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Lega: Della Valle, Petrucelli and Long in contention for the prizes

It has been a great season so far as a team, but also in terms of individual performances. So it is obvious that German players appear on the list of candidates for the LBA awards. There are three: Amedeo Della Valle, Nazareth Mitrou-Long and John Petrucelli. The first two are candidates in two categories: Alba’s guard as Mvp (and it’s hard to think he can’t win) and best Italian player. The Canadian winger can win the titles of best rookie of the year and “breakthrough player”. Petrucelli, of course, is playing his chances as defender of the year.

The application

To contend with Della Valle for the title of best player of the regular season they are Kyle Weems of Virtus Bologna, Andrea Cinciarini of Reggio Emilia, Marcus Keene of Varese (opposing PalaLeonessa the day after tomorrow, Sunday) and Nicolò Melli of Olimpia Milano. Among the candidates a best tricolor athlete in addition to the usual Cinciarini and Melli, there are also Diego Flaccadori from Trento and Stefano Tonut from Reyer Venezia. The palm of the «best defensive player»Is contested by Alessandro Pajola of Virtus Bologna, Melli, Kyle Weems of Virtus and Kyle Hines of Olimpia.

In the category of best player of the regular season in his first year in Italy, in addition to Mitrou-Long, there are Jp Macura from Tortona, Tyrique Jones from Pesaro, Isaia Cordinier from Virtus Bologna and Devon Hall in Milan. Such as revelation player (that is, the best athlete of the regular season to have played a year above expectations) the nominations – beyond Mitrou-Long – are for Mouhammadou Jaiteh of Virtus Bologna, Macura of Tortona, Osvaldas Olisevicius of Reggio Emilia and Matteo Spanish of Cremona.

Players are eligible for voting until May 8th (instructions on the site www.legabasket.it). In the engine. If these singles have earned the nominations it is also thanks to the organization of Pallacanestro Brescia (the staff, the structure). In the work team there is also Isaac Jenkins, last night a guest at Teletuttoin the program Basket Timeduring which he explained how the daily work, focused on details, has made it possible to always keep the tension high, in these long months.

Play off

Yesterday, in the meantime, Olimpia Milano, defeated by Efes, left the Euroleague. The Serie A playoffs (whose time schedule was also linked to the European fate of Armani) should therefore begin on May 15-16.