2024/25 Regular Season NLB MVP: McKinley Wright
McKinley Wright of Budućnost VOLI has been selected the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season NLB MVP in the voting of the AdmiralBet ABA League coaches, journalists and the basketball fans, and will therefore receive the Dejan Milojević trophy. He won the contest ahead of Kenan Kamenjaš of Budućnost VOLI and Bryce Jones of Igokea m:tel.
It's official – Budućnost VOLI star player McKinley Wright is the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season NLB MVP, as won this title in the voting contest of the head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams, journalists and the ABA League fans.
The player, that has been voted the Most Valuable Player of the Regular Season for the second time in a row, will be the first to receive the Dejan Milojević Trophy, which is traditionally handed over to the Regular Season NLB MVP in every season since the 2023/24 season.
The excellent guard of the Podgorica side has finished the voting with a total of 39.1% combined votes, ahead of Kenan Kamenjaš of Budućnost VOLI, who had 26.8% and Bryce Jones of Igokea m:tel, who finished the voting with 23.9% of combined votes.
Let's mention that McKinley Wright was the best in all three votings, in the votings of head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams, the journalists and fans, which makes his achievement even more impressive.
The 2024/25 season is the second for Wright in the ranks of Budućnost VOLI and a true breakthrough season as well. He led his team to the first place in the Regular Season by averaging 12.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 1 steal and a valuation of 16, which was enough to convince the voters that he is worthy of the Dejan Milojević trophy for the 2024/25 season.
In the traditional AdmiralBet ABA League voting for the Ideal Starting Five of the AdmiralBet ABA League season and the individual honours, the final results of the voting combines the votes of the head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams (85% of the total voting results), the votes of fans (5% of the total voting results) and the votes of basketball journalists from the ABA League j.t.d. countries (10% of the total voting results).
Regular Season MVP awards so far in the regional league:
2014/15 – Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
2015/16 – Miro Bilan (Cedevita)
2016/17 – Nikola Janković (Union Olimpija)
2017/18 – Luka Žorić (Cibona)
2018/19 – Goga Bitadze (Budućnost VOLI)
2020/21 – Filip Petrušev (Mega Soccerbet)
2021/22 – Nikola Kalinić (Crvena zvezda mts)
2022/23 – Luka Božić (Zadar)
2023/24 – Luka Božić (Zadar)
2024/25 – McKinley Wright (Budućnost VOLI)
Relive some of the stellar moments by McKinley Wright from the AdmiralBet ABA League courts from the 2024/25 season:
