Even Andre is confused about the award not going to Steph. Just as a reminder, Steph averaged 26/5/6 in that series, which included 37/7/4 in a crucial game 5 and received 0 votes…

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  2. Was like giving the award to LeBron. Because Andre was tasked with guarding him. That’s how much weight LeBron carried at that time. Couldn’t give it to him because he lost. So had to give it to the guy guarding him instead of goat 🐐 who beat him

  5. Max Kellerman being head of the voting committee. Seems clear to me that they wanted Igoudala

  7. So garbage. Thats why i want steph to win another one.

    Coaches or gms except belonging to the playing teams should vote on finals mvp and league should make a new rule. Media voting is dumb bcoz those dumbasses have narratives to promote and they dont know x and os in first place.

  8. I think a lot of people upset about Steph not winning FMVP is semi valid and whilst I agree having watched that entire finals I can say and remember thinking iggy deserved it more. Lebron was a one man team considering that finals did not have love or kyrie (only 1 game) and that man put a stop to LeBron as much as possible especially in game 6. Defensively his performance was unreal that couldn’t even deny him getting the FMVP

  9. It’s a bit of revisionist history. Iggy was only 1 year removed the guy taking the shot at the end of games (last Mark Jackson year). Prime Iggy was still an offensive threat back then. His FT% was pretty bad though.

    40% from 3%, 52% overall and a comical 35% FT. 5.8 boards, 4.0 assists, 1.3 steals, 16.3 points and had the toughest cover defensively. Sure, Steph should of won, but it’s not wildly off the mark.

    Steph’s numbers were good, but wasn’t as big of a spread as usual.

    44% overall, 38.5% form 3, 89% FT. 5.2 boards, 6.3 assists, 1.8 steals, 4.7 TO, 26 points. (he had a really bad game 2)

    And, they scored the same amount of points in G6.

  10. Okay man. I came here with Andre from Philly (as a fan) but Andrei got injured in Game 3 if im not mistaken and Warriors were demolished. Andre’s defense was an immense part of their first 🏆. But i agree… it shouldve been shared with Steph

  11. Lebron took 33 shots per game and shot 39 / 31 / 67.

    The voters were all caught up in bullshit narratives.

    Ben Taylor had Steph with 3 FMVPs. That seems like the correct number in full context. Voters were just smoking that Lebron pack that year.

  12. (don’t want to edit my last comment, so I’ll add another.)

    I hate Iggy vs Steph narrative as well. I never looked at Iggy getting the MVP as a slight to Steph, but a reward to a guy that sacrificed his starting role for the good of the team. The ultimate teammate plugging the holes where needed and excelling.

  17. It’s because kawhi won the previous finals mvp for guarding LeBron. Kawhi was more important offensively to the spurs as they won as more of a unit.
    Curry 100% deserved it. But remember what was going on during that time too

  18. At the end of the day we got our first chip. That’s all that matters outside of people arguing where Steph is all time. Which again is something that people will argue no matter what and find a way to stay Steph isn’t this or that. It’s a biased argument just like the voting. What matters the most is that team was amazing to watch and gave us our first championship. If you want Steph to be in your top 5 and he only has 1 fmvp then so be it. The whole trying to change someone’s mind about Steph and validate what you think it’s dumb. Have the conversation, let it be fun. But no one will ever know how Steph made you feel unless your a die hard warriors fan. He took us from poverty to the top of the penthouse. That’s why he’s my #2. No other players done that for my favorite team. *jordans my 1 bc he made me love basketball.

  19. I’m not sure how many people here remember the whole season, but the award going to Andre was more of a “you sacrificed and stayed ready, and showed up when it mattered most” type of award.

    Andre was a starter and sacrificed to come off the bench for the Warriors that year and in the Finals he got the nod and started and was a huge difference maker for them, and even though he didn’t lead the team in scoring he over performed and was a theme throughout the finals.

    Although Steph played more than well enough to win it, Andre had the narrative of being the unselfish guy who showed up big time, so I understood IN THE MOMENT why he got the award.

    Similar to Kawhi Leonard in 2014. Kawhi didn’t actually lead in Points or Rebounds or Assist, he wasn’t the face of the team yet but he showed up.

  21. Anyone who knows basketball knows that stephs led his team to at least two rings, with being a Kobe (with Shaq) 1b player for two other rings. The 1 less fmvp being used in any way in an argument is for egotistical fools that are ignorant of reality or choose to blind themselves. Obviously stephs presence has gravity and we’ve all learned more about it since that ring, iggy made some open jumpers and good on him but Steph was the only reason they were there or in the game. Only fools would actually try and see Iggy as a legitimate fMVP, media was just too obsessed/paid by nike to not put the attention on Lebron

  23. People forget the narrative at that time – the idea that this guy was shooting these threes from the distance he was, it was amazing but overall the pundits just viewed it as an anomaly or something maybe that would fade. They ALL thought Bron would own the Dubs, so when Andre played pretty good defensively and LeBron didn’t drop 40 or 50 a game on us, they all just thought oh Andre was the reason we won because he “stopped LeBron” – completely ignoring the impact that Steph had. In fact you may even remember there was discussion of them giving LeBron the award even after losing the series. If that series was replayed exactly how it went today, based on the way the pundits view the 3 ball now – there’s no doubt Steph would take home that FMVP

  24. Because some of the absolute smoothest brained voters you know were going to give LeBron the FMVP despite himself and his team losing.

    Giving it to Andre was what the smart people in the room were able to do as a compromise to avoid that embarrassing situation. Blame idiotic LeBrun sword polishing voters who wanted LeBrun to glaze their faces in exchange for a losing FMVP.

  27. The media were fawning over LeBron to such an extent, not just in that series, but all season, that they gave it to Iguodala because they wanted to give it to LeBron but couldn’t give it to the loser, despite trying to argue that the one precedent that exists (Jerry West in 1969) would justify it. It was a thoroughly disgusting exhibition of media bias and sycophants.

    Much of the criticism the Warriors faced since then is a direct result of having been the team that ruined LeBron’s coronation, which is what his time in Cleveland the 2nd go around was supposed to be. There wasn’t supposed to be a dynasty like Golden State to stand in his way of catching MJ, it was his Cavs that were supposed to be the dynasty.

    I’m so glad we ruined the party.

  28. It was Steph hate through the Lebron fandom in the media.

    They could not believe that a player was actually far better than the one they chose.

  31. I could’ve sworn Andre had already said that he was confused as to why he got the FMVP over Curry not too long after they won.

    The voters for sure just had everything against Curry and just wouldn’t acknowledge his greatness in his own right.

    I’m sure of it that that fueled Curry to win Unanimous MVP.

    You know, to truly leave NO DOUBT.

  32. I remember watching it and a lot of the biggest plays were Iggy defending James. Everyone knew Steph was the best player on the Warriors, but Iggy’s defense was huge. It wasn’t controversial at the time even if it was a little weird.

  33. it’s ok. It’s a running joke that Andre got it for containing Lebron to 35.8 points, 13.3 boards and 8.8 assists![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)

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