Bryce Cotton vs Kendric Davis for the NBL26 Most Valuable Player Award will be decided tonight.

The Andrew Gaze MVP Awards night is on now, watch in the player above or below.

Davis spoke to Kelsey Browne about the respect he had for head coach Brian Goorjian during the show.

“He’s like a father figure to me, he believed in me, I don’t have a dad, so he’s like my second dad,” Davis said.

“It feels good, there is positive energy around me now, and I will stay true to myself.”

Asked about his match-up with Bryce Cotton, Davis was coy but competitive (with a smile): “I wanna bust his ass every chance I get … the respect is there. I grew up watching him.

“MVP wasn’t my goal this year; it was being part of a brotherhood, a family, but every time I play him, I’m trying to bust his ass.”

Damon Lowery says Kendric Davis deserves the MVP, while former MVP Derek Rucker has picked Cotton to win.

Fans NBL26 MVP‍Bryce Cotton (Adelaide 36ers)Sixth Man of the Year‍Angus Glover (South East Melbourne Phoenix)FinalistsKouat Noi (Sydney Kings)Majok Deng (Tasmania JackJumpers)Step One Next Generation Award‍Sam Mennenga (New Zealand Breakers)Finalists:Karim Lopez (New Zealand Breakers)Owen Foxwell (South East Melbourne Phoenix)NBL Most Improved Player‍Flynn Cameron (Adelaide 36ers)Finalists:Makuach Maluach (Sydney Kings)Sam Mennenga (New Zealand Breakers)Gametime by Kmart Award‍Malith Machar – Melbourne UnitedExecutive of the Year‍Nic Barbato (Adelaide 36ers CEO)

Check out the Finalists for all awards below.

Andrew Gaze Trophy for Most Valuable Player‍Bryce Cotton (Adelaide 36ers)Kendric Davis (Sydney Kings)Lindsay Gaze Coach of the Year‍Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings)Josh King (South East Melbourne Phoenix)Defensive Player of the Year‍Kristian Doolittle (Perth Wildcats)John Brown III (South East Melbourne Phoenix)Will Magnay (Tasmania JackJumpers)

Other awards include All-NBL First Team, All-NBL Second Team, Executive of the Year, Referee of the Year presented by Europcar, Champion Fans’ MVP and Tangerine Dunk of the Year and Three Pointer of the Year presented by Mitsubishi Motors Australia.