I also agree that the addition of davis has helped the lakers. It was the greatest individual season in nba history, and an mvp campaign. This incredible nba season brought with it one of the most tightly contested mvp races in recent memory. The advanced stats guide to the 2015 nba mvp race bleacher. The closest thing to 1997s mvp race that weve seen this decade is when derrick rose split up what easily could have been a fiveyear stretch of lebron james mvp awards, mostly because the. Curry in 201516 is the only player to have won the award unanimously.
The closest mvp races in nba history basketball insiders. The 2016 nba allstar game was played at the air canada centre in toronto, ontario, canada on february 14, 2016. Lebron james of the cleveland cavaliers was third in the voting, the. Below are the voting results for the 201516 kia nba most valuable player award.
Below are the voting results for the 201415 kia nba most valuable player award. The regular season began on tuesday, october 27, 2015 at the united center, home of the chicago bulls, with their game against the cleveland cavaliers. Check out stats on every national basketball association mvp winner on espn. The most valuable player of the regular season is selected by a panel of pro basketball writters and broadcasters since 1981. Lebron james finished third in the voting and russell westbrook finished in fourth. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. Currys warriors won 73 regular season games, an nba record. An allstar starter in each of the last two seasons, in 2015 curry. The mvp winner receives the maurice podoloff trophy, which is named that way after the first commissioner of the nba.
Until the 197980 season, the mvp was selected by a vote of nba players. Kareem abduljabbar won the award a record six times. The warriors guard has been named the nbas most valuable player for the 201415 season. On september 23, 2015, jason richardson officially announced his retirement after playing 14 seasons in the nba. Follow your favorite team through the 201920 season. The spurs have one of the best defensive ratings in nba history and. Check out stats on every national basketball association finals mvp winner on. From 1956 to 1980 the winner was selected by the nba players. On november, 2015, hedo turkoglu officially announced his retirement after playing 15 seasons in the nba. With the 201415 nba regular season in the books, s nba writers are handing out hardware to the top performers of the year. Warriors guard stephen curry named 201415 kia nba most. Stephen currys 201516 campaign was the greatest mvp season in. Westbook soared up mvp voting leader boards last season with an.
But, him doing this in his 17th season has more to do with his amazing career and less to do with the race to be the mvp to his team. The 63 guard hit at least 10 threes four times during the season. The official site for the latest nba basketball regular season standings from across the league. Curry, 27, led the warriors to a franchiserecord and nbabest 67 wins in.
Rank, player, age, tm, first, pts won, pts max, share, g, mp, pts, trb. Nba awards mvp national basketball association espn. The 2015 16 nba season was the 70th season of the national basketball association. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. Stephen curry named unanimous winner of 201516 kia nba most. A closer look at the 201516 nba award nominees golden state of. Since the 198081 season, the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the.
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