Overview
- Obst, announced Thursday as the Basketball Bundesliga's regular-season MVP, received 48.1% of votes ahead of Ibi Watson at 19.2% and Jordan Roland at 13.5%.
- The ballot was limited to team captains and first assistant coaches from all 18 clubs, 140 journalists and five former BBL players.
- The honor ends a 22-year wait for a German MVP, following earlier homegrown winners such as Pascal Roller and Dirk Nowitzki.
- He averaged about 16.5 points and 2.7 made three-pointers per game, lifted Bayern to the top seed, and recently extended his deal in Munich through 2029.
- In separate voting, Bamberg's Anton Gavel was named Coach of the Year with 78.1%, rewarding a playoff run built on one of the league's smallest budgets.