Vote - #1 Playoff Run of All-Time by a FMVP

[Deuce Bigalow]

NBA Finals MVP - Postseason stats
[HTML]YEAR PLAYER FG% PPG RPG APG BLKPG

2012 LeBron James .500 30.3 9.7 5.6 0.7
2011 Dirk Nowitzki .485 27.7 8.1 2.5 0.6
2010 Kobe Bryant .458 29.2 6.0 5.5 0.7
2009 Kobe Bryant .457 30.2 5.3 5.5 0.9
2008 Paul Pierce .441 19.7 5.0 4.6 0.3
2007 Tony Parker .480 20.8 3.4 5.8 0.0
2006 Dwyane Wade .497 28.4 5.9 5.7 1.1
2005 Tim Duncan .464 23.6 12.4 2.7 2.3
2004 Chauncey Billups .385 16.4 3.0 5.9 0.1
2003 Tim Duncan .529 24.7 15.4 5.3 3.3
2002 Shaquille O'Neal .529 28.5 12.6 2.8 2.5
2001 Shaquille O'Neal .555 30.4 15.4 3.2 2.4
2000 Shaquille O'Neal .566 30.7 15.4 3.1 2.4
1999 Tim Duncan .511 23.2 11.5 2.8 2.6
1998 Michael Jordan .462 32.4 5.1 3.5 0.6
1997 Michael Jordan .456 31.1 7.9 4.8 0.9
1996 Michael Jordan .459 30.7 4.9 4.1 0.3
1995 Hakeem Olajuwon .531 33.0 10.3 4.5 2.8
1994 Hakeem Olajuwon .519 28.9 11.0 4.3 4.0
1993 Michael Jordan .475 35.1 6.7 6.0 0.9
1992 Michael Jordan .499 34.5 6.2 5.8 0.7
1991 Michael Jordan .524 31.1 6.4 8.4 1.4
1990 Isiah Thomas .463 20.5 5.5 8.2 0.4
1989 Joe Dumars .455 17.6 2.6 5.6 0.1
1988 James Worthy .523 21.1 5.8 4.4 0.8
1987 Magic Johnson .539 21.8 7.7 12.2 0.4
1986 Larry Bird .517 25.9 9.3 8.2 0.6
1985 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.560 21.9 8.1 4.0 1.9
1984 Larry Bird .524 27.5 11.0 5.9 1.2
1983 Moses Malone .536 26.0 15.8 1.5 1.9
1982 Magic Johnson .529 17.4 11.3 9.3 0.2
1981 Cedric Maxwell .580 16.1 7.4 2.7 0.9
1980 Magic Johnson .518 18.3 10.5 9.4 0.4
1979 Dennis Johnson .450 20.9 6.1 4.1 1.5
1978 Westley Unseld .530 9.4 12.0 4.4 0.4
1977 Bill Walton .507 18.2 15.2 5.5 3.4
1976 Joe White .445 22.7 3.9 5.4 0.1
1975 Rick Barry .444 28.2 5.5 6.1 0.9
1974 John Havlicek .484 27.1 6.4 6.0 0.3
1973 Willis Reed .466 12.5 7.6 1.8
1972 Wilt Chamberlain .563 14.7 21.0 3.3
1971 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.515 26.6 17.0 2.5
1970 Willis Reed .471 23.7 13.8 2.8
1969 Jerry West .463 30.9 3.9 7.5 [/HTML]

Voting Results

1995 Hakeem Olajuwon - 7
1991 Michael Jordan - 4
2000 Shaquille O'Neal - 2
1994 Hakeem Olajuwon - 2
1992 Michael Jordan - 1
2012 Lebron James - 1
2003 Tim Duncan - 1
1971 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 1
1969 Jerry West - 1

[StateOfMind12]

Hakeem Olajuwon in 1995 has my vote mainly because of the superior competition he went against compared to what Jordan had to go against in 1991, Shaq in 2000 and 2001, etc.

[SilkkTheShocker]

94 Hakeem for me. Especially when you factor he was playing with a bunch of role players for the most part. Who was their 2nd best player? Otis Thorpe? Good player, but aside from having a plethora of clutch shooters and defenders, those Rockets teams owe everyhting to Hakeem. 95 Hakeem went through a tougher road, but at least they had another all-star in Drexler.

[NumberSix]

King James 2012

[StateOfMind12]

94 Hakeem for me. Especially when you factor he was playing with a bunch of role players for the most part. Who was their 2nd best player? Otis Thorpe? Good player, but aside from having a plethora of clutch shooters and defenders, those Rockets teams owe everyhting to Hakeem.

95 Hakeem > 94 Hakeem, Hakeem had to go up against Malone in the 1st round, Barkley in the 2nd round, Robinson in the 3rd round, and Shaq in the Finals.

Did I also mention how he was the 6th seed so he didn't have HCA in any of those series? The numbers already show that Hakeem was amazing and impactful that post-season as well and more so than Hakeem in 1994.

People brag about Hakeem's 1995 playoff run, not his 1994 one. They brag about his 1994 ring though because he didn't have a Drexler alongside him but he was more productive in 1995.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Hakeem Olajuwon in 1995 has my vote mainly because of the superior competition he went against compared to what Jordan had to go against in 1991, Shaq in 2000 and 2001, etc.

I had trouble picking between 94 or 95 Rockets. After that, I agree with what you said about Shaq. 03 Duncan is also up there imo.

[RRR3]

Big Papa Ced Maxwell obviously.

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

one must factor in the quality of opponents.
This year's run sucked ass, thanks to the shit that was OKC. Worst defensive Finals team in ages.

[SilkkTheShocker]

95 Hakeem > 94 Hakeem, Hakeem had to go up against Malone in the 1st round, Barkley in the 2nd round, Robinson in the 3rd round, and Shaq in the Finals.

Did I also mention how he was the 6th seed so he didn't have HCA in any of those series? The numbers already show that Hakeem was amazing and impactful that post-season as well and more so than Hakeem in 1994.

People brag about Hakeem's 1995 playoff run, not his 1994 one. They brag about his 1994 ring though because he didn't have a Drexler alongside him but he was more productive in 1995.

Bringing up the 6th seed part is retarded. Hakeem missed multiple games with injury and Drexler came in later. Their road to the Finals was one of the hardest ever, but he was also playing with another hall of famer. The gap between Hakeem and the next player on the 94 Rockets was even bigger than it was in 95. Im not saying 94 Hakeem>>>95 Hakeem, but I put more stock in the fact he had less to work with than in 95. The 94 Rockets were up there with Rick Barry's Warriors and Duncan's 03 Spurs for weakest Finals supporting casts.

[NumberSix]

one must factor in the quality of opponents.
This year's run sucked ass, thanks to the shit that was OKC. Worst defensive Finals team in ages.

B.. b.. b... but.... I thought they beat the last 3 champions?

Wasn't everybody saying this was some kind of all time historic playoff run until the Heat smashed them?

Turns out I was right all along. They just beat 3 over the hill teams.

[SilkkTheShocker]

one must factor in the quality of opponents.
This year's run sucked ass, thanks to the shit that was OKC. Worst defensive Finals team in ages.

That Thunder team raped the west in the playoffs. The problem is the west has too many pansy teams that don't play any defense.

[wagexslave]

Am I the only one that lol'd when I saw Chauncey Billups' sorry ass stats after reading all of these amazing "all time greats" stats, all of the 30+ PPG's and 15+ RPG's?

[RRR3]

one must factor in the quality of opponents.
This year's run sucked ass, thanks to the shit that was OKC. Worst defensive Finals team in ages.

Kobe fans do anything to discredit LeBron.

[Deuce Bigalow]

1991 Michael Jordan

[SilkkTheShocker]

Am I the only one that lol'd when I saw Chauncey Billups' sorry ass stats after reading all of these amazing "all time greats" stats, all of the 30+ PPG's and 15+ RPG's?

I was shocked. I thought for sure his FG% was higher than that in the Finals.