Listen all of these media awards are just products of groupthink. I pay no mind to them, I just personally didn't think he deserved regular MVP because in my opinion the Warriors collective excellence made them great. Steph is very good player, and he stood out, but if you watch the warriors they just collectively dominate and destroy people. They ran the score up big time all season. People would come into their arena and get decimated constanty. I'm traditionally used to seeing MVPs being the guys that make the difference between winning and losing. More often than not Steph was the guy who made the different between the -15 getting covered or not, not the win. I think some of the writers saw some of that firsthand in the finals.
Obviously the award was a result of him being the best guy on the best team. I get it. Iggy got fmvp because he stood out prominently in the smaller lineup towards the end, defended LeBron well (no shyt, most people know he's arguably the best man-on-man pause defender in the league) and had those "defining" moments corny media cacs love to cling to.
I had the replay of game 6 playing in the background last night and I really was able to key in on some plays again. When the cavs blitzed the PNR and steph passed it to the post who then kicked it to the corner or kicked it to the roll man after the blitz (which was usually iggy) he'd basically have wide open shots to knock down, and they made them. Iggy and the other guys just made the shots they had to make consistently, and Iggy who's not a prolific jumpshooter by any means was able to knock down easy shots and capitalize on turnovers and push the break and finish (which he's always been great at.)
I think Kerr even mentioned that the cavs obviously took away their best guys and forced the others to beat them, and they did.
I honestly think the writers didn't know who the fukk to vote for, but again, it's another reason why I pay zero mind to their opinions cause more often than not they're totally clueless based on the questions they ask and the opinions they give.