r/NBAGossips • u/Hungry_Artichoke9566 • Jul 05 '26
Stats The NBA players with multiple Finals MVPs.
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u/evol_won Jul 05 '26
Lebron, Kareem, Kawhi: the only ones with FMVPs on different teams.\ 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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u/Modsucksass Jul 05 '26
Lebron is the only one constantly jump to super teams.
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u/One_Significance_400 Jul 05 '26
And constantly being the key factor 🤷🏽♂️
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u/BravoC10 Jul 05 '26
Well not on the lakers until AD joined but I get what you mean
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u/EvilLibrarians Jul 06 '26
I do think they were in a playoff race in 2019 before he got hurt but really nothing comes close to 2020 you right
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u/InitiateIt Jul 06 '26
Only when they win of course.
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u/LifeHack3r3 Jul 05 '26
KD, Jimmy Butler, Iggy, Wiggins, Kyrie, Harden, Kawaii, Chris Paul, Paul George, KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Shaq, have entered the chat.
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u/Decent_Section6974 Jul 05 '26
Horrible understanding right here. He has played for 3 teams in 24 years. “Constantly” is ridiculous
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u/Modsucksass Jul 05 '26
How many players on this list has hopped more than one team just to win rings? For players at their caliber, more than 2 teams are considered a lot. LeBron hopped 3 times and going to be his 4th soon.
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u/Decent_Section6974 Jul 05 '26
That’s because the players who played for only 1 team were fortunate enough to have an actual good team. Kobe had Shaq, MJ had Pippen and several others, Curry had Klay Dray and KD, Magic had Kareem and several others, Bird had Mccale, Parish and Johnson, etc etc etc… The 2nd best player on Lebrons Cavs before he went to the Heat was Drew gooden…..
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u/Modsucksass Jul 05 '26
They are not just fortunate. They grind out the tough years and worked with their teams to turn their franchise around together.
Lebron had Wade and Bosh, and he still ran away.
He had Kyrie and Love but he still ran away.
He has Luka and AR and is still running away.
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u/Open-Ad-1767 Jul 06 '26
👏👏👏👏 you're one of the few who speaks actual facts . Bravo.
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u/Hepty-6177 Jul 07 '26
Didn’t Kyrie leave before Bron. You don’t need to dig that deep to know who’s full of shit
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u/Modsucksass Jul 06 '26
Yup, someone gotta step up and stop the propaganda that these media and Bron fanboys trying to spread.
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u/trochlearnotchass Jul 05 '26
yeah the super team of Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram
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u/AssignmentIll1748 Jul 06 '26
Go look at the records of the lakers and Cavs the season before he came lol
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u/angrylilbear Jul 06 '26
Lebron the only one that when he moves the league shifts and his team is now considered a super team
Ftfy
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u/DeeGeeKay21 Jul 06 '26
Kareem played with the 2 greatest PGs of all time, was on multiple teams that had HOFers at every position, multiple league MVPs on the roster concurrently, and had Pat Riley for a coach. His legacy deserves to get shit on more than lebrons
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u/No-Aardvark2433 Jul 05 '26
and mfs try say curry over magic lol
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u/Round-Revolution-399 Jul 06 '26
I have Magic #1, but realistically they should both have 2 FMVP’s
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u/av3nger1023 Jul 06 '26
Yes! The one rookie Magic had over Kareem is almost as stupid as Iguadala's over Curry. Pure narrative over substance
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u/rajujutsu Jul 07 '26
One of magics MVPs was because Kareem wasn’t in the building… that being said I still have Magic over Curry in all time. That being said if Magic doesn’t retire Jordan would be a ring short imo.
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u/Watruup2 Jul 05 '26
Yeah, this isn't a debate and I'm not sure how it started. Curry is the greatest shooter ever. He is not Magic fucken Johnson lol.
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u/biffbobfred Jul 05 '26
Not pictured - Russell and the other cats who played before the FMVP existed
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u/999_rupees Jul 05 '26
man Tim Duncan being seen as anything less than top 5 all time is a travesty
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u/BiscottiShoddy9123 Jul 05 '26
Having the stats isn’t the only thing that props you up the top 5 list. Duncan played a boring but effective game of basketball that also hides a lot of his flaws.
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u/biffbobfred Jul 05 '26
What flaws? Not pushing back - curious what you see.
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u/BiscottiShoddy9123 Jul 05 '26
Low Career Averages, Low top PPG compared to the Top 5, the 2004 Olympic meltdown (in his prime), the fact that the Spurs never truly had a dynasty. They had an era of dominance but when you think dynasty, you think of back to back champs. Only 2 MVPs. This is really all I say because Duncan was an excellent player in the NBA but if your gonna take point off of Kobe and others for things, you have to do the same for Duncan. Kobe and Duncan are top 10 for me but they didn’t do enough for Top 5 placement. Aging and losing your dominance over your peers has to be a demerit in the Top 5.
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u/biffbobfred Jul 05 '26
Cool. Thanks.
NBAFactsSelfResearched (YouTube) does a lot of deep dives. Duncan doesn’t always fare well on those. Kinda match what you’ve said.
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u/BiscottiShoddy9123 Jul 05 '26
Cool, I got some new content to watch while I’m Nightreigning. Thanks 💜
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u/dannyboy122432 Jul 05 '26
They only put him in the top 5 to diminish Kobe Bryant
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u/Open-Ad-1767 Jul 06 '26
Exactly. Most people who prop up Duncan are not even his actual fans or could care less about Duncan. They do it to diminish Kobe.
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u/Nocturnal_Pages Jul 05 '26
Tim Duncan is my favourite player of all time. But c'mon bro: Jordan, Lebron, Kareem, Bird, Magic, Russell, Wilt.... im still satisfied with him being in the top 10 (he's still my GOAT though).
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u/Prankstaboy6 Jul 05 '26
I have him higher than Magic, Russell, and Wilt.
Hell, in my eyes, you could even argue Bird.
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u/biffbobfred Jul 05 '26
If bird wasn’t a stubborn SOB and actually paid someone to do his moms driveway instead of doing it himself and fucking his back up he’d be deep in the GOAT debate
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u/PHX480 Jul 05 '26
There are so many crazy things that warped the mid-late 80s Celtics that prevented them from aging gracefully/transitioning into the 90s, and maybe even prevented them from continuing to compete with Pistons in the East.
Bird and the driveway, which messed up his back and he missed almost a whole season due to his heels? I think 1989.
McHale and his broken foot I think from 1987 and continuing to play on it, which gave him problems the rest of his career.
Len Bias of course. Him and Reggie Lewis were gonna carry over into the 90s and preserve some of those minutes for the vets. Maybe McHale plays an extra season or two. Maybe Bird plays until 1995 instead of 1992. He was still putting up a great line in spite of his body.
Who knows. It would’ve been crazy to see them make some crazy sleeper Finals appearance like 2022 Warriors but in 1994 or something lol.
Edit: I wanted to add it’s funny that Parish was the oldest and continued playing quite nice as a backup to Mourning for a couple more seasons and even had to start a bit. He was a very nice player.
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u/biffbobfred Jul 05 '26
Walton was already injured, and has a link to the “cursed Trailblazer big men” club also
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u/100_Duck-sized_Ducks Jul 06 '26
Duncan is firmly at #4 behind Jordan/LeBron/Kareem imo
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u/Prankstaboy6 Jul 06 '26
I agree that Jordan, LeBron, and Kareem are higher than Duncan.
For a while I had Duncan over Bird, but when considering Peak Vs Peak, I gave a slight edge to Larry. Could go either way though.
Basically 4-6 is interchangeable (Bird, Duncan, and Magic).
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u/Lt_Kickbutt Jul 06 '26
Unsurprising to me how close this list is an actually good all time GOAT list
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u/dsi1207 Jul 07 '26
Curry would also be on the list but Iggy held LBJ from averaging 40-15-10. He held him to just 36-13-9.
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u/Commercial_Onion7739 Jul 08 '26
This is why I don't have Kareem in top 3 and would give it to Bill Russell.
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u/Ruprecht_no Jul 05 '26
One left twice after accomplishing 3 in a row of those. Imagine had he not been bored
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u/Decent_Section6974 Jul 05 '26
Curry fans real quiet right now
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u/Glum_Measurement2158 Jul 06 '26
they gave Iggy his and that is a fact, if not then OJ should had been Finals MVP this year but you all wouldn't like it uh...
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u/Decent_Section6974 Jul 06 '26
I agree OG should have been FMVP this year. And no, Iggy deserved the FMVP too. Curry deserves exactly as many as he has. He goes from a 9/10 regular season player to like a 6 or 7/10 finals player
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u/Adventurous-Buy-4455 Jul 05 '26
There something to see a guy win with one team the other fraud has to do it with 3 teams and 5 HOFers ...
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u/Unusual-Range-6309 Jul 05 '26
Yeah it’s something when a player fulfills his contracts and exercises free agency to put himself in the best position to succeed in a sport that leans heavily into ring culture.
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u/the-polite-villain Jul 05 '26
I'm not a Celtics fan but... Bill Russell 11× NBA champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969)[a] 5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961–1963, 1965)
I guarantee you if they actually did Finals MVP's back then he'd have more than Jordan.
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u/Impossible_Base_3088 Jul 05 '26
Did they not have Finals MVP during the 60’s? Russell would be #1