Stephen Curry Should Have Been FMVP, Warriors Veteran Won It by Fluke; Says Ex NBA Star

Stephen Curry has an NBA career filled with accolades and accomplishments. He is no stranger to winning the NBA title, as he already won it three times. Curry is a two-time regular season MVP, eight-time NBA All-Star, a two-time scoring champion, and has been present in eight All NBA teams; but only one accolade is missing from his trophy shelf: a Finals MVP.

The fans think he should have won it in 2015 but now he has a golden opportunity to win it this year. The Golden State Warriors are in the NBA Finals after a three-year-long interval. They will face the Eastern Conference champions the Boston Celtics this time around.

Stephen Curry is still the most vital piece for the Warriors to emerge victorious against the Celtics. A Finals MVP will round off the achievements he has already attained in his basketball career. Former player and now analyst, JJ Redick has brought up the fact that a Finals MVP win would validate Curry’s career.

“I mean he is already a top 10-12 player of all time,” says Redick, “If he gets it on his resume, does it change where he stands in the pantheon of NBA greats? Probably not, he’s simply one of the greatest players ever. If I am being honest, he should have won the Finals MVP in 2015. It shouldn’t have been Andre Igoudala”. He does mention that Igoudala has said himself that he lucked into a Finals MVP.

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Redick brought up the fact that in the last two finals Golden State went to, Curry averaged 29-9-8 and 27-7-6 and was the first person not to win the Finals MVP despite having a 25-5-5 statline three times.

Stephen Curry: Why did he not get the 2015 FMVP?

In 2015, Curry averaged 26 points, 6.3 assists and 5.2 rebounds. Iguodala averaged 20.3 points per game over games he started in. He shot 55% from the field and 44% from the three-point range. Igoudala basically kept LeBron James to shooting 40% from the field. His injection changed the Warriors, who were lagging 2-1 behind the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Curry, too, as seen by the above stat had a great Finals series but his playoff and regular season run had raised too many expectations. Hence, his Finals came off as disappointing.

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