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2004 | 6-10 | 6-11 WS | 230 LBS Team: Illawarra Hawks Best rank: 48 / Worst rank: NR Agent: Lighthouse 2024-25 stats: 8.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.6 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.6 bpg, 60.2% FG, 9.1% 3P, 56.4% FT in 29 games See a mistake, contact Cyro Asseo by clicking …
2004 | 6-10 | 6-11 WS | 230 LBS
Team: Illawarra Hawks
Best rank: 48 / Worst rank: NR
Agent: Lighthouse
2024–25 stats: 8.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.6 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.6 bpg, 60.2% FG, 9.1% 3P, 56.4% FT in 29 games
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Champagne (usually Moët & Chandon), goggles and cigars – all things that you can usually spot in a typical locker-room celebration following the crowning of a new NBA champion.
Champagne (usually Moët & Chandon), goggles and cigars – all things that you can usually spot in a typical locker-room celebration following the crowning of a new NBA champion.
We even went as far back as the early 1960s for Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers celebrations after winning championships.
Check it out below.
Oklahoma City is now a city of champions. The Thunder were the best team in the regular season by a mile and proved they were deserving champions despite their youth, finally claiming the title with a 103-91 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Tyrese …
Oklahoma City is now a city of champions. The Thunder were the best team in the regular season by a mile and proved they were deserving champions despite their youth, finally claiming the title with a 103-91 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Tyrese Haliburton‘s dramatic Achilles injury during the first quarter marred what could have been an unforgettable Game 7.
Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 29 points and 12 assists, Jalen Williams added 20, and Chet Holmgren delivered his best performance of the entire NBA Finals with 18 points, eight rebounds, and five blocks.
In the end, the Pacers fought bravely thanks to TJ McConnell and Benedict Mathurin combining for 40 points off the bench, but the Thunder found their momentum in the third quarter and managed a 13-point lead in the final 12 minutes.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to OKC winning the championship:
The Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP award is one of the most prestigious in the sport of basketball. As such, when a player receives the distinction, it’s a huge honor, one that takes their legacy to another level. Check out the NBA stars throughout the …
The Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP award is one of the most prestigious in the sport of basketball. As such, when a player receives the distinction, it’s a huge honor, one that takes their legacy to another level.
Check out the NBA stars throughout the years receiving their Finals MVP trophies below.
Some youngsters had essential roles in clinching the NBA title, like Kobe Bryant against the Indiana Pacers in 2000. Others, like Celtics forward Jordan Walsh, only played five minutes and 25 seconds in the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas …
Some youngsters had essential roles in clinching the NBA title, like Kobe Bryant against the Indiana Pacers in 2000. Others, like Celtics forward Jordan Walsh, only played five minutes and 25 seconds in the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. Nonetheless, all of them are champions at a very young age.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named Finals MVP and lifted the 2025 NBA title with the Thunder after a hard-fought six-game series against the Indiana Pacers. Now, Shai is widely recognized as one of the game’s finest players, and his acquisition is …
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named Finals MVP and lifted the 2025 NBA title with the Thunder after a hard-fought six-game series against the Indiana Pacers.
Now, Shai is widely recognized as one of the game’s finest players, and his acquisition is one of the best trades in recent NBA history. That was not the case back in 2019, when the Clippers sent him with Danilo Gallinari and six draft picks for Paul George to become instant contenders after also signing Kawhi Leonard.
Today, this is officially considered the SGA Trade. The one that changed the Thunder’s history forever.
Here’s what social media said when the deal went down:
The Oklahoma City Thunder finished the regular season with the best point differential in NBA history and followed it up with a strong playoff run that culminated in a championship. However, it wasn’t a dominant postseason, which keeps them outside …
The Oklahoma City Thunder finished the regular season with the best point differential in NBA history and followed it up with a strong playoff run that culminated in a championship. However, it wasn’t a dominant postseason, which keeps them outside the Top 3 in combined regular season and playoff point differential. (Ironically, they might have ranked No. 1 had they lost to Denver in Game 7 of the second round.)
Playoff MVPs: Choosing the best player in each postseason in NBA history
HoopsHype chooses an NBA Playoffs MVP for every postseason, including LeBron James, Michael Jordan and many more all-timers.
In the NBA, there is a regular season MVP and a Finals MVP, but no award for the best player of the postseason, which is odd if you think about it. Hell, we even had a bubble MVP that one time.
No worries, though, because we are here to right that wrong by naming a Playoff MVP for every postseason dating back all the way to the BAA days. There’s a bit of overlap between Finals MVP and our pick for Playoff MVP but there are also many years in which our Playoff MVP pick didn’t even see his team win the championship.
With so many players to discuss and so many Playoff MVP awards to hand out, let’s get right to it.
(You can go to the bottom of the page to see how many times each legend is selected).
