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Allen Iverson Allen Iverson during his tenure with the Nuggets.
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies. Iverson was selected with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He was...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1996-97 NBA season
Mike Miller Mike Miller NBA
Michael (Mike) Lloyd Miller (born February 19, 1980 in Mitchell, South Dakota) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Washington Wizards. Known for his ability to hit the three-pointer, he attended the University of...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 2000-01 NBA season
Michael Cooper  
Michael Jerome Cooper (born April 15, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player, and currently the head coach of the NCAA's USC Women of Troy basketball team. He is a former NBA player who spent his entire...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 1986-87 NBA season
Michael Jordan Smiling and imposing bald black man wearing a silver earring and herringbone jacket
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1991-92 NBA season
Dennis Johnson
Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and coach of the Los...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1978-79 NBA season
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul Jabbar crop
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor on April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1979-80 NBA season
Mike Miller Mike Miller NBA
Michael (Mike) Lloyd Miller (born February 19, 1980 in Mitchell, South Dakota) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Washington Wizards. Known for his ability to hit the three-pointer, he attended the University of...
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award 2005-06 NBA season
Hakeem Olajuwon El 34 de Olajuwon, retirado por la Universidad de Houston
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born on January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian American professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. He led...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1993-94 NBA season
Alvan Adams  
Alvan Leigh Adams (born July 19, 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas) is a retired American professional basketball player. After starring at the University of Oklahoma, the 6'9" (2.06 m) power forward/center was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 4th pick...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1975-76 NBA season
Terry Dischinger Terry Dischinger (with ball) as a player for the Chicago Zephyrs
Terry Gilbert Dischinger (born November 14, 1940 in Terre Haute, Indiana) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. He currently practices orthodontics. The son of a football coach and a great all-around athlete, Dischinger earned All...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1962-63 NBA season
Bob Pettit Bob Pettit (with the ball) as a player for the St. Louis Hawks
Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit (born December 12, 1932, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954-1965). He was the first...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1958-59 NBA season
Charles Barkley px
Charles "Chuck" Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" for his aggressive and outspoken demeanor, and "The Round Mound of Rebound" for his unusual build and talent,...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1992-93 NBA season
Cedric Maxwell Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Bryan Maxwell (born November 21, 1955, in Kinston, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player now in radio broadcasting. Nicknamed "Cornbread", he played 11 seasons in the NBA, and played a key role in two...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1980-81 NBA season
Willis Reed  
Willis Reed Jr. (born June 25, 1942) is a retired American basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career with the New York Knicks, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982. Reed was born in Hico, Louisiana....
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1972-73 NBA season
Bob Cousy Bob Cousy NYWTS
Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy (born August 9, 1928) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'1" (1.85-m), 175-pound (79.4-kg) Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1956-57 NBA season
Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Mourning
Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8, 1970, in Chesapeake, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player, who played most of his 16-year NBA career for the Miami Heat. Nicknamed "Zo", Mourning played at center. His tenacity...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 1998-99 NBA season
Zach Randolph  
Zachary "Zach" Randolph (born July 16, 1981 in Marion, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Randolph grew up in Marion, Indiana and attended Marion High School, where his coach was...
NBA Most Improved Player Award 2003-04 NBA season
Bob Pettit Bob Pettit (with the ball) as a player for the St. Louis Hawks
Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit (born December 12, 1932, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954-1965). He was the first...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1958-59 NBA season
Julius Erving JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim. Erving helped legitimize the...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1980-81 NBA season
Allen Iverson Allen Iverson during his tenure with the Nuggets.
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies. Iverson was selected with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He was...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 2000-01 NBA season
Dell Curry  
Wardell Stephen Curry (born June 25, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player at the shooting guard and the small forward positions who received his education from Fort Defiance High School in Virginia and Virginia Tech. He then...
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award 1993-94 NBA season
Wilt Chamberlain Wilt Chamberlain2
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1966-67 NBA season
Oscar Robertson Oscar-Robertson.jpg
Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee), nicknamed "The Big O" or O-Train, is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Robertson played the shooting...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1963-64 NBA season
Michael Jordan Smiling and imposing bald black man wearing a silver earring and herringbone jacket
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1987-88 NBA season
Wilt Chamberlain Wilt Chamberlain2
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1971-72 NBA season
Michael Jordan Smiling and imposing bald black man wearing a silver earring and herringbone jacket
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1990-91 NBA season
Oscar Robertson Oscar-Robertson.jpg
Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee), nicknamed "The Big O" or O-Train, is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Robertson played the shooting...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1963-64 NBA season
Gary Payton px
Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is best known for his 12-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics. He has also played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 1995-96 NBA season
Bill Russell Bill and Wilt Chamberlain in 1966.
William Felton "Bill" Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A five-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1964-65 NBA season
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul Jabbar crop
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor on April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1975-76 NBA season
Bobby Jackson  
Bobby Jackson (born March 13, 1973 in East Spencer, North Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player. Bobby Jackson attended Western Nebraska Community College and the University of Minnesota before being selected by the Seattle...
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award 2002-03 NBA season
Larry Bird Larrybird
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a retired American NBA basketball player. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, teaming with legendary center...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1979-80 NBA season
Michael Jordan Smiling and imposing bald black man wearing a silver earring and herringbone jacket
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 1987-88 NBA season
Walt Bellamy Walt Bellamy
Walter Jones Bellamy (born July 24, 1939 in New Bern, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player. Walt, known as "Big Bell", left Indiana University with the most rebounds in a career with 1,088 in only 70 games, while...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1961-62 NBA season
Wilt Chamberlain Wilt Chamberlain2
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1965-66 NBA season
Shaquille O'Neal 264402~SHAQUILLE-O-NEAL-Posters.jpg
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as "Shaq", is an American professional basketball player, rapper, and actor. He is widely perceived as one of the most dominant players in the history of the NBA. Standing...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1992-93 NBA season
Magic Johnson Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1986-87 NBA season
Ricky Pierce  
Ricky Charles Pierce (born August 19, 1959 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. He graduated from Garland High School and from Rice University. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st...
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award 1989-90 NBA season
Michael Jordan Smiling and imposing bald black man wearing a silver earring and herringbone jacket
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1997-98 NBA season
Rick Barry Rick Barry
Richard (Rick) Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considered by many veteran basketball observers to be one of the greatest pure small forwards of all...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1974-75 NBA season
Tim Duncan Tim Duncan (left) backs down Ben Wallace of the Pistons in 2005
Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is a Virgin Islander American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6-foot 11-inch (2.11 m), 260-pound (118 kg) power forward...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 2001-02 NBA season
Larry Bird Larrybird
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a retired American NBA basketball player. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, teaming with legendary center...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1983-84 NBA season
James Worthy Worthy
James Ager Worthy (born February 27, 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina), is a retired Hall of Fame American college and professional basketball player. Named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, "Big Game James" was a seven time NBA All...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1987-88 NBA season
Dale Ellis daleEllis.jpg
Dale Ellis (born August 6, 1960 in Marietta, Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball player, who played in the National Basketball Association. After his time at the University of Tennessee, Ellis was selected ninth overall in the...
NBA Most Improved Player Award 1986-87 NBA season
Ralph Sampson  
Ralph Lee Sampson, Jr. (born July 7, 1960 in Harrisonburg, Virginia) is a retired American college and professional basketball player. A 7-foot-4 phenom, three-time College Player of the Year, and No. 1 pick in the 1983 NBA Draft, Sampson brought...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1983-84 NBA season
Corliss Williamson  
Corliss Mondari Williamson (born December 4, 1973 in Russellville, Arkansas) is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for four teams during his 12-year NBA career. His nickname is "Big Nasty", a moniker he received from his...
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award 2001-02 NBA season
Earl Monroe  
Vernon Earl Monroe (born November 21, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player known for his flamboyant dribbling, passing, and play-making. His nicknames include "Earl The Pearl," "Black Magic," and...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1967-68 NBA season
Amare Stoudemire
Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16, 1982 in Lake Wales, Florida) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He is a 6-foot-10-inch (210 cm) and 249-pound (113 kg) power forward/center. Stoudemire won the NBA...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 2002-03 NBA season
Ron Artest Ron Artest's mug shot, taken by the Placer County Sheriff's Dept. in 2007.
Ronald William "Ron" Artest, Jr. (born November 13, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who is currently with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. Artest gained a reputation as one of the league's premier defenders as he won the NBA...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 2003-04 NBA season
Rony Seikaly  
Ronald Fred "Rony" Seikaly (Arabic: رونالد ﺼيقلي‎; born May 10th, 1965) is a retired Lebanese-born American professional basketball player. Seikaly was born in Beirut, Lebanon. At the age of 9 years old, Rony Seikaly moved from Beirut where he...
NBA Most Improved Player Award 1989-90 NBA season
Shaquille O'Neal 264402~SHAQUILLE-O-NEAL-Posters.jpg
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as "Shaq", is an American professional basketball player, rapper, and actor. He is widely perceived as one of the most dominant players in the history of the NBA. Standing...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1999-2000 NBA season
Shaquille O'Neal 264402~SHAQUILLE-O-NEAL-Posters.jpg
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as "Shaq", is an American professional basketball player, rapper, and actor. He is widely perceived as one of the most dominant players in the history of the NBA. Standing...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1999-2000 NBA season
Chauncey Billups act chauncey billups.jpg
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976, in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. He is a point guard for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. Billups won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004, helping the...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 2003-04 NBA season
Michael Jordan Smiling and imposing bald black man wearing a silver earring and herringbone jacket
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1991-92 NBA season
Rick Barry Rick Barry
Richard (Rick) Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is considered by many veteran basketball observers to be one of the greatest pure small forwards of all...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1965-66 NBA season
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul Jabbar crop
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor on April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1969-70 NBA season
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul Jabbar crop
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor on April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league...
NBA Most Valuable Player Award 1970-71 NBA season
Bill Walton Bill-Walton-Navy-Picnic-July-15-2008
William Theodore "Bill" Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is a retired American basketball player and current television sportscaster. The “Big Red-Head”, as he was called, achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in...
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1976-77 NBA season
Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25, 1966), commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a retired Congolese American professional basketball player last playing for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was the oldest...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 1996-97 NBA season
Patrick Ewing Patrickewing1
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is an American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic. He played most of his career with the NBA's New York Knicks as...
NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1985-86 NBA season
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