With the exception of the 2005 and 2006 seasons, every MVP in the NBA of the last 25 years featured players that could claim the title of “best player in the league” during their respective years.
Prior to that span, every player to win the MVP award two or more times had at least one Finals appearance, and every player to win the MVP award two or more consecutive times boasted at least one championship ring.
Steve Nash, winner of the 2005 and 2006 MVP awards, was the first exception to all the above.
In the 21 years prior to Nash winning the award, the only players that had won the title in consecutive years were all-time greats Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan, and Larry Bird.
Nash hardly belongs in that category.
Before Nash, every player that had won the awa ...
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