Giorgi Shermadini receives ACB MVP trophy in the middle of a flight / News - Basketnews.com

The airplane's pilot announced that Giorgi Shermadini won the ACB MVP trophy. It's Shermadini's second such award after first winning it in 2021.

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After announcing the First and Second All-ACB Teams, the Spanish Liga Endesa (ACB) named the MVP of the league.

Giorgio Shermadini

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The final result was determined after combining four equal parts - the vote of players (25%), coaches (25%), media (25%), and fans (25%). After the process, it was determined that Lenovo Tenerife's big man Giorgi Shermadini is the 2022-23 ACB MVP.

He was first in public voting (29% of total votes for 29 points) and first among the members of the media (27.6 points). He was second in player voting and fourth among the league's coaches.

Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz's guard Darius Thompson, who was first in coach voting, came in second in the voting, receiving almost 30% fewer total points than Shermadini.

It was the second MVP award for the Georgian big man after he first received the trophy in 2021. This year, he also became an all-time leader in ACB Player of the Month awards with a total of 12, overtaking Joventut Badalona and later Zalgiris Kaunas legend Tanoka Beard.

Shermadini received the first MVP trophy on Mount Teide, the highest point in Spain. This time, he got the award during the Vueling flight between Malaga and Tenerife at approximately 11,000 meters above the ground. The fact was announced by the airplane's pilot. He received the trophy from his teammate Marcelinho Huertas.

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