LBA Awards 2026 – Vital, Hubb, and Fioretti among the nominees: fan voting from April 27 to May 10
The LBA Awards 2026 presented by Unipol , the Lega Basket Serie A awards dedicated to the protagonists of the 2025/26 Serie A Unipol regular season, are getting closer and closer: from today, Monday 27 April, at 23.59 pm on Sunday 10 May, all the players, the head coach and a manager of the LBA clubs, a panel of media and community members and all the fans will be able to express their preferences after an initial selection phase of the candidates for the seasonal awards carried out by the LBATV editorial team.
Fans will be able to cast their votes on the MyLBA website and app by registering at the following link: https://bit.ly/LBAAwa_2026_sito
The clubs will also retain exclusivity in choosing the winners of the LBA Referee of the Year awards (awarded to the best referee of the 2025/26 regular season), the LBA Executive of the Year – Geely (awarded to the best executive) and the LBA Sports Manager of the Year (the recognition for the best sports executive).
The new award that will be chosen entirely by fans is the Most Spectacular Player of the Year – Doctor Glass , awarded to the most spectacular player on the court during 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, the Antonello Riva Trophy – Climamio will also be defined, which will go to the player who has achieved the highest total points in the 30 days of the regular season.
On Wednesday 13 May, the three finalists for the Dino Meneghin Trophy – MVP Unipol award and the winning teams for Marketing Project of the Year and Digital Project of the Year will be revealed (in random order).
The following day, Thursday, May 14th, will be the date when all the other prizes will be announced.
Below are the five nominees for each award (listed in alphabetical order by last name):
DINO MENEGHIN TROPHY MVP – Unipol
2025/26 Regular Season MVP
– Miro Bilan (Germani Brescia)
– Armoni Brooks (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
– Amedeo Della Valle (Germani Brescia)
– Jahmi'us Ramsey (Pallacanestro Trieste)
– Christian Vital (Bertram Derthona Tortona)
BEST ITA OF THE YEAR – Fastweb
Best Italian player of the 2025/26 regular season
– 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 January 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 compared to the 2024/25 season
NB the 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
The most spectacular player of the 2025/26 regular season (voted only by fans)
– Armoni Brooks (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
– Carsen Edwards (Virtus Olidata Bologna)
– Tazè Moore (Openjobmetis Varese)
– Josh Nebo (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
– Jahmi'us Ramsey (Pallacanestro Trieste)
