The one blemish on Steph Curry’s resume is the truth that he has gained Finals MVP simply as soon as within the six Finals he’s performed in.
“I’ll by no means hear that query once more – ‘Oh, you don’t have a Finals MVP’ – as a result of now it’s like, will I get one other? It’s simply the objective publish change,” Curry mentioned on JJ Redick’s podcast The Old Man and the Three.
Curry additionally opened up on Andre Iguodala profitable Finals MVP over him in 2015.
“Clearly, we’re not profitable the finals if I don’t play the best way I performed. I felt like I performed extraordinarily properly. We don’t win the finals until Andre performs the best way he did, and that adjustment (of Iguodala serving as LeBron James’ main defender) working, him giving us such an enormous increase all through the entire collection.
“We each thought we most likely deserved it. I’m positive when he heard his title referred to as, he was like, ‘No, it’s him.’ And if it was me, it could have been the identical factor. It by no means dawned on me that I wouldn’t have one other alternative to get one, or the very fact he didn’t deserve it.”
Curry averaged 26 factors, 5.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists within the 2015 Finals. Iguodala averaged 16.3 factors, 5.8 rebounds and 4 assists, however as Curry talked about, he was distinctive as LeBron James’ main defender.
