Wisconsin Herd guard Frank Mason III has been named the 2019-20 NBA G League Most Valuable Player. He earned the honor in a vote by the league’s 28 head coaches and general managers.

Mason (5-11, 190, Kansas), who signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks last July, averaged an NBA G League-high 26.4 points, 5.0 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 23 games with the Herd. Wisconsin went 18-5 with Mason in the lineup and finished with the league’s best record (33-10).

Mason shot 50.4 percent from the field, 42.5 percent from three-point range and 81.5 percent from the free throw line, joining the Fort Wayne Mad Ants’ Stephan Hicks as the only players in the NBA G League to record a 50/40/80 shooting season in 2019-20.

Gabe Vincent has been named the 2019-20 NBA G League Most Improved Player. 

Vincent appeared in 31 games (three starts) this season, averaging career-bests in points per game (20.9), rebounds per game (3.1), three-point field goal percentage (40.3), free throw percentage (92.2), and minutes per game (29.3). In total, Vincent’s 4.2 three-pointers made per game ranked first in the G League while his 129 total three-pointers made ranked sixth in the league.

Vincent, a 6-3, 200-pound guard in his second year out of UC Santa Barbara, signed a two-way contract with the Miami Heat on January 8, 2020, marking the first NBA Call-Up of his professional career. While under two-way contract, Vincent appeared in 11 games with the Skyforce, averaging 16.4 points per game and helping Sioux Falls to a 9-2 record during that span.

Vincent has also appeared in six games with the Miami Heat this season, averaging 2.0 points in 6.9 minutes per contest.

The NBA G League announced today that Maine Red Claws Two-Way Player Tremont Waters has been named NBA G League Rookie of the Year for the 2019-20 season.

“We are so happy for Tremont,” said Danny Ainge. “He had a fantastic G League season on both ends of the court, and continued to improve all the facets of his game while leading a winning team. This recognition is well-deserved.”

In 36 games with the Red Claws, Waters averaged 18.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game, leading Maine to a 28-14 record and Atlantic Division title. Waters was also named NBA G League Player of the Month for November 2019 and received Player of the Week honors for the week ending Nov. 24. Waters was also named to the Midseason All-NBA G League team, the league’s equivalent of an All-Star Team.

Waters was the 51st overall selection by the Boston Celtics in the 2019 NBA Draft. To date, Waters has played in 10 games for the Celtics this season, averaging 3.3 points, 0.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 8.9 minutes per game.

Delaware Blue Coats rookie center Christ Koumadje has been named the 2019-20 NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year.

He earned the honor in a vote by the league’s 28 head coaches and general managers. 

Koumadje (7-4, 270, Florida State) led the NBA G League in blocked shots per game (4.0) and total blocks (133) to go with 11.3 points and 10.9 rebounds in 33 games.  He ranked 10^th in the NBA G League in defensive rebounds per game (7.1).  On Feb. 1, Koumadje recorded a triple-double with 18 points, 20 rebounds and an NBA G League season-high 12 blocks in a 111-103 road victory over the Erie BayHawks.

Behind Koumadje, the Blue Coats topped the NBA G League in blocks per game (7.3), finished second in opponents’ field goal percentage (44.0) and ranked ninth in defensive rating (107.4).