Who's GSW's Finals MVP thus far?

[dabigbaws]

curry let delly go off for 20 points in game 3 LOL

this isn't even a question

[kshutts1]

It is easy to tell how little most of you understand basketball.

Iggy is a role player that is stepping up when it matters. Curry is the most valuable player on the floor for them.

There was one perfect example today where they double off Curry, Curry passed it to Green (2 on 1 vs Mozgov), who swung it to Livingston when Mozgov helped, and Livingston (1 on 1 vs Mozgov) made a great pass to a WIDE OPEN Iggy.

That is the Curry effect. You don't get that play to happen without a gameplan designed to slow down one specific player.

He is playing great defense on Bron. Not going to take anything away from that. But, let's be serious - it is a team effort stopping Bron. The reason Iggy can do what he does (play great defense) is because now they are doubling Bron on the pick and roll or coming with help way sooner. They started using the Cavs game plan (of how they guard Curry) and used it on Bron. Team defense + 1 pesky constant irritant.

When a team is game planning to stop 1 player and make others beat them it doesn't matter what their stats are. It is not a stats impact. It gets other players wide open shots.

I think a lot of us understand this perfectly well. But I will not "award" someone with a FMVP for being a decoy, or because the other team is focusing defensive attention on them.
Iguodala still has to make the shots. Iguodala still has to defend at a high level. Iguodala still has to make the passes that he does.

He has been the best GSW player in this series so far. Curry is doing what he is supposed to, passing to the open man, drawing attention, etc, but I won't give him the FMVP for that. That would be like giving the MVP to an offensive lineman in football. I respect and appreciate what Curry is doing, but it's not FMVP worthy.

[Goldrush25]

Non biased FMVP voters will think otherwise



You guys are being insane, do you realize how many WIDE open looks Iguodala gets? If Steph Curry isn't on the floor Iguodala is going to score 10 ppg max.


Get ready for FMVPAMC

That's funny that everyone can see it's Iggy but you.

[triangleoffense]

ISH goes full retard sometimes.. Curry by far, no way Iggy gets those looks without Curry's shot creation and defensive attention.

[kshutts1]

ISH goes full retard sometimes.. Curry by far, no way Iggy gets those looks without Curry's shot creation and defensive attention.

So now we give an award to someone for pretending to be a threat? Because the other team thinks they're good? What about actual results?

I'll say again.. giving the FMVP to Curry, assuming Warriors win and everyone's level of play stays the same, is akin to giving an MVP to an offensive line or lineman.

[coin24]

I wouldn't be surprised if it's Iggy, he's beasting.. Plus the other teams bench players routinely take shits on bran in the finals

[DMAVS41]

This. Picking Iggy is like picking Delly over Lebron (not quite the same, but similar).

No it's not.

That is an absurd comparison.

Iggy is putting up 15/6/3 69% TS while playing elite defense on Lebron James on the other end on an island. And that doesn't even do justice to his timely plays either...

Comparing him to Delly is absurd.

Delly is putting up 10/3/3 43% TS and playing good defense on Curry, but getting loads of help on him.


Iggy has clearly been the best Warriors player so far in this series.

[DMAVS41]

ISH goes full retard sometimes.. Curry by far, no way Iggy gets those looks without Curry's shot creation and defensive attention.

And no way is lebron shooting 47% TS if they don't have Iggy.

There are hardly any guys in the league that could put up 15/6/3 69% TS while playing elite 1 on 1 defense with little help on lebron.

Curry is obviously their best player overall, but Iggy has made the biggest impact on this series and quite frankly it isn't very close.

[tpols]

And no way is lebron shooting 47% TS if they don't have Iggy.

There are hardly any guys in the league that could put up 15/6/3 69% TS while playing elite 1 on 1 defense with little help on lebron.

Curry is obviously their best player overall, but Iggy has made the biggest impact on this series and quite frankly it isn't very close.

What was bron shooting before the finals ? Like 49 TS?

[DMAVS41]

What was bron shooting before the finals ? Like 49 TS?

Other teams weren't singling him like the Warriors have been able to do with Iggy though.

Not really a fair comparison.

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Teal]If Iggy continues to frustrate LeBron and hit outside shots he's got to be the frontrunner for FMVP. Still, Curry will likely win it if GS win out and he logs his averages.
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[Derka]

Unless Curry goes completely batshit in the next few games, Iguodala.

[Droid101]

lol if Iggy gets it then the award becomes worthless in all time rankings, just be warned.

[edrick]

Curry hasn't done ANYTHING special, at all. If he wins it, it will show just how pointless the award is.

[ShackEelOKneel]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here. Yes, Iggy is stepping up and Curry is underperforming, but that doesn't make Iggy more valuable.

Curry vs Iggy
23.5ppg >> 14.8ppg
4.5rpg < 5.5rpg
6.3apg >> 3.0apg
1.5stl > 0.8stl
0.3blk < 0.5blk
41.3fg% << 57.5fg%
36.6%3 < 40.9%3
92.9ft% >> 57.1ft%
intangible defense << intangible defense
disrupting opponent defense >> disrupting opponent defense