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Phil Brisco is the best player in the NbA. He averages 45 points per game. He has scored countless NBA records. |
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*{{note label|Note1|a|a}} The official title of the position was NBA President until 1967 when it was changed to [[Commissioner of the NBA|NBA Commissioner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/commissioners.html|title=The Commissioners|accessdate=July 8, 2008|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com|author=Mike Monroe}}</ref> |
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*{{note label|Note2|b|b}} Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/abduljabbar_bio.html|title=Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bio|accessdate=August 4, 2008|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com}}</ref> |
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*{{note label|Note3|c|c}} Hakeem Olajuwon was born in [[Nigeria]], but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/hakeem_olajuwon/bio.html|title=Hakeem Olajuwon Bio: 1992-93|accessdate=June 15, 2008|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com}}</ref> |
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*{{note label|Note4|d|d}} Although Tim Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and is a United States citizen,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html|title=Virgin Islands|accessdate=August 12, 2008|publisher=[[CIA World Factbook]]}}</ref> the NBA considers him an international player.<ref name="intlnba"/> |
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*{{note label|Note5|e|e}} Steve Nash, who was born in South Africa, was raised in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/fastbreak_nash_cover.html|title=The Canadian Kid|accessdate=April 22, 2009|last=McPeek|first=Jeramie|coauthors=|date=|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com (from Fastbreak Magazine on Sept./Oct. 1996)}}</ref> |
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The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 NBA season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president)[a] of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963. MVP voting takes place immediately following the regular season. Until the 1979–80 NBA season, the MVP was originally selected by a vote of NBA players. However, since the 1980–81 season, the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; each second-place vote is worth seven; each third-place vote is worth five, fourth-place is worth three and fifth-place is worth one. Starting from 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting. The player with the highest point total wins the award.[1] Since the 1982–83 season, every player who has won the award has played for a team with at least 50 regular-season wins (except for Karl Malone in the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season, in which the regular season was only 50 games long).[2]
Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award six times.[3] Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times[2] while Wilt Chamberlain won the award four times in his career. Hall of Fame players Moses Malone, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson each won the award three times, while Bob Pettit, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash and LeBron James have each won it twice.[2] The most recent winner was Derrick Rose, who became the youngest in league history at age 22.[4] Only two rookies have won the award: Wilt Chamberlain in the 1959–60 season and Wes Unseld in the 1968–69 season.[5] Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria[c], Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands[d], Nash of Canada[e] and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany are the only international MVP winners. Duncan is an American citizen by birth and was raised in the United States, but is considered an international player by the NBA.[6] Of these four players, only Nowitzki was trained totally outside the United States—the other three all played U.S. college basketball (Olajuwon at Houston, Duncan at Wake Forest, and Nash at Santa Clara).
Winners
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NBA |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
Phil Brisco is the best player in the NbA. He averages 45 points per game. He has scored countless NBA records.
See also
- NBA Development League Most Valuable Player Award
- Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
References
- General
- "Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- "Most Valuable Player Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
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- Specific
- ^ "LeBron receives 116 first-place votes". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. May 2, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ^ "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Chicago's Derrick Rose Wins 2010-11 Kia NBA MVP Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 3, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- ^ "Wes Unseld". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "NBA Players from around the world: 2005-2006 Season". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2011.