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Shane Battier is the Finals MVP
MJ, Magic, Bird, Kareem, Hakeem, Shaq, Duncan, Moses Malone, etc. have all done it at least once. MJ doing it 4 times demonstrates why he's the GOAT.
Lebron is one game away from doing it for the first time in his career and setting himself on the path of an all time great.
Kobe never being able to accomplish the ultimate feat of the NBA
Shane Battier is the Finals MVP
should have won DPOY this year as well.
Kobe still in the league?
Only one other player has even done it twice: Bird
NBA MVP AND FINALS MVP TOGETHER IN A SEASON:
Micheal Jordan (91,92,96,98)
Larry Bird (84, 86)
LeBron James (12)
Tim Duncan (03)
Shaquille O'Neal (00)
Hakeem Olajuwon (94)
Magic Johnson (87)
Moses Malone (83)
Kareem Addul-Jabbar (71)
Willis Reed (70)
Pretty legit, especially since he's going against the player many thought should have been the MVP. Although wasn't that the same situation in 03 (iirc, everyone wanted Kidd to win it that year).
It really should have been 5 times for Jordan too; there was absolutely no way in Malone deserved the 97 MVP when Jordan led his team to 69 wins. The Bulls slipped a bit in the 93 season so at least the Barkley MVP over Jordan is somewhat understandable.
That's THE sign of true greatness.
All-time GOAT list should rank first all those that accomplished this feat and then the others.
Russell and Chamberlain should have been on that list too, but they didn't start giving out the award until 1969 (lol 1969 sportswriters thinking we have to give it to det honky West because we don't like that uppity Russell).
This right here.
Pretty impressive list tbh with no flukes on it.
Yup. It means you were great enough and dominant enough to carry a team to a le that was a lot more dependent on its best player than the typical championship team is. Most championship teams have a franchise player at 1A and 1B making it impossible for an MVP candidate to emerge from said team.
Yup, been saying it for years, tbh..
In addition to baseline's list, Wilt and Russell would have also accomplished the feat, had the award been given during their era..
Every true legend has accomplished this feat..I cannot place a player in the pantheon of greats without having this feat on their resume, tbh..Lebron will never be considered a true great, without this feat..
Ballots were due unusually early in 1999 and voters missed out on the Spurs coming all the way back and capturing the first seed. Otherwise, Duncan had a pretty damn good chance of winning the MVP that year too, tbh.
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He's the first outside the door to the Pantheon; no shame in that.
He's already well inside the Pantheon in my version of the TBOB.
Kobe Bryant : NBA :: Reggie Miller : UCLA tbh
Yup, been saying it for years, tbh..
In addition to baseline's list, Wilt and Russell would have also accomplished the feat, had the award been given during their era..
Every true legend has accomplished this feat..I cannot place a player in the pantheon of greats without having this feat on their resume, tbh..Lebron will never be considered a true great, without this feat..
Because he had that one game with 17pts? His 9pts and 4pts last two games definitely should give him consideration imo
I dont know, but he was spotted outside Staples Center scalping tickets during the Lakers-OKC series
You don't remember him blowing game 2?
Finals MVP > RS MVP. As I post this, Kobe: 2, LeHype: 0. That's not the point though. It took him colluding with Bosh- e and D-Whistle to possibly ring. After 8 years, Kobe already did that 3 times. And before you say Shaq won them 3 rings for him, it is Kobe: 2 - Shaq: 1 after "The Big Split".MJ, Magic, Bird, Kareem, Hakeem, Shaq, Duncan, Moses Malone, etc. have all done it at least once. MJ doing it 4 times demonstrates why he's the GOAT.
Lebron is one game away from doing it for the first time in his career and setting himself on the path of an all time great.
You and many Laker haters are obsessed with Kobe. He's been fishing for 2 months now and you guys keep bringing him up.
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