Iggy or Curry? Who should have won MVP?

[Hotdog]

Iggy was great, played good defense on LeBron; played a really solid, fundamentally sound Finals series and produced, quite frankly, eye-popping numbers from a scoring standpoint in two of the games. To give him the MVP trophy over Curry is asinine. How much effort and game planning was designed to slow down IGGY or prevent him from destroying the Cleveland defense? Iggy was the beneficiary of a defense planned, executed, and designed to slow Curry, and only Curry. I've watched basketball for 25+ years and I'm not sure I've ever seen someone shoot that many threes with no one in the same county. Granted, he did hit a couple of tough shots over the course of the series, but mostly he had layups/dunks, and open threes. Lebron produced great overall numbers, but anyone that controls the ball like he did, should. He was extremely inefficient, and in many instances his defense/effort was deplorable. CURRY should have been the MVP.

Good post.

Even with Cleveland focusing all their energy on Curry, he still had better numbers than Iggy. Also, Iggy wasn't the only person who was guarding Lebron, who either did or didn't have a good series, depending on what angle you want to argue. It's either he played so good he should have been MVP, or its Iggy played such good defense he held him to a low FG%..

It's an easy choice from a stand point of watching the game and understanding what was going on, and from the boxscore. Curry was better than Iggy.

 

[spycam1]

Probably but I'm sure it's rare.

The last two finals mvps were players that will definitely never win another one that's for sure.

Idk, I'd put my money on this being the first time.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Idk, I'd put my money on this being the first time.

You'd lose your money.

1980. MVP was Kareem, they won the championship, Finals MVP was Magic.

 

[spycam1]

You'd lose your money.

1980. MVP was Kareem, they won the championship, Finals MVP was Magic.

Oh that's right. Okay, but has it ever happened without the MVP getting injured? Kareem would have won Finals MVP if it weren't for the injury.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Oh that's right. Okay, but has it ever happened without the MVP getting injured? Kareem would have won Finals MVP if it weren't for the injury.

Lol, idk man I'm not going to act like I knew that. I heard it on ESPN after it happened.

 

[carolinajazz]

That was a great Finals! Dr. J. the "hip hopper" of his era, along with Daryl Dawkins, and I believe World B. Free, up against the Lakers, at home, and playing them without Kareem, the MVP of the League!

 

[carolinajazz]

....I was wrong, World B. Free was not on that team. Did you know that the 1980 Finals game 6 was not shown LIVE? Tape delay. Nobody was interested that much in the NBA in those days, mostly because of the drug cartel circulating through the league!