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The Basketball Champions League MVP, or Basketball Champions League MVP of the Season (also FIBA Champions League MVP), is the annual award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the full season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Basketball Champions League is, along with the EuroCup, one of the two secondary level European-wide professional club basketball leagues in Europe. The award is given by FIBA. The award has existed since the Basketball Champions League's inaugural 2016–17 season.
Voting criteria
The Basketball Champions League MVP is chosen by a vote of the fans online, a vote of media journalists and representatives, and a vote of all of the headcoaches of all of the teams in each season of the league. The fans, the media, and the league's head coaches each get 1/3 of the vote distribution.
Theodore, born in Englewood, New Jersey, is an American citizen. However he received a Macedonian passport in 2017 and represents the North Macedonia national basketball team in international competition.
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