PBA Leo Awards explained

PBA Leo Awards
Year:2003
Awarded For:awarded to players during the league's annual awards
Presenter:PBA
Website:PBA.ph

The PBA Leo Awards, formerly known as the PBA MVP Awards Night (1975–1992) and PBA Annual Awards (1993–2002) is an annual awards ceremony of the Philippine Basketball Association to honor the achievements of its players for the season. The winners are awarded with The Leo, named in honor of the league's first commissioner, Leo Prieto.[1]

Since the 2017–18 season, the Leo awards is held before the opening ceremonies of the new season. Before the 2017-18 season, the ceremony is usually held before the start of Game 4 of the best-of-seven finals series of the third conference of the season. If the finals series is a best-of-five affair, it is held before Game 3 of the series.

The Leo

The Leo is a statuette given by the Philippine Basketball Association to its seasonal awardees.

Introduced in 2003, it became the standard trophy of all awards given by the league for its season awards such as the Most Valuable Player, Mythical Team and others.

The statuette features a three-dimensional representation of the player depicted in the league's official logo. It was named in honor of Leopoldo "Leo" Prieto, the PBA's first commissioner.

Venues

Season Date VenueRef.
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 December 13, 1997
1997 December 9, 1997
1998 November 29, 1998
1999 December 5, 1999
2000 December 17, 2000
2001 December 12, 2001
2002 December 22, 2002
2003 December 15, 2003 Music Museum, Greenhills, San Juan
July 8, 2005
July 12, 2006
July 13, 2007
August 13, 2008
July 8, 2009
August 11, 2010
August 14, 2011
July 29, 2012
October 18, 2013
July 15, 2014
July 17, 2015
October 15, 2016
October 20, 2017
January 13, 2019 [2]
March 8, 2020 [3]
January 19, 2021
June 5, 2022 Smart Araneta Coliseum
November 5, 2023 Smart Araneta Coliseum
August 18, 2024 Smart Araneta Coliseum

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://ph.sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--arwind-santos-finally-named-pba-mvp-115652186.html Arwind Santos: from pedicab driver to PBA MVP
  2. https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/in-break-from-tradition-pba-leo-awards-to-kick-off-season-on-january-13-a795-20181226?ref=home_hybrid_1 In break from tradition, PBA Leo Awards to kick off season on January 13
  3. https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/pba-holds-annual-leo-awards-again-on-season-opening-night-a793-20200113 PBA yearend awards to be handed out again on season opening night