how many mvps does larry bird have
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How Many Championships Did Larry Bird Win? Larry Bird won three NBA Championships in 1981, 1984 and 1986. He won the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award in 1984 and 1986. He also won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 1984, 1985 and 1986. Continue Reading.
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Jordan and Drexler, Kobe and LeBron: Are Championship Rings Overrated? Magic won his five titles with the NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James Worthy was his wing man for three of those runs, and prior to Worthy’s arrival, Hall of Famers Bob McAdoo and Jamaal Silk Wilkes filled the lanes for the Lakers.
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- In 2007-08, and after 12 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant won his first MVP award. LeBron James has won it in 4 of the last 7 seasons. About the NBA Season MVP: MVP Year by Year / MVP by Player / MVP by Team.
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- In 1978, Larry Bird was the Boston Celtics' No. 1 draft pick, signing a contract for a then-record $650,000 a year (he played his final year at Indiana State, however, joining the Celtics in 1979). He justified his salary right out of the gate, averaging 21.3 points per game and taking NBA Rookie of the Year honors.
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NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award Four of the games had joint winners— Elgin Baylor and Pettit in 1959, John Stockton and Malone in 1993, O'Neal and Tim Duncan in 2000, and O'Neal and Bryant in 2009. O'Neal became the first player in All-Star history to share two MVP awards.ob Pettit and Kobe Bryant are the only two players to win the All-Star Game MVP four times. Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal have each won the award three times, while Bob Cousy, Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Allen Iverson, and LeBron James have all won the award twice.
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Kobe Bryantâs MVP-Snubbed Career Posted by: Gabriel Lee Posted date: April 08, 2012 In: Editorials | Comments: 13. Kobe Bryant with his MVP award in 2008. In his 16 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Kobe Bean Bryant has won five championships and just one MVP award. Since Bryant entered the league 16 years ago, the recipient of the MVP award has gone on to win the championship on only three occasions (Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan). Even Kobe himself fell short in the Finals against the Boston Celtics when he earned the award in 2008.
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How many total MVP's does Michael Jordan have in his basketball career? Here's the list NBA CAREER: 5 times Regular Season MVP (88, 91, 92, 96 & 98) 6 times Finals MVP (91, 92, 93, 96, 97, & 98) 3 times All-Star game MVP (88, 96 & 98) TOTAL: 14 NBA MVP's MCDONALD'S CHAMPIONSHIP: 1 time MVP (1997) Therefore MJ's Total MVP for his basketball career is 15. G0t it?
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NBA Most Valuable Player Award Michael Jordan won the award five times in his career. LeBron James is a four-time NBA MVP. Tim Duncan, of the San Antonio Spurs, won back-to-back Most Valuable Player awards in the '01-02 and '02-03 seasons. Derrick Rose became the youngest player to ever win the award at age 22. Stephen Curry is the current MVP in 2015.
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NBA D-LEAGUE WNBAEurope LiveGlobalBrasilCanadaChinaEspanolFranceGermanyHong KongJapanTaiwanUKGLOBALAtlantaBostonCharlotteChicagoClevelandDallasDenverDetroitGolden StateHoustonIndianaLA ClippersLA LakersMemphisMiamiMilwaukeeMinnesotaNew JerseyNew OrleansNew YorkOklahoma CityOrlandoPhiladelphiaPhoenixPortlandSacramentoSan AntonioTorontoUtahWashingtonTEAMS MOBILE NBA TICKETSResource CenterGame CenterStats CenterDraft CenterFANTASY NBATVSTOREJerseysApparelKidsFootwearSporting GoodsAuctionsNBA Store EuropeBe An AffiliateSTORENBA TV BroadbandNBA LEAGUE PASSVIDEO Larry Bird was such a player. For 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics, from 1979-80 through 1991-92, Bird personified hustle, consistency and excellence in all areas of play--as a scorer, a passer, a rebounder, a defender, a team player, and, perhaps above all, as a clutch performer.
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Larry Bird Announces Retirement After 897 games Bird retired with 21,791 points (24.3 ppg), 8,974 rebounds (10.0 rpg) and 5,695 assists (6.3 apg). During his career he shot .496 from the floor and .886 from the free-throw line, ranking fifth all-time in the latter category behind Mark Price, Rick Barry, Calvin Murphy and Scott Skiles.
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SAN ANTONIO SPURS NBA FINALS FACTS Tim Duncan has won more playoff games in his career (129) than 20 of the other 29 current NBA franchises. With three NBA Finals MVPs (1999, 2003 and 2005.), Duncan is one of four players to win the award three-or-more times, joining Michael Jordan (six), Magic Johnson (three) and Shaquille O'Neal (three).
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Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award Brady is the only player to have won four Super Bowl MVP awards; Joe Montana has won three and three others—Starr, Terry Bradshaw, and Eli Manning—have won the award twice. Starr and Bradshaw are the only ones to have won it in back-to-back years. The MVP has come from the winning team every year except 1971, when Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award despite the Cowboys' loss in Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts.
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Top Winning Coaches in NBA History bill fitch 944 a two time nba coach of the year fitch won an nba title in 1981 with larry bird s celtics in 1981 and brought the houston rockets to the finals in 1986 he also spent time running the cavaliers nets and clippers he retired as the nba s all time leader in coaching wins and lossesill fitch 944 a two time nba coach of the year fitch won an nba title in 1981 with larry bird s celtics in 1981 and brought the houston rockets to the finals in 1986 he also spent time running the cavaliers nets and clippers he retired as the nba s all time leader in coaching wins and losses
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- Larry Bird was a member of three NBA championship teams -- all with the Boston Celtics during the 1980s. Bird's championships were won during the 1980-81, 1983-84 and 1985-86 …seasons.
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Jordan Rules: 50 reasons why we'll never forget Michael Jordan By Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney. Michael Jordan, who won six NBA championships, five MVPs, 10 scoring titles and two Olympic gold medals, turns 50 on Sunday. Here are 50 reasons -- from Air Jordans to the commercials to The Shot to The Shrug -- why we'll never forget His Airness.
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SAN ANTONIO SPURS NBA FINALS FACTS Duncan is just the second player in history to earn NBA Finals MVP honors in each of his first three trips to the Finals (Michael Jordan was six-for-six). Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are the first trio on a team other than the Celtics and Lakers to reach the NBA Finals four times together (Elias).
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- Full Name: Larry Joe Bird Born: 12/7/56 in West Baden, Ind. High School: Springs Valley (French Lick, Ind.) College: Indiana State Drafted by: Boston Celtics (1978) Height: 6-9; Weight: 220 lbs. Nickname: Larry Legend
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- From 1956 to 1980 the winner was selected by the NBA players. In 2005-06 Steve Nash joined Magic Johnson as the only point guards to have won the award at least twice. Then in 2006-07 Nash's former teammate Dirk Nowitzki became the first European player to win it. In 2007-08, and after 12 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant won his first MVP award. LeBron James has won it in 4 of the last 7 seasons. About the NBA Season MVP: MVP Year by Year / MVP by Player / MVP by Team.
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- If Larry Bird was a player today, he would be a Kyle Korver type player. Can't even compare them. Imagine if Larry Bird had to play against people like Andrew Wiggins, PG13, Russel Westbrook. Lebron is light years better than Larry.
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Three-Point Contest Larry Bird, the inaugural winner of this contest, and Craig Hodges have each won three straight times, while Mark Price, Jeff Hornacek, Peja Stojaković and Jason Kapono have each won two consecutive times. Stephen Curry holds the record with 27 points, albeit in the newer 34-point format.
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Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird: Was LA Lakers or Boston Celtics Legend Greater? The 1986 Celtics won an impressive 67 games including a 40-1 home record, while the 1987 L.A. Lakers won 65 games. Both teams boasted an astounding assembly of their own Big Three. The Lakers had Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy. The Celtics had Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish.
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Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award Magic Johnson is the only player to win the award as a rookie. Michael Jordan has won the award a record six times. Shaquille O'Neal is the only player other than Michael Jordan to have won the award three times consecutively. Tony Parker (bottom) is the first European player to win the award.
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Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award Starr and Bradshaw are the only ones to have won it in back-to-back years. The MVP has come from the winning team every year except 1971, when Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award despite the Cowboys' loss in Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts.ncluding the Super Bowl XII co-MVPs, seven Cowboys players have won Super Bowl MVP awards, the most of any NFL team.
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Scottie Pippen During his 17-year career, he played 12 seasons with the Bulls, one with the Houston Rockets and four with the Portland Trail Blazers, making the postseason sixteen straight times. Pippen is also the only player to have won an NBA title and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice (1992, 1996). He was a part of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Dream Team which beat its opponents by an average of 44 points.
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NBA legend Larry Bird says he doesn't think he'll make it to the age of 75 Bird knows all about the problems with 7-footers and their health, and despite his wife's aversion to wanting to hear about it, reaching 75 years old isn't something Bird, 59 and now president of the Pacers, necessarily expects to accomplish.
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Larry Bird Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998 (and was inducted again in 2010 as a member of the Dream Team). He served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000.