Ranking The Last 10 NBA Finals MVPs

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the excitement anticipation Euphoria historical moments raising the banner after a long journey the NBA Finals the Oldman stage achieved and won by basketball Excellence legacies created winners getting all the praise completing the final stage moments will be truly amazed the Larry O’Brien trophy race mission complete final phrase Millions cheer at the edge of their seats once the final buzzer sounds series complete Runner UPS acknowledged defeat the best team truly Elite the last 10 NBA Finals MVPs between 2014 to 2023 how good were they from worst to best let’s start off with number 10 2015 Andre Iguodala still one of the most controversial of Wars one it wouldn’t be till 7 years later Steph Curry finally got his welld deserve pass through Finals MVP a role player and glute guy little passes Prime even came off the the bench the entire season and first three games of the series most responsible for guarding a man who averaged 36 13 and9 wins the award many look back and wish the award belonged to Steph in the first place a decision that affected Curry’s Legacy for years questioning him at the biggest stage despite his excellence and dominance overshadowed by KD in 2017 and 18 even had Steph won this Finals MVP still would be one of the weakest given his numbers were fairly decent but struggled first half of the series against a short-handed CS team with no Kevin Love and without Kyrie after game one Iggy did swing the series around Golden State came back down 2-1 which was a powerful narrative holding the best player in the game to 40% shooting truly helped while step only played Super excellent in game five and subar by his standards the other five games but in no way was igudala a more valuable player over steep in the series when Harrison Barn shot dirty 7% from the field Klay Thompson just 41% one of the strangest Finals MVP odds how would y’all respond if Derek white porzingis Drew holiday PJ Washington or Daniel Gafford won Finals MVP in 2024 number nine Kawhi Leonard 2014 San Antonio another star most responsible for guarding LeBron being on a more complete balanced team the Spurs gave Miami a whooping of a lifetime the 22-year-old clearly the best two-way player on his team nearly scored as much as Tony Parker but way better on D in a time where St Antonio’s big three all aging Duncan already 38 his third to last season Leonard won 10 of the 11 volts in one of the most dominant unselfish offensive teams in a case where Boris Di’s name even got mentioned for finals MVPs with his genius passing being one of the most Balan offensive title teams since the 82 Lakers had this series been played out five more times the finals MVP would have likely been a different person each time in the last three games of the series s Antonio ran Miami off the four kawhai put up nearly 24 and n on 12 shots when the game was within 15 points Al scored LeBron 44 dirty those games given the non- blowout situations responsible for breaking one super team his stock Rose tremendously an alltime great for his era R by knee injuries number eight Kevin dur 2018 team finals given the competition he’s faced would have been considered the Western Conference Finals MVP against the 65 win Rockets sweeping 2018s oneman carry job at the end of the day this finals performance just doesn’t sound as impressive given the sharp numbers of 2911 7 and a half assist 2.3 blocks had dur rant done this on a non-s super team or against another Squad with equal talent and competition that’s a different story although many argue Steph deserve the final MVP KD stats were Superior at the end of the day an unmemorable game one struggle of 26 points eight of 22 shooting LeBron almost single-handedly won game one going for an insane 51 Durant p in 26 on 10 of 14 game two Steph had 33 was anticipated to finally win finals MVP until game three happened one that KD absolutely carried Golden State both Steph and Clay went an atrocious 7 of 27 shooting Curry couldn’t buy a basket the rest of Golden State starters combined for 41 Cleveland starters outside of James had 46 Duran masterful 43 13 and S on 15 of 23 shooting kept Golden State super close plus a similar clutch dagger showing flashbacks from the previous season it was clear the dubs were going to lose this game badly without the ran Curry finishing with fewer points than Rodney Hood and J.R Smith the entire game three was not a good look being tier full after the game Golden State basically clinched the series but his Finals MVP hopes went down the drain despike an excellent game four dropped the game high 37 Durant only 20 but a lopsided 23o blowout resulted in Kate receiving seven of the 11 volts Curry getting four of them had game three been more closer in the stat sheet and suppos KD had 33 and step 21 a few of the voters might have changed their minds number seven 2019 Kawhi Leonard a total team effort by the Raptors after one of the biggest Cinderella runs given how the franchise notoriously known for choking every postseason the claw wasn’t a dread to win any awards in regular season low managing playing Just 60 games but a man possessed in the Philly and Milwaukee series red hot throughout the playoffs pretty good numbers 28 and A2 points 10 and four two steals 1.2 blocks but wasn’t Jordan s shot just 43% from the field one of six Raptors and double figures literally every role player had his back game one belonged to Pascal cakam who just couldn’t seem to miss a game high 32 on 14 of 17 shooting Leonard went five of 14 Golden State being very short-handed only 12 minutes of dur rant game five the whole series before going down for good a banged up Klay Thompson out game three kurur deciding to play Quin cook 27 minutes that game Leonard had a 30 piece the fourth contest theclaw had his best allaround game 36 points 12 rebounds four Steals and five threes Ser Ibaka 20 Off the Bench ad do Leonard struggle for most of game five one nine of 24 for 26 points some bad turnovers looked like he was going to take the game down the stretch with a series of tough shots drain up 103 97 with 3 minutes left Nick nurse mistakenly call timeout that stopped Toronto’s momentum experienced Golden State refused to go down three straight bombs by the two time defending champs forc the game six ending the game on a 9-2 run the final game Leonard’s teammate stepped up massively cakam and Larry each had 26 kawhai 22 himself on seven of 16 shooting Fred Van fle with 22 Off the Bench Chase step around all series The Game clay went down with an ACL tear Toronto survived by the Skin of Their Teeth captivating the franchise’s first title Leonard received 10 of 11 Vols BTS huie Brown voted for Ray Fleet due to his incredible defense on step Leonard unofficially ended another super team era many came out the 2019 playoffs truly thinking kawhai Leonard is the best player in the NBA the greatest one-year Superstar rental in league history number six Kevin Durant 2017 when it seemed like number 35 was finally getting his respect arguably the best team all time having lost in the west with all-time offensive Firepower and the talent all on the core at the same time perhaps we won’t see in the finals for a long time statistically it’s one of the best individual performances on paper just looking at the numbers in efficiency ridiculous 35 points eight rebounds five assists over a block and a half 55 47 93 shooting splits given all the attention to Steph KD had a free Lane to cook Defenders one-on-one without breaking his sweat the game was simply too easy for him statistically this arguably a top 10 finals Performance Based on numbers but when you look at the circumstances not overcoming any sort of adversity just hooping casually the talent level of his teammates his team simply wasn’t fair Steph himself was averaging a 27 point near triple double was nearly impossible for Golden State not to win this Championship the most obvious preseason odds anyone could have predicted facing an offensive Juggernaut Cleveland ranked 21st on defense KD had a field day drained a cold blooded go-ahead bomb game three over LeBron ruining a James and Kyrie Master Class both combined for 77 that game after these finals some even called Durant the best player in the world based on how he was cooking brown oneon-one but joining a super team we all knew he was supposed to win anyway number five LeBron James 2020 finals a dominant run in the bubble masterful near dirty 12 rebound eight and a half assist nearly 60% shooting 42 from three 67% true shooting connected on all cylinders insane how his true shooting higher than his freal percentage against a short-handed Heat team that didn’t have much of a chance Miami did everything in their power to push it to six while it was Anthony Davis who look strong first two games James unquestionably the finals MVP especially by the end of the series took over an efficient 28 12 and8 game four on 16 shots his very best game was actually the one his team lost game five where he went nuclear draft 40 13- s on 15 of 21 from the field him and Jimmy Butler battle back and fourth had the Lakers won the fifth game would have been one of the most memorable closeout finals performances LeBron and La went on a mission easily dominating game six with a casual 284 and 10 triple double with the elite play of role players ran Rondo Caruso and KP Miami had no chance becoming the first player to win Finals MVP with three different team teams the defense Supporting Cast and Elite level basketball all season mix these Lakers well-deserved Champions the type of Team LA still has trouble Gathering similar pieces after breaking them up in the first place number four Nia yogish 2023 finally shut up all his critics and doubters who questioned his greatness given his level of competition it’s not his fault he led his nuggets to the number one seed and Boston couldn’t get past a seed in Miami the triple double King made bam out of B and the entire Heat roster looked tiny kept off becoming the first player to leag all guys in points rebounds and assists in the single postseason his Series stats of 304 and seven right around his playoff numbers previous three rounds an Easy 27 and 14 game one triple double made the heat look like they didn’t belong granted it wasn’t the toughest competition had his best scoring game of 41 points his only lost those finals never took his foot off the gap has a ridiculous 3221 and 10 assists game three his only off night game four but still finished with 22 points 12 rebounds three Steals and three blocks still finished with 24 points the Aaron Gordon 27p Point Masterpiece yish did take over with 28 and 16 The Clincher game five on 12 of 16 shooting made timely shots in a grueling physical defensive game being lows scoring in the fourth one five of six the final 12 minutes LED his friend franchise to his first ever title capping off one of the most statistically dominant postseasons we’ seen number three Stephan Curry 2022 the 34 year-old remarkably squeezed down the title in the era where Giannis and yogish were taking over easily his most impressive title given how atrocious his teammates gotten right after had Andrew Wiggins make All-Star selection and 22-year-old Jordan P made us believe he was the thirt splash brother step numbers of 31.2 points six and5 48% shooting going 31 of 71 from Deep very impressive his numbers might not be better than Durant 2017 yish 2023 or Lebron 2020 but none of those teams they face in the East were anywhere close to the 22 Celtics we’re talking the top defensive team in the league at the time that’s weep Durant and Kyrie’s Nets round one Stephan Barris Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Mar made many regret their vote with an average offensive of Supporting Cast against the top defense 2017 KD had Steph who was the top three player in the game Steph’s second best guy was Andrew Wiggins who’s not even a top 30 NBA player Draymond didn’t even play well to start and Clay being on and off too inconsistent a huge game four down two games to one Curry’s Finals MVP case came into question whether he ever would win one the game he saved draymond’s Legacy kept his team within Striking Distance dominated a masterful 40 43 points 10 rebounds 7 threes made excelling in one of the toughest Road hostile environments shifted the entire momentum with the series while Tatum collapsed and melted Under Pressure arguably Curry’s most memorable playoff game for his legacy played with the mentality that I’m not losing this series back to Boston for game six put on the finishing touches including the night night signature celebration finished with 347 and S a lopsided win silencing all his anti-f Finals MVP critics proving to win after Durant already done so before KD this series performance had many finally putting step in top 10 alltime debates number two Giannis atat kumbo 2021 coming back down old two to Phoenix an incredible fee capped off the best closeout game we seen in the finals an insane video game type statline 50 points no better way to complete his first championship on a bum knee many didn’t know his status heading to game one the insane clutch defense overall dealt with every type of adversity possibly against a hungry Phoenix team where CP3 knew it was realistically his last chance at a title Greek Freak accomplished everything possible by E 26 look like Prime Shack out there destroyed DeAndre eon’s confidence Forever This epic oneman dominance over a performance with the helps of teammates Chris Middleton shot making and Drew holiday’s impeccable defense right up there with the best of sh Jack finals and certainly up there with number one which leads us to LeBron’s 2016 historic 31 Series Finals comeback giving their opponent 73 win Warriors becoming the first team to come back down 3-1 in the finals based on what’s at stick The Narrative how many counted Cleveland out as golden state was about to be crowned the best team all time yes of course there were suspensions and injuries Draymond self-inflicted and no bogit last two games but James became the only player to lead his team in all five major statistical categories bald out his mind those elimination games him and Kyrie one of the most Unstoppable offensive dels ever seen what he accomplished was super unprecedented given the sticks the way he controlled game six from beginning to end nobody reasonably thought for a second Golden State had a chance that game of all the hundreds of unbelievably great plays of LeBron’s illustrious career his single best play a superhuman chase down block on EAD allowing Superstar shot maker Kyrie to put on the finishing touches finished off the greatest NBA season of the 2010 decade a fulfillment of Decades of sports misery for the city of Cleveland capped off by the emotional reaction Cleveland this is for you the most important title of Bron’s career regardless of the amount he would have won elsewhere nothing else meant more than winning one with Cleveland just like how Yannis helped Milwaukee win his first title in 50 years 2016 LeBron and 2021 Giannis many can argue one a and 1 B both extraordinary but given what was at stick and how the league would unfold years after I have 2016 James finals MVP slightly above 2021 Giannis which one of the last 10 finals MVPs was your favorite let me know your thoughts in the comments below subscribe for more content and I’ll see y’all soon [Music]