The LBA Awards 2026 presented by Unipol, the Lega Basket Serie A’s awards dedicated to the protagonists of the regular season of the 2025/26 Unipol Serie A, are getting into full swing: from today, Monday, April 27, to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 10, all players, the head coach and an executive of the LBA clubs, a panel of media and community and all fans will be able to express their preferences after an initial selection phase of candidates for the season awards made by the LBATV editorial staff.
Fans can cast their votes on the MyLBA website and app by registering at the following link: https://bit.ly/LBAAwa_2026_sito
The clubs will then retain exclusivity in choosing the winners of theLBA RefereeOf The Year (awarded to the best referee of the 2025/26 regular season), theLBA Executive Of The Year – Geely (given to the best executive) and theLBA SportsManager of the Year (the award for the best sports executive).
The new award to be chosen entirely by the fans is the Most Spectacular Player of the Year – Doctor Glass, given to the most spectacular player on the parquet floors of the 2025/26 regular season.
Finally, the LBA will also define the Dream Team of the Year – UMANA.
At the end of the last day of the regular season, theAntonello Riva Trophy – Climamio will also be defined, which will go to the player who has scored the highest total of points in the 30 days of the regular season.
On Wednesday, May 13, the three finalists for the Dino Meneghin Trophy – MVP Unipol award and the winning teams for the Marketing Project of the Year and Digital Project of the Year awards will be revealed (in random order).
The following day, Thursday, May 14, will be the date when all other awards will be announced.
Below are the five nominees for each award (listed alphabetically by last name):
Therefore, the player will wear the red and white jersey again in the next sports season.
The club expresses satisfaction with the permanence of Ladurner, an athlete who during the past season always showed great professionalism, commitment and team spirit, constantly making himself available to the group and the coaching staff.
DINO MENEGHIN TROPHY MVP - Unipol
MVP of the 2025/26 regular season
- Miro Bilan (Germani Brescia)
- Armoni Brooks (EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
- Amedeo Della Valle (Germani Brescia)
- Jahmi’us Ramsey (Trieste Basketball)
- Christian Vital (Bertram Derthona Tortona)
BEST ITA OF THE YEAR - Fastweb
Best Italian player of the regular season 2025/26
- Mirza Alibegovic (APU Old Wild West Udine)
- Giordano Bortolani (Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù)
- Davide Casarin (Vanoli Basket Cremona)
- Amedeo Della Valle (Germani Brescia)
- Saliou Niang (Virtus Olidata Bologna)
BEST UNDER 22 OF THE YEAR - IBSA
Best player of the 2025/26 regular season born on or after Jan. 1, 2004
- Elisee Assui (Openjobmetis Varese).
- Patrick Hassan (Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
- Saliou Niang (Virtus Olidata Bologna)
- Ousmane Ndiaye (Vanoli Basket Cremona)
- David Torresani (Nutribullet Treviso Basket)
BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Pall-Ex
Best defender of the 2025/26 regular season
- Leandro Bolmaro (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
- Tazè Moore (Openjobmetis Varese)
- Josh Nebo (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan).
- Alessandro Pajola (Virtus Olidata Bologna)
- Brianté Weber (Nutribullet Treviso Basket)
SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR - DOLE
Best player with at least 50% of games started from the bench in the 2025/26 regular season
- Jason Burnell (Germani Brescia)
- Erick Green (Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù)
- Prentiss Hubb (Bertram Derthona Tortona)
- Matt Morgan (Virtus Olidata Bologna)
- JT Thor (UNA Hotels Reggio Emilia)
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Pokerstarsnews
Most improved player since the 2024/25 season
N.B. candidate must be in at least his second consecutive season in the LBA
- Giordano Bortolani (Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù)
- Jason Burnell (Germani Brescia)
- Davide Casarin (Vanoli Basket Cremona)
- Giovanni Veronesi (Vanoli Basket Cremona)
- Kyle Wiltjer (Umana Reyer Venezia)
SANDRO GAMBA TROPHY - COACH OF THE YEAR - ERREÀ
Best coach of the 2025/26 regular season
- Pierluigi Brotto (Vanoli Basket Cremona)
- Matteo Cotelli (Germani Brescia)
- Mario Fioretti (Bertram Derthona Tortona)
- Ioannis Kastritis (Openjobmetis Varese)
- Dimitris Priftis (UNA Hotels Reggio Emilia)
MOST SPECTACULAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Doctor Glass
Most spectacular player of the 2025/26 regular season (voted by fans only)
- Armoni Brooks (EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
- Carsen Edwards (Virtus Olidata Bologna)
- Tazè Moore (Openjobmetis Varese)
- Josh Nebo (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan).
- Jahmi’us Ramsey (Trieste Basketball)
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