Andrew Bogut to present Jaylen Adams with his MVP Award

Kings great and co-owner Andrew Bogut will lead a special presentation to the club’s latest NBL MVP on Sunday. 

The former NBA and NBL great will have the honour of presenting the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2021/22 Hungry Jack’s NBL Season to Jaylen Adams in the pregame of the semi-final at Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday. 

Adams became the Kings’ fourth NBL MVP joining Chris Williams (2003), Matthew Nielsen (2004) and Andrew Bogut (2019). Notably, two of those MVPs came in championship years.  

Speaking to Kings media after Wednesday’s announcement, Bogut said Adams was a standout winner of this season’s MVP award. 

“Without disrespecting our guys, it showed when he was out of the line-up, we struggled in portions of our game,” Bogut said. 

“A test of an MVP is how the side functions without him and how they do when everything is healthy and when he was healthy we go on one of the biggest winning streaks in recent history. 

“He’s our motor. It starts and finishes with him.” 

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Adams led the league in assists this season and averaged over 20 points a game, but Bogut believes Adams’ influence has been bigger than statistics. 

“Jaylen’s numbers jump off the page but he does a lot of things the numbers don’t show,” Bogut said. 

“Jaylen Adams is pound-for-pound the best two-way player in the NBL. 

“It’s why he was a no-brainer against Bryce (Cotton, Perth Wildcats) for MVP. Bryce is the best scorer but he does not offer as much on the defensive end. 

“Jaylen is a great scorer, shoots at a great clip but also gets his arse down and guards the best players in the other side.  

“It’s no surprise why the guy cramps every game because he has to do everything well at both ends of the floor for us to be successful.” 

Kings fans make sure you are at the game early on Sunday to witness the MVP presentation to Jaylen Adams. 

The doors at Qudos Bank Arena open at 1.30 pm and the game tips off at 2.45 pm. 

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