The Perth Wildcats' Bryce Cotton has won the Andrew Gaze Trophy for the 2017-18 Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the NBL Gala Dinner in Melbourne.
 
Cotton capped off an outstanding season to claim his first NBL MVP with 117 votes ahead of Illawarra's Demetrius Conger (94 votes) and the Sydney Kings' Jerome Randle (79).
 
Cotton, who won last year's NBL Finals MVP, was also named in the NBL First Team. Melbourne United's Dean Vickerman was awarded the Lindsay Gaze Trophy for the Coach of the Year after leading his team to the minor premiership. 
 
NBL Chief Executive Jeremy Loeliger congratulated Cotton. "Bryce has been an outstanding performer since he joined Perth and is a thoroughly deserving winner of this year's MVP," he said.
 
"I want to congratulate all of our award winners who have once again demonstrated that the NBL is a world class league that continues to go from strength to strength.  We recorded our highest ever regular season attendance this year and I'm sure we're going to see more big crowds for what promises to be an exhilarating finals series starting this weekend."
 
The list of award winners:  

• Most Valuable Player – Bryce Cotton (Perth)
• Coach of the Year – Dean Vickerman (Melbourne)
• Rookie of the Year – Isaac Humphries (Sydney)
• Best Sixth Man – Ramone Moore (Adelaide)
• Best Defensive Player – Damian Martin (Perth)
• Most Improved Player – Shea Ili (New Zealand)
• Fans MVP – Mitch Creek (Adelaide)
• Referee of the Year – Michael Aylen
• Most Outstanding Media Coverage - Matt Logue (Daily Telegraph)
   

All-NBL First Team:
·         Casper Ware (Melbourne)
·         Bryce Cotton (Perth)
·         Demetrius Conger (Illawarra)
·         Daniel Johnson (Adelaide)
·         Josh Boone (Melbourne)
 
All-NBL Second Team:
·         Edgar Sosa (New Zealand)
·         Jerome Randle (Sydney)
·         JP Tokoto (Perth)
·         Mitch Creek (Adelaide)
·         Tai Wesley (Melbourne)
 
Top 15 – MVP Voting:
1.       Bryce Cotton – 117
2.       Demetrius Conger – 94
3.       Jerome Randle – 79
4.       Casper Ware – 77
5.       JP Tokoto – 74
6.       Edgar Sosa – 70
7.       Mitch McCarron – 66
8.       Rotnei Clarke – 65
9.       Josh Boone – 65
10.   Perrin Buford – 59
11.   Travis Trice – 58
12.   Perry Ellis – 58
13.   Cam Gliddon - 55 
14.   Mitch Creek – 55
15.   Tai Wesley – 55