By Cesare Milanti / info@eurohoops.net
With the LNB Playoffs approaching, the French competition announced awards for the 2023-24 season.
TJ Shorts and Tuomas Iisalo, who dominated the BKT EuroCup as well, while also last year’s Basketball Champions League and Bundesliga with Telekom Baskets Bonn, were voted as MVP and Coach of the Year of the first division in France as well.
Other awards included Bourg-en-Bresse’s Zaccharie Risacher, who’s projected to be heading to the NBA in this year’s Draft, as Best Young Player of the Year, and Monaco’s John Brown III, voted as Defensive Player of the Year after missing on the same award in the EuroLeague, won by Thomas Walkup.
Full 2023-24 LNB Awards:
- MVP: TJ Shorts, Paris Basketball
- Coach of the Year: Tuomas Iisalo, Paris Basketball
- Best Young Player of the Year: Zaccharie Risacher, JL Bourg-en-Bresse
- Defensive Player of the Year: John Brown III
- All-LNB First Team: TJ Shorts, Mike James, Nadir Hifi, Isiaha Mike, Bastien Vautier
- All-LNB Second Team: DJ Cooper, Justin Bibbins, Elie Okobo, Shevon Thompson, Youssoupha Fall
PHOTO CREDIT: BKT EuroCup
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