VTB - League, Nando De Colo - MVP of the season

VTB - League, Nando De Colo - MVP of the season

CSKA guard Nando de Colo has been named the 2014-15 VTB United League regular season MVP. The award ceremony was held today in Moscow prior to Game 1 of the playoff semifinals between CSKA and Nizhny Novgorod. De Colo received the award from VTB United League deputy general director Ilona Korstin.

The prize for the Most Valuable Player is awarded jointly by the VTB United League and Sport-Express newspaper. Several factors go into determining the winner: monthly MVP and All-League selections, input from the league's expert panel and Sport-Express, efficiency rating and online fan vote. The league's expert panel features ten basketball legends from across Eastern Europe: Gundars Vetra (Latvia), Ivan Edeshko (Russia), Jiri Zidek (Czech Republic), Ilona Korstin (Russia), Hanno Mottola (Finland), Martin Muursepp (Estonia), Tomas Pacesas (Lithuania), Sergei Tarakanov (Russia), Valery Tikhonenko (Kazakhstan) and Heino Enden (Estonia).