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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
THE Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ) will in a fortnight honour players that excelled in the past decade.
BUZ will reward the team of the decade, player of the decade and people’s choice player of the decade.
To be eligible, a player should be a Zimbabwean citizen, who has played in a topflight league be it in the domestic or international scene.
For locally based players, the player should have played in any BUZ national competition between the period (2011-2020.)
Only the people’s choice award will be open to a public vote.
The other two categories will be voted for by club coaches that have at least coached a team up to a semi-final match at a BUZ national competition during the period under review.
All senior national team head coaches that have worked during this period will also make the voting panel.
Each coach shall select at most 12 of his/her most deserving players per gender. Their selection will be kept secret until all lists have been submitted to the adjudicators.
The top 12 players per gender will make it into the team of the decade.
For the player of the decade award, the player with the most votes automatically becomes wins.
For the The People’s Choice Player of the Decade, a poll shall be opened on the BUZ Facebook page, with voting expected to run from February 13-16.
Buz president Joe Mujuru said: “These are some of the projects that we have in line with rewarding our athletes for the hard-work they have put in. We have to appreciate the amount of effort that players put into this game.
“We feel this type of recognition also helps in the aspect of motivating players, especially in these times that we are in. This being the first event of this nature, we feel this will be of great importance to those that will make it.” – @innocenskizoe
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