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BENDIGO baller Sami Whitcomb tonight should finally win the WNBL's Most Valuable Player award, a fitting personal accolade ahead of a likely championship and wonderful experiences since naturalising, including an Olympic Games, two FIBA World Cups and even captaincy of her adopted nation at the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup.

The 178cm California-born guard led the league in scoring and was third in assists. The others in the running for MVP include Laeticia Amihere and Ally Wilson at Perth, Naz Hillmon from Southside and Townsville's Courtney Woods.

Realistically, Woods is Whitcomb's only MVP threat, Lynx teammates Amihere and Wilson likely to take votes off each other and Hillmon, though terrific, played on the team which finished last. Cannot recall the last (or first?) time a player on the last-placed team was voted the league's MVP.

The coaches of the top three teams are up for Coach of the Year and Bendigo's Kennedy Kereama comfortably should walk away with that.

If Sydney's Shaneice Swain is not the Betty Watson Breakout Player of the Year, there should be a Royal Commission.

You can raffle the Best Defensive Player award because when four of the five nominees are centres - that is, the last line of defence, blocking a few shots when teammates have been beaten - it's really a stretch. Spirit import Veronica Burton is the only non-five in the mix. (Must admit I feel for Robyn Maher (who the award is named after) and Emily McInerny.

Best Sixth Woman?

That's easy. Cast your minds back 24 hours and one of the hottest matches of the regular season, closing the regular season.

Perth needs to beat Townsville IN Townsville to earn homecourt advantage in its best-of-three series ... against Townsville.

Two of the Best Sixth Woman candidates are in that game - Townsville's Alex Fowler and Perth's Steph Gorman.

Bendigo's Abbey Wehrung has enjoyed a fine season and so too has Geelong's Gemma Potter. But the one player left in the category?

That would be the WNBL's 2016 Rookie of the Year, Alex Ciabattoni. That's her, hitting the winning 3-point shot as overtime is almost up, sweeping Perth from 84-86 down to an 87-86 victory and homecourt advantage throughout the semis.

Best Sixth Woman? Next question?