Euroleague MVP

The Euroleague MVP is the award given to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the Euroleague Full Season. The award in its current form, since the 2004-05 season, counts for the Euroleague regular season, the Euroleague Top 16, and the Euroleague playoffs, and is based on a voting process, and it is therefore considered to be a more prestigious award than the previous Euroleague MVP awards (2001-04), that only counted individual stages of the season and that were based on a statistical formula. The current Full Season Euroleague MVP award does not count for the Euroleague Final Four, which has a separate MVP award, called the Euroleague Final Four MVP, which is actually considered to be a more prestigious award, as it is the original MVP award given out by the Euroleague.

Fan voting accounts for 25% of the total, while media voting accounts for the remaining 75%. The Euroleague MVP award, since the 2004-05 season, is basically analogous to the NBA regular season MVP award, except for the importance of the fan voting in the selection and that only players from the top 4 teams in the league are eligible to win the award.

History

The Euroleague MVP in its current form was awarded for the first time during the Euroleague 2004-05 season. It replaced both the original Euroleague Regular Season MVP and Euroleague Top 16 MVP awards. The Euroleague MVP award combined the previous regular season and Top 16 awards together, into a new award that is for the entire Euroleague season, except the Euroleague Final Four, which has its own MVP award.

The original Euroleague MVP awards, the Regular Season MVP award (2001-04) and the Top 16 MVP award (2002-04), were divided up by season stage and were bestowed solely based on a player's average Performance Index Ranking stat, and independently of his team's performance. It was not until the 2004-05 season that an actual season MVP award, based on the full season, and actually based on a set voting criteria, rather than merely a statistical formula, was introduced.

It should be noted that Nate Huffman did not play in the actual Euroleague in the 2000-01 season. He played in the FIBA SuproLeague that season, which was an entirely different and separate competition. However, after that season, the FIBA SuproLeague was dissolved and absorbed into the Euroleague. As part of this arrangement, the Euroleague agreed to recognize the championship and awards of that competition. However, the SuproLeague MVP award, while recognized, is not considered a Euroleague MVP, but rather a SuproLeague MVP. Just as all the stats from the FIBA SuproLeague competition are recognized, but are not considered to be Euroleague stats.

List of Euroleague/SuproLeague MVP award winners

Regular Season MVP award winners (2001-04)

Top 16 MVP award winners (2002-04)

Euroleague MVP award winners (2005-present)

See also

• Euroleague Awards
• 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
• ULEB Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team
• Euroleague Final Four MVP

Notes

• ^a There were two officially recognized Euroleague competitions during the 2000-01 season. The FIBA SuproLeague 2000-01, and the ULEB Euroleague 2000-01. Huffman was the MVP of the FIBA SuproLeague competition that season.
• ^b There were two officially recognized Euroleague competitions during the 2000-01 season. The FIBA SuproLeague 2000-01, and the ULEB Euroleague 2000-01. Tomašević was the MVP of the ULEB Euroleague competition that season.

External links

• Euroleague Official Web Page
• InterBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
• TalkBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
• Euroleague's Youtube Channel
• Euroleague's Youtube Channel (Spanish)