For whatever reason this year there has been very few good rookies.
Bowen doesn't count why isn't melo trimble nominated?

How can acouth, nelson and magnay even get nominated if they never play.

The clear winner is frolling who has been very good in the minutes he has played.
A long way back to naar in second spot and after that there is nothing.

Froling then daylight, even though he comes across as a bit of a tosser. :)

Agree with AngusH - Froling, by a country mile! It is not even a contest.

There are really no other contestants that come close.

As for rookies not nominated, Kings have few Deng & Wilson. But if you only played the minutes they have for the season it is a bit hard to be nominated, isn't it?

Jeremy Kendle, a previous SEABL MVP winner got a lot of plaudits in last weekend's game against Sydney Kings and other SEABL guards seem to get reasonable court time (Hooley, Adnam, Grida, Drmic) and none have achieved what Wilson has (MVP & 2 x ROTY) and Deng seems quite good, with the limited time he has played, he's a highlight reel in waiting.

I know there are knockers out there, as there are for all players, but I can't really work out why these two haven't played more.

IMO it looks like they joined the wrong team and I cant help but think they'd be playing useful minutes at a number of other teams and developing.

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It's easy to knock, as you put it but most true watches of the seabl don’t believe Wilson should have been seabl mvp, especially where his team finished. There is also a defensive side to the court. DKG also played seabl last season with Wilson at tigers and is getting very limited time on court. A big step from seabl to nbl.

As stated previously, Froling then daylight.

I also find it strange that all commentators talking up Bowen, other than dunking not much else, yet he’s going to nba.

Ferguson sucked in the NBL and look where he is now.

Bowen averages more than 15 minutes per game at 46% and just under 3 rebounds, this is very respectable, but defence will come is not what the kings need. Imo not as structurally sound as Furgerson, and Furgerson took it easy his year at 36ers.

Bowen has done more for the NBL, in the NBL, than Ferguson did.

IMO Froling should make the NBA, but the NBA are too focussed on athleticism, as opposed to players that can 'play' the game.

Hopefully Creek's recent successes open NBA talent ID scouts that there are many ways to skin a cat. I.e. It's not all about athleticism as there are many jewels in the rough.

All I will say is - one of the best accolades one can receive is from your peers!

SEABL MVP votes are given by referees & coaches.

Coaches and captains then select five players for All-SEABL teams from a list of 30 players who received MVP votes in the season.

As well as winning the MVP, Wilson was named in the SEABL All first team.

IMO I would value the captains and coaches opinions over other so called 'true watchers' & anonymous haters on here.

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Lmao. That's why the nbl changed the mvp voting so you can get a true mvp, not someone who just jacks it up in a poor team

LMAO even more^^^^^^^^^^^

Back on post - Froling for me, hands down.

But I will say to the last post, the SEABL All First Team follows a similar voting regime to the NBL, coaches and captains vote for All Star team selection, whereas the NBL allows 1 Assistant coach from each team to vote as well.

So the previous post to the last post has at least some merit for the SEABL All Star team.

So it would seem reasonable to me to assume the MVP selection was not totally unwarranted.

Of course we can all agree to disagree about these matters forever.