Talk:NBA Finals Most Valuable Player

Photo

A photo in the article says Tony Parker is the only european that has ever received the award. Dirk Nowitzki has done it as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.222.180.104 (talk) 13:04, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Now it says that Parker was the first non-American to win, but Olajuwon won the award twice with the Rockets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.77.252.79 (talk) 10:23, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Johnny Abarrientos?????????

Michael Jordan is the one who has 6 MVP in the finals ;)

Tim Duncan bio

Duncan was born in the US Virgin Islands, he's an American citizen. This article makes it seem like he isn't American, despite the fact that his bio page says he is. 75.67.154.212 03:14, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Tim Duncan (top) is the only international player to win this award multiple times???? Hakeem was born in Nigeria and won twice??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.25.149.2 (talk) 20:16, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Shaquille O'Neal

Should a picture of Shaquille O'Neal replace the picture of Tim Duncan, or at least be added to the list? Since shaq is one of two players who have won the award three times in a row. Black'nRed 17:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

There isn't enough room for one more image.—Chris! _ct 18:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Besides, Duncan also has three, and isn't that big of a deal ;b. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 18:12, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I got a solution: using a template to show both images.—Chris! _ct 18:28, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Now, it just looks ugly. This is why I proposed to move Template:NBA Awards to the bottom of the page. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 18:38, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

No, it's not.—Chris! _ct 18:43, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I changed the format, so I hope everyone is satisfied.—Chris! _ct 18:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

You sure this looks good with the images going to the references...(Change Template:NBA Awards :D)? -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 18:55, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

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Requested move

Per WP:COMMONNAME, which is NBA Finals MVP and not Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. TrailBlzr (talk) 23:38, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

@TrailBlzr: You'll need to follow the instructions at WP:RM#CM to properly format this request. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 08:33, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Just looking at Google News Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP has 363 results, while NBA Finals MVP 2,000,000. I'm going to WP:BOLDly move as WP:COMMONNAME, which does not have to be the same as the official name.—Bagumba (talk) 10:45, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Remove NBA 75 team distinction?

Does anyone else think this distinction should be removed? It was a one time selection, therefore all future MVP's who are newer to the league will not be eligible for selection, especially due to it not being updated annually, or EVER again really. Look at Jokić, our latest MVP. If this selection was actually ever updated again, he would make the team easily. I think we should remove this distinction. Spirit Fox99 (talk) 15:31, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Agree. A lot of these lists are becoming to cluttered with notations and shading. We didn't have the 50th anniv team before. And it's recentism to add the 7th now, plus a bit biased for players who might not be named until say the 100th anniv. HOF is good enough. —Bagumba (talk) 16:26, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

I agree with you. Hall of Fame is all that is needed here. Spirit Fox99 (talk) 18:13, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

@Spirit Fox99 I respectfully disagree. Insofar certain players are in the HoF but not in the 75 team, I believe it's useful to have the distinction. The most important of course is to indicate those who are not in any of them, but still were MVPs. Harry Deconstructing (talk) 16:35, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Cool, 2 against 1 so far. Please have a better reason next time. Spirit Fox99 (talk) 16:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Article name

Just wonder if the article name should change to 'Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award'. I just came from the article of the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP award. It seems the community prefers having the full names in the NBA Awards articles. Zaffrice (talk) 21:31, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 11 October 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Consensus on dropping award (non-admin closure) Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 06:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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• NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
• NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player award → NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award
• NBA conference finals Most Valuable Player award → NBA conference finals Most Valuable Player Award

– There seems to be some inconsistency with the naming conventions of the NBA award articles. The listed articles use the uncapitalized "award" while the rest of the related articles use the capitalized "Award". I think it should be capitalized since it is specifically the NBA's award, but I can see the opposition that "award" should not capitalized because of it being a generic term like "NBA playoffs". If this is opposed, it might be that the other award articles use "award" instead of "Award", maybe in a separate discussion. MarcusAbacus (talk) 06:00, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

• Comment A relevant guideline is MOS:CAPS:

  Wikipedia relies on sources to determine what is conventionally capitalized; only words and phrases that are consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources are capitalized in Wikipedia.

  —Bagumba (talk) 06:08, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose I don't find award being "consistently captialized" per MOS:CAPS: AP, Reuters, The Washington Post, The Guardian, ESPN, Sporting News, Los Angeles Times.—Bagumba (talk) 06:52, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
• Comment Is award even needed? It's referred to as much as a title without award,[1] and removing it would be in line with WP:PRECISION. See also Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball conference players of the year—award page titles sans award.—Bagumba (talk) 07:06, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

  Agree on dropping award if it's not being treated as part of the proper name. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 13:33, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

  I agree, I think dropping "award" altogether would be ideal. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:56, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

• Support move to the titles without the term "award" in them per WP:CONCISE. ~~ Jessintime (talk) 13:36, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
• Support alternative to remove Award altogether from the title per WP:PRECISION and WP:CONCISE. It's just as often used as a title, e.g. "he is the NBA Finals MVP", as it is an award, and even the award is often referred to without mentioning award e.g. "won the NBA Finals MVP".—Bagumba (talk) 14:35, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
• Remove 'Award', I'll get on the bandwagon. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:15, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

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