MBA Season 43 Playoff Summary

REFLEXIA RETIRES WITH SECOND PLAYOFF MVP HONOR
As you can see via this page, the retiring Philadelphia center Diss Reflexia earned the MBA's Season 43 Playoff MVP...the second time he has done so. "The Pocket Pivot" first won the award with Seattle in Season 37, his second season in the league, when he led the Stampede to its only championship. This latest MVP honor, along with the championship ring he garnered with the Phobia this season, gives Reflexia nine awards on his card. This is one short of instant Hall of Fame recognition, but puts him in position to gain Hall of Fame entry as early as next season via the veterans committee.


GULEMON MON-MON GETS INTO THE HALL OF FAME
Longtime MBA power forward Gulemon Mon-Mon became the 47th member of the Hall of Fame. His induction came via the veterans committee, whereby a player retired for at least one full season who has at least 9 awards on his card, gains entrance to the Hall if no other player with 10 or more awards has been enshrined that particular season. Only one player per season can gain Hall membership via this route.

Gulemon Mon-Mon, a 6-11 powerhouse forward, came into the MBA in Season 27 with the Oklahoma City Lariats, the same year that the Lariats welcomed their other rookie forward, Jimmy Wharfdale, who captured the Rookie of the Year award with Mon-Mon a close second. Mon-Mon spent nine seasons with Oklahoma City, the last four coming off the bench, and was part of the Lariats' championship team in Season 35, his last with the team. He was then seemingly re-born with the Dallas Demons, where he played the remaining 7 seasons of a remarkable 16-season career. During that Dallas period, he earned two All-MBA stars, the first coming in his 12th campaign and the final one in his last MBA season. He garnered 6 All Star Game appearances along the way. Mon-Mon led the league in rebounding, free-throw shooting and shooting percentage at various times in his career. He led his team in rebounding four times, in steals once, in free-throw shooting twice and in shooting percentage 6 times in his long and remarkable career.