Liga Nacional de Básquet Awards
The Liga Nacional de Básquet Awards (English: National Basketball League Awards) are the yearly individual awards that are given by Argentina's top-tier level men's professional club basketball league, the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), or "La Liga".
  LNB awards, statistical leaders, records, and honours |
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MVP
- Player nationality by national team:
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) MVP is an annual award that is given to the Most Valuable Player of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1987 season.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
Players with multiple MVP awards
| Player | Awards Won | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| Héctor Campana |
4 | (1989, 1990, 1991, 1999) |
| Leo Gutiérrez |
4 | (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
| Marcelo Milanesio |
2 | (1992, 1994) |
| Jorge Racca |
2 | (1996, 1997) |
| Walter Herrmann |
2 | (2001, 2014) |
| J. P. Gutiérrez |
2 | (2011, 2012) |
Finals MVP
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- Player nationality by national team:
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Finals MVP is an annual award that is given to the Most Valuable Player of the Argentine Basketball League's Playoff's Finals. The award first began with the 1985 season.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
| Player (in bold) | Indicates a player that also won the LNB MVP award in the same season. |
Players with multiple Finals MVP awards
| Player | Awards Won | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| Leo Gutiérrez |
4 | (2005, 2007, 2010, 2011) |
| Héctor Campana |
3 | (1987, 1991, 1992) |
 Byron Wilson |
3 | (1997, 2001, 2004) |
| Esteban De la Fuente |
2 | (1994, 1995) |
| Walter Herrmann |
2 | (2002, 2016) |
| Facu Campazzo |
2 | (2012, 2014) |
| Gabriel Deck |
2 | (2017, 2018) |
Best Foreign Player
- Player nationality by national team:
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Best Foreign Player is an annual award that is given to the Argentine Basketball League's best player that was not born in Argentina. The award first began in the 1990–91 season.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
| Player (in bold) | Indicates a player that also won the LNB MVP award in the same season. |
Players with multiple Best Foreign Player awards
| Player | Awards Won | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| David Jackson |
3 | (2009, 2010, 2011) |
| Robert Battle |
2 | (2008, 2012) |
 Dar Tucker |
2 | (2017, 2019) |
Most Improved Player
- Player nationality by national team:
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Most Improved Player (MIP) is an annual award that is given to the Most Improved Player of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1995–96 season.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
| Season | MIP | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Marcos Nóbile |
Atenas de Córdoba |
| 1996–97 | Mauricio Beltramella |
Ferro Carril Oeste |
| 1997–98 | Manu Ginóbili |
Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca |
| 1998–99 | Pablo Prigioni |
Obras Sanitarias |
| 1999–00 | Mariano Ceruti |
Libertad |
| 2000–01 | Federico Kammerichs |
Ferro Carril Oeste |
| 2001–02 | Diego Prego |
Libertad (2) |
| 2002–03 | Julio Mázzaro |
Estudiantes de Olavarría |
| 2003–04 | Fernando Funes |
Atenas de Córdoba |
| 2004–05 | Diego García |
Ben Hur |
| 2005–06 | Pedro Calderón |
Quilmes de Mar del Plata |
| 2006–07 | Mariano Byró |
Sionista |
| 2007–08 | Marcos Saglietti |
Libertad |
| 2008–09 | Juan Pablo Cantero |
Sionista |
| 2009–10 | Leonel Schattmann |
Unión de Sunchales |
| 2010–11 | Alexis Elsener |
Obras Sanitarias |
| 2011–12 | Facu Campazzo |
Peñarol de Mar del Plata |
| 2012–13 | Adrián Boccia |
Lanús |
| 2013–14 | Fernando Martina |
Regatas Corrientes |
| 2014–15 | Gabriel Deck |
Quimsa |
| 2015–16 | Lucio Redivo |
Bahía Basket |
| 2016–17 | Eric Flor |
Quilmes |
| 2017–18 | Jonathan Maldonado |
La Unión de Formosa |
| 2018–19 | Agustín Caffaro |
Libertad |
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
Revelation of the Year
- Player nationality by national team:
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Revelation of the Year (ROY) is an annual award that is given to the Rookie of the Year of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1989 season.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
Sixth Man of the Year
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- Player nationality by national team:
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Sixth Man of the Year is an annual award that is given to the best 6th man of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1990–91 season.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
Players with multiple Best Sixth Man awards
| Player | Awards Won | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| Leandro Palladino |
3 | (1998, 1999, 2000) |
| Matías Sandes |
2 | (2004, 2005) |
Ideal Quintet
- Player nationality by national team:
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Ideal Quintet is the Argentine Basketball League's annual award for the five best players of each season. The Ideal Quintet consists of one player per position: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. The award first began with the 2004–05 season.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
| Player (in bold) | Indicates a player that also won the LNB MVP award in the same season. |
Players with multiple Ideal Quintet selections
| Player | Number of Selections | Years Selected |
|---|---|---|
| Leo Gutiérrez |
6 | (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| Paolo Quinteros |
4 | (2005, 2006, 2013, 2014) |
| Marcos Mata |
4 | (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
| Tato Rodríguez |
3 | (2005, 2007, 2010) |
| David Jackson |
3 | (2009, 2010, 2011) |
| Facu Campazzo |
3 | (2012, 2013, 2014) |
| Juan Manuel Locatelli |
2 | (2009, 2010) |
| Román González |
2 | (2009, 2010) |
| Federico Kammerichs |
2 | (2009, 2011) |
| J. P. Gutiérrez |
2 | (2011, 2012) |
| Sam Clancy, Jr. |
2 | (2014, 2015) |
| Walter Herrmann |
2 | (2014, 2016) |
| Walter Baxley |
2 | (2015, 2016) |
| Federico Aguerre |
2 | (2015, 2016) |
| Gabriel Deck |
2 | (2017, 2018) |
| Dar Tucker |
2 | (2017, 2019) |
Coach of the Year
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Coach of the Year (COY) is an annual award that is given to the best head coach of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1989 season.
| Head coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the head coach has been selected. |
| Club (in bold) | Indicates a head coach that also won the league championship in the same season. |
Head coaches with multiple Coach of the Year awards
| Player | Awards Won | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| Julio Lamas |
7 | (1991, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011) |
| Sergio Hernández |
4 | (1993, 2001, 2002, 2010) |
| Mario Guzmán |
2 | (1994, 1995) |
| Nicolás Casalánguida |
2 | (2009, 2014) |
| Silvio Santander |
2 | (2012, 2015) |
| Gonzalo García |
2 | (2004, 2019) |
References
- La prensa eligió a los mejores de La Liga Banco Comafi, laliganacional.com.ar, Official Website of the LNB, 13 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.(in Spanish)
Bibliography
- Liga Nacional de Básquetbol Guía Oficial 2015/2016, p. 184 (awards) and p. 211 (leaders).
External links
- LNB Official website (in Spanish, French, English, and Chinese)
- Pick and Roll (LNB news, info & statistics) (in Spanish)
- Argentinian LNB league at Latinbasket.com
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