ACB Best Young Player Award

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The ACB Best Young Player Award, previously known as the ACB Rising Star Award, from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB season.

Currently, to be eligible for the award, players must be 22 years old or younger, and must have played in at least half of the league's games during the season, with an average playing time per game of at least 10 minutes.[1] An All-ACB Best Young Players Team is also chosen.

Rising Star award winners (2004–13)

Sergio Rodríguez was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2005.
Ricky Rubio was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2007.

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Rising Star Award winners.

SeasonPlayerTeam
2004–05Spain Sergio RodríguezAdecco Estudiantes
2005–06Spain Carlos SuárezAdecco Estudiantes
2006–07Spain Ricky RubioDKV Joventut
2007–08Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza TeletovićTAU Cerámica
2008–09Spain Brad OlesonAlta Gestión Fuenlabrada
2009–10Republic of Macedonia Richard HendrixCB Granada
2010–11Mexico Gustavo AyónBaloncesto Fuenlabrada
2011–12United States Micah DownsAssignia Manresa
2012–13Tunisia Salah MejriBlu:sens Monbús

Best Young Player award winners (2013–present)

Luka Dončić was the Liga ACB Best Young Player in 2017 and 2018.

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Best Young Player Award winners.

SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2013–14Spain Guillem VivesFIATC Joventut[2]
2014–15Spain Dani DíezGipuzkoa Basket[3]
2015–16Spain Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes[4]
2016–17Slovenia Luka DončićReal Madrid[5]
2017–18Slovenia Luka Dončić (2)Real Madrid[6]

All-ACB Best Young Players Team

SeasonPlayersTeams
2013–14[7] Spain Guillem VivesFIATC Joventut
Spain Álex AbrinesFC Barcelona
Sweden Markus ErikssonLa Bruixa d'Or
Latvia Kristaps PorziņģisCajasol
Cape Verde Walter TavaresHerbalife Gran Canaria
2014–15[8] Spain Guillem Vives (2)Valencia Basket
Spain Álex Abrines (2)FC Barcelona
Spain Dani DíezGipuzkoa Basket
Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis (2)Baloncesto Sevilla
Spain Willy HernangómezBaloncesto Sevilla
2015–16[9] Sweden Ludde HåkansonBaloncesto Sevilla
Slovenia Luka DončićReal Madrid
Spain Santiago YustaRio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
Spain Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes
Spain Willy Hernangómez (2)Real Madrid
2016–17[10] Slovenia Luka Dončić (2)Real Madrid
Spain Alberto AbaldeDivina Seguros Joventut
Latvia Rolands ŠmitsMontakit Fuenlabrada
Bulgaria Sasha VezenkovFC Barcelona Lassa
Latvia Anžejs PasečņiksHerbalife Gran Canaria
2017–18 Spain Sergi GarcíaTecnyconta Zaragoza/Valencia Basket
Slovenia Luka Dončić (3)Real Madrid
Spain Xabier López-ArosteguiDivina Seguros Joventut
Spain Jonathan BarreiroTecnyconta Zaragoza
Sweden Simon BirganderDivina Seguros Joventut

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ya puedes votar el MVP Orange y el Mejor Joven; ACB.com, 30 April 2014
  2. ↑ "Guillem Vives, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14" [Guillem Vives, Best Young of 2013-14 Endesa League]. acb.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dani Díez, Mejor Jugador Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Juancho Hernangómez, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2017-18" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 23 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14; ACB.com, 20 May 2014
  8. ↑ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15; ACB.com, 19 May 2015
  9. ↑ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16; ACB.com, 16 May 2016
  10. ↑ "Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017.
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