{"id":9897,"date":"2019-10-30T17:50:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T07:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.draftcentral.com.au\/?p=9897"},"modified":"2020-04-22T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:14:05","slug":"cotton-takes-control-in-dc-medal-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/cotton-takes-control-in-dc-medal-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton takes control in DC Medal voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PERTH Wildcats star <strong>Bryce Cotton<\/strong> was considered unlucky not to win last season&#8217;s Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. To-date, Cotton has picked up where he left off in 2018\/19 and produced an impressive start to the season to lead our Draft Central (DC) Medal count following four rounds.<\/p>\n<p>A couple more impressive performances for the Wildcats saw Cotton move to 12 votes for the season on a 3-2-1 voting system from each game, two votes clear of Melbourne United center, <strong>Shawn Long<\/strong>. Last year&#8217;s actual MVP, <strong>Andrew Bogut<\/strong> was next with nine votes, equal-third with South East Melbourne Phoenix&#8217;s <strong>Mitch Creek<\/strong>. Rounding out the top six, Creek&#8217;s teammate <strong>John Robertson<\/strong>, Illawarra pocket rocket, <strong>LaMelo Ball<\/strong> and Cairns&#8217; <strong>Scott Machado<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to Round 5, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane all have double-up games, which gives players a chance to catch up to Cotton and the other leaders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DC Medal Leaderboard after Round 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12 \u2013 Bryce Cotton (PW)<br \/>\n11 \u2013<br \/>\n10 \u2013 Shawn Long (MU)<br \/>\n9 \u2013 Andrew Bogut (SK), Mitch Creek (SEP)<br \/>\n8 \u2013 John Robertson (SEM), LaMelo Ball (IH), Scott Machado (CT)<br \/>\n7 \u2013 Jae\u2019sean Tate (SK), Nick Kay (PW), Cameron Oliver (CT)<br \/>\n6 \u2013 Lamar Patterson (BB), Daniel Johnson (AD)<br \/>\n5 \u2013 Aaron Brooks (IL), Scotty Hopson (NZ), Eric Griffin (AD), Melo Trimble (MU), Casper Ware (SK)<br \/>\n4 \u2013<br \/>\n3 \u2013 Nathan Sobey (BB), Brad Newley (SK), AJ Ogilvy (IL), Sek Henry (NZ)<br \/>\n2 \u2013 Matt Hodgson (BB), Dario Hunt (PW), Terrico White (PW)<br \/>\n1 \u2013 DJ. Newbill (IL), Majok Deng (CT), Dane Pineau (SEM), Brandon Ashley (NZ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERTH Wildcats star Bryce Cotton was considered unlucky not to win last season&#8217;s Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. To-date, Cotton has picked up where he left off in 2018\/19 and produced an impressive start to the season to lead our Draft Central (DC) Medal count following four rounds. 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