The 5 Most UNDESERVED MVPs of All Time

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Fun fact. The MVP award hasn't been won by an American since 2018. Really shows just how amazing the international players are.

After everything that happened in NBA media this year I saw the Embiid MVP win coming, but for me it was the margin of 1st place votes he had over the Joker that really confused me. Not even mentioning the fact that Giannis was just swept out of the conversation in favour of the one who had been crying for 4 years.

I was sure you were going to have Nash on this list for two reasons. A) you’re a Lakers fan, and B) the thumbnail. Way to stay as unbiased as possible. Big ups my guy

Thank you for not saying Nash. People always shyt on Nash cuz Shaq originally claimed on open Court that he should’ve won the award over Nash cuz he was averaging “28 and 15.” Now everyone always says it like it’s a fact that Shaq should’ve won over Nash when in reality Shaq was averaging like 20 and 10 not “28 and 15.” Thinking Shaq should have won is one thing but so many people say it so factual now as if Nash sucked.

It's very disappointing that George Gervin didn't win the season MVP award. He was a very strong scorer in the NBA in the 1970s.

To take it full circle, Walton missed three times as many games in 1977-78 as Wilt missed minutes in 61-62.

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To add to the comical nature of Russell winning the 1961-1962 MVP award over Chamberlain...Wilt's historic season resulted in the NBA basketball writers voting Chamberlain as the 1961-1962 1st Team All-NBA center whereas Russell was voted as the 2nd Team All-NBA center. The same NBA players who got their asses kicked on a nightly basis by Chamberlain voted Russell as the 1961-1962 league MVP. Not only did Wilt put up the greatest individual regular season in NBA history, he also put together 3 iconic performances in a row in January of the 1961-1962 season. 1/13/62 73 points 36 rebounds 29-48 from the field against HOF Center Walt Bellamy 1/14/62 62 points 28 rebounds 27-45 from the field against HOF Center Bill Russell 1962 NBA All-Star Game 42 points 24 rebounds 17-23 from the field in a time when the All-Star game was played in an all-out fashion

I always thought Magic's last MVP in 1990 should have been won by Charles Barkley. Barkley had more first place votes than Magic but Barkley was not as popular as Magic ( some voters left Barkley completely off of their list) . Magic led Barkley in assists per game and FT% and Barkley led Magic in every other measurable metric in basketball. Barkley's "I am not a role model" and the spitting on a fan in the stands really hurt Barkley. No disrespect toward Magic, but from a strictly basketball on the court perspective, Barkley was more deserving IMO.

I’ll let you have the Russell one as long as he gets his 11 Finals MVPs and 10 defensive player awards 😂

I've always heard how good Kareem was but I've never really dug into his stats season by season and after seeing them... sheeeshh that man could ball.

Also bill Russell won that award while Oscar had the triple double avg that season which was much more of an accomplishment for not only back then, but even considered the benchmark for all around offensive play, through the 2000"s. I know the trip dub avg has lost some of its flare nowadays with the wide open gameplay and highly inflated stats letting many get near the mark, but even back as late as the year 2000, Oscar was still recognized as the 3rd greatest basketball player ever because of his trip dub avg , or being right there at the nark, for over 10 seasons there. Sporting news and sports illustrated had him number 3 behind Wilt and Jordan in 2000 but since these days more emphasis is put on rings and accolades, players like him and Jerry west have completely fallen out the top 10 and on most people list, even the top 20. No way Russell gets that award today.

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Man, Kareem absolutely deserved that MVP. 27 points and 4 blocks is just insane.

Nash gets so much crap for winning, and it's so underserved. He was the most VALUABLE to his team, because without him specifically, the team would fall apart and not even smell 60 wins. People act like you could plug and play anyone in that system, but they completely ignore the level of skill the man had. Take Shaq off the Lakers and you still have Kobe. Take Nash off the Suns, and you have the Knicks.

Was really worried Nash was going to be on this list. Good on you for appreciating what he did without Stoudemire that season. 54-28 after losing Joe Johnson & Amare & still making the Suns look like true contenders was insane.