Basketball Bundesliga Best German Young Player

Basketball Bundesliga awards, honours, and stats leaders

Individual awards

* MVP
* Finals MVP
* Top Scorer
* All-Bundesliga Team
* Best Offensive Player

* Best Defender
* Most Effective Player(s)
* Most Improved Player
* Best German Young Player
* Coach of the Year

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The Basketball Bundesliga Best German Young Player (German: Bester Deutscher Nachwuchsspieler) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga award that goes to the league's most valuable player who is under age 22, and has German nationality. The award was handed out for the first time in the 2001–02 season, as the Rookie of the Year award.

## Winners[edit]

Dennis Schröder was the Basketball Bundesliga Best Young German Player in 2013. Paul Zipser was the Basketball Bundesliga Best Young German Player in 2016. Player (X)  | Denotes the number of times the player has won the award

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Season  | Player  | Pos. | Nat. | Team  | Ref

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Rookie of the Year (2001–02 to 2009–10)
2001–02  | Marcus Goree | C |  | Skyliners Frankfurt |
2002–03  | Szymon Szewczyk | PF |  | Braunschweig |
2003–04  | Aleksandar Ćapin | PG |  | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
2004–05  | Koko Archibong | SF |  | Brose Baskets |
2005–06  | Anton Gavel | SG |  | Gießen 46ers |
2006–07  | Nicolai Simon | SG |  | ALBA Berlin |
2007–08  | Philipp Schwethelm | SF |  | Köln 99ers |
2008–09 | Per Günther | PG |  | ratiopharm Ulm |
2009–10 | Tibor Pleiß | C |  | Brose Baskets |
Best German Player Under–24 (2010–11 to 2012–13)
2010–11 | Tibor Pleiß (2)  | C |  | Brose Baskets |
2011–12 | Maik Zirbes | C |  | TBB Trier | [1]
2012–13 | Dennis Schröder | PG |  | New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | [2]
Best German Player Under–23 (2013–14 to 2014–15)
2013–14 | Daniel Theis | C |  | ratiopharm ulm | [3]
2014–15 | Johannes Voigtmann | C |  | Fraport Skyliners | [4]
Best German Player Under–22 (2015–16 to present)
2015–16 | Paul Zipser | SF |  | Bayern Munich | [5]
2016–17 | İsmet Akpınar | PG |  | ALBA Berlin | [6]
2017–18 | Andreas Obst | G |  | Rockets |
2018–19 | Franz Wagner | F |  | Alba Berlin | [7]
2019–20 | No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
2020–21 | Justus Hollatz | PG |  | Hamburg Towers | [9]
2021–22 | Justus Hollatz (2)  | PG |  | Hamburg Towers | [10]
2022–23 | Malte Delow | G/F |  | Alba Berlin | [11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Zirbes als bester Nachwuchsspieler ausgezeichnet". Rp-online.de. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
2. ^ "Dennis Schröder ist der "Beste deutsche Nachwuchsspieler" und zugleich der "MIP"". Schoenen-dunk.de (in German). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
3. ^ "Daniel Theis ist 'Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler'". Courtreview.de. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
4. ^ "Beko BBL - Awards: MVP / Coach". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
5. ^ "Beko BBL - Awards Herbert und Zipser". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016.
6. ^ "easyCredit - Award Nummer drei und Krönung: Raymar Morgan ist neuer MVP". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017.
7. ^ "17-Jähriger gewinnt den Titel: Franz Wagner ist "Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler U22"". easycredit-bbl.de. 8 May 2019.
8. ^ "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
9. ^ "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
10. ^ "Awards für die Saison 2021/22: Doppelte Freude in Bonn und Hamburg". easycredit-bbl.de. 28 April 2022.
11. ^ "easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Erste Sieger kommen aus Rostock, Oldenburg und Berlin". easycredit-bbl.de. 3 May 2023.

## External links[edit]

* German League official website Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

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BBL Best Young German Player

Rookie of the Year|

* 2002: Goree
* 2003: Szewczyk
* 2004: Ćapin
* 2005: Archibong
* 2006: Gavel
* 2007: Simon
* 2008: Schwethelm
* 2009: Günther
* 2010: Pleiß

Best German Young Player|

* 2011: Pleiß
* 2012: Zirbes
* 2013: Schröder
* 2014: Theis
* 2015: Voigtmann
* 2016: Zipser
* 2017: Akpinar
* 2018: Obst
* 2019: Wagner
* ~~2020~~
* 2021 Hollatz
* 2022 Hollatz
* 2023 Delow

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Basketball Bundesliga

Seasons|

* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

Playoffs|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

2023–24 clubs|

* Brose Bamberg
* Alba Berlin
* Telekom Baskets Bonn
* Löwen Braunschweig
* Niners Chemnitz
* Crailsheim Merlins
* BG Göttingen
* Veolia Towers Hamburg
* USC Heidelberg
* Riesen Ludwigsburg
* Mitteldeutscher BC
* Bayern Munich
* Baskets Oldenburg
* Rostock Seawolves
* Tigers Tübingen
* ratiopharm Ulm
* Rasta Vechta
* s.Oliver Würzburg

Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
* Finals MVP
* Coach of the Year
* Most Improved Player
* Best German Young Player
* Best Offensive Player
* Best Defensive Player
* All-BBL Team
* Most Effective Player
* Top Scorer

Other articles|

* Basketball in Germany
* German Cup
* German Supercup
* List of German basketball champions
* BBL All-Star Game
* German League System

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