ABA Most Valuable Player Award

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The ABA Most Valuable Player Award was the annual honor given to the top-performing player in the American Basketball Association during its regular season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball award
most valuable player award
awardedBy American Basketball Association
competitionScope regular season
country United States of America
surface form: United States
discontinued 1976
firstSeasonAwarded 1967–68 ABA season
followedBy NBA Most Valuable Player Award
follows none
frequency annual
hasAbbreviation ABA Most Valuable Player Award self-linksurface differs
surface form: ABA MVP Award
inception 1968
languageOfName English
lastSeasonAwarded 1975–76 ABA season
league American Basketball Association
leagueMergedInto National Basketball Association
notableMultipleTimeWinner Artis Gilmore
Julius Erving
Mel Daniels
notableWinner Connie Hawkins
George McGinnis
Mack Calvin
Spencer Haywood
numberOfTimesAwarded 9
partOf American Basketball Association awards
surface form: American Basketball Association regular season honors
presentedFor most valuable player of the ABA regular season
reasonForDiscontinuation merger of the ABA with the NBA
selectionCriteria individual performance
value to team
selectionMethod voting
sport basketball
temporalCoverageEnd 1975–76 ABA season
temporalCoverageStart 1967–68 ABA season

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Mel Daniels awardReceived ABA Most Valuable Player Award
Billy Cunningham ABAHonors ABA Most Valuable Player Award
Warren Jabali awardReceived ABA Most Valuable Player Award
this entity surface form: ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award
ABA Most Valuable Player Award hasAbbreviation ABA Most Valuable Player Award self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ABA MVP Award