How important are Finals MVPs?

[YBE]

Is it just enough to have championship rings? or do you have to be "the man" while winning them?

 

[klientel]

Only seems to come up when people are compared to Jordan. Any other situation u never hear about it

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[Constellations]

i mean matt bonner got more rings than lebron but hes not better

so yeah finals mvp's do count for something.

 

[YBE]

Only seems to come up when people are compared to Jordan. Any other situation u never hear about it

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I too noticed that. I also noticed that only a few players get critiqued for it, while others are unscathed.

 

[Loose]

Incredibly important when defining a top 10 player.

 

[Goatpoacher]

Why is this c*nt allowed to make threads?

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Very.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

most important
finals mvp's seperates the greats from the GOATS

 

[28 Gramz]

most important
finals mvp's seperates the greats from the GOATS

Tony Parker,Billups>Nash then?

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Tony Parker,Billups>Nash then?

?? none of those 3 are GOAT candidates breh

 

[Regular_P]

Certainly means something, but it's not the be-all, end-all and doesn't factor in the previous rounds.

For instance, Wade woulda won the Finals MVP had the Heat won it all in 2011, but LeBron was a monster for much of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Kobe had some epic series in the Western Conference playoffs before the Finals when LA won titles in 2000-2002, but Shaq was just an animal in the Finals.

Magic, Kareem (all-time leading scorer only has two) and Worthy each won Finals MVPs for the 80s Lakers.

Bird won two while Cedric Maxwell won another for the 80s Celtics.

Zeke and Dumars split the 80s Pistons Finals MVPs. No one questions how great Zeke was or thinks Dumars was a better player.

Jordan's one of a kind and likely to be the only player to ever win six Finals MVPs. That's not a knock on other players, just a testament to his greatness. I think people are already forgetting how great Jordan was.

 

[YBE]

Certainly means something, but it's not the be-all, end-all and doesn't factor in the previous rounds.

For instance, Wade woulda won the Finals MVP had the Heat won it all in 2011, but LeBron was a monster for much of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Kobe had some epic series in the Western Conference playoffs before the Finals when LA won titles in 2000-2002, but Shaq was just an animal in the Finals.

Magic, Kareem (all-time leading scorer only has two) and Worthy each won Finals MVPs for the 80s Lakers.

Bird won two while Cedric Maxwell won another for the 80s Celtics.

Jordan's one of a kind and likely to be the only player to ever win six Finals MVPs. That's not a knock on other players, just a testament to his greatness. I think people are already forgetting how great Jordan was.

That's really what prompted this thread...

 

[Boutdatlife]

Ask kobe he has 2 out of 5 and 1 of his belong to pau

 

[Majestic Pape]

They're not important now that LeBron won one.

 

[Goat poster]

Hypothetically, Lets say we have :

Player A: 3 rings, 1 finals MVP

Player B: 2 rings, 2 finals MVP's


Id lean more towards player B on the greater than scale.