
Graeme Dann (Sydney)
Todd Blanchfield (Townsville)
Michael Cedar (Townsville)
Joevan Catron (Wollongong)
Best Defensive Player
Mitch Creek (Adelaide)
Ian Crosswhite (Cairns)
Adam Gibson (Gold Coast)
Damian Martin (Perth)
Cameron Tovey (Perth)
Ronald Dorsey (Melbourne)
Tommy Greer (Melbourne)
Tom Abercrombie (NZ)
Mika Vukona (NZ)
Jerai Grant (Sydney)
Eddie Gill (Townsville)
Peter Crawford (Townsville)
Tyson Demos (Wollongong)
Most Improved Player
Daniel Johnson (Adelaide)
Aaron Grabau (Cairns)
Adam Gibson (Gold Coast)
Jesse Wagstaff (Perth)
Luke Nevill (Perth)
Cameron Tragardh (Melbourne)
Alex Pledger (NZ)
Tom Abercrombie (NZ)
Ben Madgen (Sydney)
Todd Blanchfield (Townsville)
Jacob Holmes (Townsville)
Rhys Martin (Wollongong)