The Tall Black and Breakers forward Alex Pledger is the National Basketball League's most valuable player.
After leading the Waikato Pistons to a 13 win-3 loss record in the NBL Pledger's also NBL and New Zealand forward of the year as well as being named in the All Star Five.
He averaged 16.8 points, 11.6 rounds and 2.4 blocks per game and just missed out on his second rebounding title to Manawatu's Nick Horvath.
Lindsay Tait, who lead Wellington's Saints to their second NBL title in a row, won the guard awards and was the finals MVP while 17-year-old Steve Adams of the Saints was rookie of the year.
