Who is the 'worst' player to ever win NBA Finals MVP

[Jplaya2023]

TP's numbers would be a lot better if he played for a different team

And he would have no rings as well

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

It's still Iggy though. He got that Finals MVP near the end of his career and Maxwell did it right when he was in his prime.

I am still happy Iggy won it though because he was an underrated player for a long time in this league and it also pisses off certain board members who felt like Steph Curry should have won it

It pisses you off because those certain board members were right?

Yes. I'm not smarter than the voters, I just didn't fall into the trap of thinking that he was the Warriors' most important and best player. Listen, I don't have any issue with Iggy getting the award last season - he most certainly had an argument - the problem I have is when folk use it against Curry as if he didn't deserve it and went missing in the series. Which couldn't be further from the truth.

He averaged 26 ppg in the Finals (10 ppg more than any other Warriors player)
He was getting trapped and doubled all series long - Iggy and all the other role players benefited from this when getting open shots and more room to work with when getting the ball. 80+% of Iggy's points were assisted, and the majority of his FGs were when Mozgov, Thompson or Jones were the closest defenders - sometimes they weren't even guarding him, just leaving him open to shoot while focusing on Curry or Klay.

Golden: Iguodala played great but Curry or LeBron deserved the MVP | Golden's Nuggets
Steph Curry, Not Andre Iguodala, Was The Warriors’ Real MVP In The NBA Finals

But Iguodala was merely the biggest beneficiary of Curry’s all-encompassing threat and Draymond Green’s all-court versatility. Why was he afforded so much space to operate in the halfcourt? Due to Cleveland’s ultra-aggressive ball-screen coverage on Curry. And why were the Cavaliers forced to guard him with an overmatched big man? Because Green is a stout enough rebounder, rim-protector, and individual defender to not be frequently outmuscled by Mozgov and Tristan Thompson.

81.5 percent of Iguodala’s scores versus Cleveland were assisted. The nearest defender on all but nine of his 37 made field goals was Mozgov, Thompson or 34-year-old James Jones. Those stats, obviously, have the fingerprints of Curry and Green all over them.

This is not to knock Iguodala. Compared to expectations, his individual performance was the Warriors’ best. He was awesome in the Finals, and certainly extremely valuable. It’s just that the genesis of so much of that value stems from other players, including one who went for 26.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 6.3 assists a night with a 60.7 true shooting percentage and 30.7 usage rate.

Curry nearly stole Game 3 from the Cavaliers at The Q, providing his team a much-needed spark that proved incendiary for the Finals’ duration. He dominated down the stretch in Game 5 with the kind of surreal shot-making that’s become amazingly common. And he had 25 points, six rebounds, eight assists and three steals in his team’s title-clinching victory.

 

[Liquid]

It pisses you off because those certain board members were right?

I didn't even have to @ you

I agree that Curry should have won, but they are closer to the game than we are. Who are we to argue

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

Gotta go with Iggy. Mostly because I was like when he won.

 

[NoMorePie]

Kwahi

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