Andre Iguodala named NBA Finals MVP

The Golden State Warriors are NBA champions, and it was Andre Iguodala who was named the NBA Finals MVP when all was said and done.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers lost Kyrie Irving in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, it looked like they were going to flame out and roll over to the Warriors. That didn’t happen though, as they proceeded to win their next two games to take a 2-1 series lead.

That’s as close as the Cavaliers would get to winning the NBA Finals though as the Warriors turned on the boosters and blew Cleveland away. Three straight wins is what landed the Warriors in the NBA winners circle at the end of the season and there were plenty of players to thank for getting them to that position.

Despite all of this, the debate was whether or not LeBron James should win the NBA Finals MVP even in defeat, almost as a consolation prize of sorts. After all, he was insane in all the games he played in and posted triple-doubles like they were no work at all.

But it wasn’t LeBron’s award to win, instead it was yet another player who helped shut him down. Just like how Kawhi Leonard stepped up to shut down LeBron last year, Andre Iguodala won the award for coming in and starting for the first time all season and shutting LeBron down.

It’s been a interesting career for Iguodala. He started in Philadelphia where he was a guy that the franchise thought they might be able to build around. He slowly fell into more rotational roles and ended up coming off the bench for the Warriors in 2014-15. That didn’t stop him from being a factor in the NBA Finals though, and his performances spoke for themselves.

Iguodala might not be a player who is going to spark a long career off his NBA Finals MVP win, but it’s part of a long career that has become more and more fun to watch as the years go by.

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