Who Won the NBA MVP Award?
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the best performing player in the league. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, and it is considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in all of professional basketball.
2017-2018 NBA MVP
The National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, Maurice Podoloff.
Russell Westbrook
In 2017-2018, Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder was named the NBA Most Valuable Player. This award is given to the player who is considered the most valuable to his team during the regular season. Westbrook had an outstanding season, averaging a triple-double for the entire season. This meant that he averaged ten or more points, rebounds, and assists per game. He is only the second player in NBA history to achieve this feat, after Oscar Robertson. In addition to his impressive statistical achievement, Westbrook led his team to the playoffs despite being without two of their best players, Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka. For his efforts, Westbrook was unanimously voted MVP by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
James Harden
In 2017-2018, the Houston Rockets’ James Harden won the NBA MVP Award. He is a shooting guard who averaged 30.4 points, 8.8 assists, and 5.4 rebounds per game.
LeBron James
In 2017-2018, LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named the NBA MVP. This was the fourth time that he had won the award, which is given to the player who is considered to be the most valuable to his team.
2016-2017 NBA MVP
Russell Westbrook, point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder, has been named the 2016-2017 NBA Most Valuable Player. Westbrook averaged a triple-double for the season with 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 10.4 assists per game. He is the first player to average a triple-double for a season since Oscar Robertson in 1962.
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season, and he did it in style. The Oklahoma City Thunder star guard was named the 2016-17 NBA Most Valuable Player, earning the honor over Houston Rockets guard James Harden in a unanimous vote.
Westbrook averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game — all career highs — while leading the Thunder to a 47-35 record and the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. He also set an NBA record with 42 triple-doubles in a season, bettering the previous mark of 41 set by Oscar Robertson in 1961-62.
James Harden
James Harden was named the 2016-2017 NBA MVP on Monday, becoming the first Houston Rockets player to win the award since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1994-95.
The 27-year-old guard/forward received 86 first-place votes and 11 second-place votes from a panel of 100 media members, easily outdistancing second-place finisher Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder (34 first-place votes, 29 second-place votes).
Harden led the Rockets to a 55-27 record, their best mark since going 56-26 in 2008-09, and the third seed in the Western Conference playoffs. He averaged 29.1 points, 11.2 assists and 8.1 rebounds per game while shooting 44.9 percent from the field and 34.7 percent from three-point range.
LeBron James
LeBron James was named the 2016-2017 NBA MVP on Monday, becoming the first player in league history to win the award four times.
James, 32, finished the regular season averaging 26.4 points, 8.7 assists and 8.6 rebounds per game, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 51-31 record and the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
He becomes just the fifth player to win four MVP awards, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (six), Michael Jordan (five), Bill Russell (five) and Wilt Chamberlain (four).
James is also a two-time NBA champion and a 14-time All-Star.
2015-2016 NBA MVP
The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963. Since its inception, the award has been given to 31 players.
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors became the first ever unanimous MVP in NBA history, receiving 1,310 points and 130 first place votes.
LeBron James
LeBron James was unanimously voted the 2015-2016 NBA Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA title and averaging 25.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game in his 13th season.
It is the third time James has won the award, joining Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players in NBA history to win MVP three times. He also won in 2009 and 2010 with the Cavaliers.
“LeBron James was incredible throughout the entire 2015-16 season and his performance helped lead his team to an NBA championship,” said Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner. “To be unanimously selected as MVP is truly special and speaks to the respect LeBron has earned from his teammates, opponents and our media.”
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder became only the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double over the course of a season, joining Oscar Robertson. He averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 assists, and 10.4 rebounds per game, leading the Thunder to the playoffs despite the absence of Kevin Durant. Westbrook was named the NBA MVP for the 2015-2016 season.
2014-2015 NBA MVP
The National Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963. Until the 1979–80 season, the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players. Since the 1980–81 season, the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.
Stephen Curry
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2014-15 season. Curryreceived 100 of 130 first-place votes and 1,198 total points from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. He is the sixth Warrior to receive the honor, joining Rick Barry (1966-67), Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60), Stephen Curry (2014-15), Tom Gola ( 1955-56) and Nate Thurmond (1964-65).
James Harden
After much discussion and debate, the winner of the 2014-2015 NBA MVP Award is James Harden of the Houston Rockets! In what was perhaps one of the most competitive MVP races in recent memory, Harden narrowly edged out Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors for the prestigious honor.
Harden had an incredible season, leading the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals while averaging 27.4 points, 7.0 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game. He was also named to the All-NBA First Team and was selected as an NBA All-Star for the second time in his career.
Curry, meanwhile, had a phenomenal year himself, setting an NBA record with 272 three-pointers while averaging 23.8 points, 7.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. He helped lead the Warriors to an NBA-best 67-15 record and was named to the All-NBA Second Team.
In the end, though, it was Harden who earned enough votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters to take home the coveted MVP trophy. It’s hard to argue with his selection, as he was simply outstanding all season long and deserves all the credit in the world for his incredible performance.
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics who then traded him to the Oklahoma City Thunder. A nine-time NBA All-Star, Westbrook has been named an All-Star MVP three times and he led the league in scoring in 2014–15 and 2016–17. He is also a seven-time All-NBA team member, led the league in assists once, and is one of only two players to average a triple-double for a season. Westbrook also set an NBA record for most triple-doubles in a season with 42. He went on to win his first NBA championship as a member of the Thunder in 2012
In 2017, he was named one of the ten finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2020.
