Can LeBron win Finals MVP (if Warriors win)?

[csfansince60s]

ITS OFFICIAL:

NOooooooooooooo!!!!

Congrats, AI

[Donoghus]

Iggy. Even better.

Defense & intangibles. Wow. Good for him!

[BudweiserCeltic]

Love that they gave it to Iggy, well deserved.

[Roy H.]

Iggy. Even better.

Defense & intangibles. Wow. Good for him!

That was such an awesome performance.  From 6th Man to MVP.

[Vox_Populi]

Last year was the the First Finals MVP who hadn't made an All-Star game (I think...), this year, is the first Finals' MVP to have never started during the regular season.

[D.o.s.]

I think so. It was the right decision. Good job, big media!

[CelticSooner]

I didn't have a problem with Iggy winning it. Without LeBron this series is a sweep none the less.

[D.o.s.]

I don't think anyone who cares about the NBA enough to post on a message board at midnight thirty is upset that Iggy won the award.

[chambers]

Lebron James replecates Oscar Robinson and they give the MVP to a role player.

Absolute crap!

[Csfan1984]

I like this jab at LeBron. Iggy getting the MVP is like if Powe won it for our championship lol Way to go LeBron haters. I'm hater too so I really am serious, way to go! Down with the King!

[CelticSooner]

Iggy had a really good series on both sides of the ball and Kerr putting him in the starting lineup was good coaching.

[SCeltic34]

I like this jab at LeBron. Iggy getting the MVP is like if Powe won it for our championship lol Way to go LeBron haters. I'm hater too so I really am serious, way to go! Down with the King!

It's not like that at all.  Powe had a monster game 2 but was nowhere near the most important player on our team.

Iggy was clearly the best and most consistent player for the Warriors.  He played remarkable defense on LeBron, the most difficult task in the series.  He made countless important baskets.  He was great in transition pushing the ball and passing or finishing on the break.  Versatility, intangibles, BBall IQ.

I think his game 6 performance sealed the deal, even above (an equally deserving) James. The only player who was close to Iggy was Curry.  And it really wasn't that close. 

[Greenteam2158]

The notion of a losing player winning the finals mvp is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. Might as well give Westbrook the regular season mvp for what he did after during got hurt. Constant triple doubles, and 35-40 point games in the most inefficient way possible. You know it would be one thing if it was a 7 game series and every single game came down to the wire. But despite the early 2-1 series lead by Cleveland the Warriors were in control much more often than not.

[RockinRyA]

I don't mind LeBron's FG%

(1) His teammates are very limited in their own shot creation abilities.
(2) He has no PG
(3) Bad floor spacing due to lack of quality shooting ability from teammates
(4) He is playing against a top defensive team with multiple good-to-great defensive options available to throw at LeBron
(5) I think he is making good decisions with the ball. Given the high usage, I think the proportion of bad shots LeBron has taken in the series is fairly low. He regularly is taking good shots within the flow of the offense.

It's different shooting a bad FG% in situations like this and a player like say Kobe Bryant on those loaded Lakers teams with Pau Gasol, Odom, Bynum and multiple good role players. If LeBron had a healthy K-Love and healthy Kyrie Irving, I'd be angry with his shooting numbers. But he doesn't. And even though his scoring efficiency is low, he is still scoring more efficiently than the rest of his team is.

Plus, I think there is something valuable in a high-usage player (even with mediocre or worse) scoring efficiency when playing with teammates like LeBron has = spot up shooters, finishers around basket, limited individual shot-creation. He allows them to play in their more natural more efficient more effective roles. He is making everyone around him better by doing this.

Unlike a star who is on a loaded team and when he is scoring poorly is taking the ball out of more effective scoring options.

Plus then there is the whole package beyond that

(1) the ball-handling, passing and playmaking
(2) the super rebounding
(3) the excellent defense
(4) the leadership
(5) the huge minutes he is playing

Managing to do all of this plus the scoring load he is carrying is absolutely incredible.

The stamina, work rate, focus and determination LeBron has had to have to provide so much for his team in these Finals has been extraordinary.

Yeah I cant say anything bad about Lebron this playoffs run (except that presser lol). Cavs were absolute crap without him handling the Ball. really different when he was hogging and he had wade and bosh and kobe on those stacked laker team (or westbrook when you have the NBA scoring leader on your team)

[MJohnnyboy]

I like this jab at LeBron. Iggy getting the MVP is like if Powe won it for our championship lol Way to go LeBron haters. I'm hater too so I really am serious, way to go! Down with the King!

I'd say its more like Ray winning it in 08 because he was more consistent than the truth was in the finals. They gave it to Iggy because he was the most consistent player on the team/Was Lebron's biggest challenge on D.

The only time Curry played like the true MVP was game 5. That truly is a testament to how amazing the Warriors were this year.