As great as Lebron was, iggy deserved the finals MVP. Maybe he will get it next year when Kyrie is back.

It's understandably rare for it to happen, but this season I thought Lebron was that much better than anyone else that yes, he still should have got the award despite losing.

Lebron shot 25% against Iggy. I thought Lebron should have won it for carry that squad to the Finals and then actually manage to avoid getting swept but Iggy was the most deserving Warrior

To put it in persepective, he was the first player in NBA Finals history to lead both teams in points, assists and rebounds for the entire series, according to ESPN.

James averaged 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists across six Finals games. Apart from a 20 point effort in game 4 and if a team mate made 2 more shots per game the guy would have averaged a 40 point triple double.

And who would have honestly tipped they would take it to 6 games at the start of the series?

But winners are grinners.

LeBron played his ass off, the Cavs just lost to a better team. If anyone on GS should have got mvp it should have been Steph. Avg 26pts etc

It's a great trivia question now but Lebron was pretty outstanding

With Iguodala on court, Cavs were -55. When he was on the bench, the Cavs were +30.

The vote was split 7-4 (Iguodala-James). No votes for Curry which would've been a very default choice.

There's also an argument that LeBron had less competition for those stats. The other non-Kyrie guards had poor games and so he put up more shots at a lower-then-usual percentage. No Love so he played bulk minutes and had to rebound (defensive rebounding saves him running the outlet and conserves energy?).

Curry got no votes for a 26/5/6 series which is a bit harsh.

One more win in, say, game 6 and I think LeBron is the guaranteed finals MVP.

As it was, a 2-4 series, yes LeBron was the best and most dominant player on court, but I can understand how the judges could be focussing on who was most influential in causing the wins.

Plus the title of the award is most valuable, not best contributer. Without Iguadala the Warriors probably would have won it with Barnes, Green etc contributing even if it wasn't as much as iggy.
Take away Lebron and they would have been the Washington generals out there.
Excellent point that without Kyrie and Love he had to raise his production.

value of lebron in series > value of iggy in series

Take LBJ out and Iggy out and the Warriors still win with a very likely sweep.

any way you put it LBJ > Iggy. Stats, importance to team, x factor, impact on game, impact on series.

Sure, you could focus on that stat- much like the delly supporters that lean on that stat. Or you could look at it from the point of Lebron still managing to drop near 40 pts every night and average a near triple double in one of the most dominant individual performances while Iggy defended him.

For the Dubs, starting Iggy over Bogut was a master stroke that changed things up and was arguably the difference in the series. Iggy played extremely well, and the Warriors played extremely well when he was on the court, no doubt about that.

But check these stats out:

Lebron: 35.8 ppg, 13.3 rpg, 8.8apg
Iggy: 16.3ppg, 5.8rpg, 4.0apg.

Firstly, LeBron's stats are insane and it has been reported that no player in NBA history has led both teams in ppg, rpg and apg. But also, check out the difference in LeBron's stats compared to Iggy's: 19.5ppg, 7.5rpg, 4.8apg. That's a whole extra player (and a good one, too.)

I am all for rewarding the biggest "difference maker" in the series and Iguodala certainly has a legitimate claim to that title, but LeBron's numbers are statistically unprecedented. The NBA is effectively guaranteeing that a player on the losing team will never, ever, win the MVP again. And it's a shame.

I don't necessarily like the statistical view point for a series finals MVP, it is a guide only for me.

Yes, Lebron James and Steph Curry dominated their team's stats, and so they should have, one had so much isolation play come his way he could help it while the other had a license to shoot and shoot it some more.

I realise this isn't all they brought to their teams and they also produced opportunity for team mates and inspired them when the going got tough, but for me the MVP should be the game changer, the one who made the difference...

For me the MVP was Igudalla hands down, why, because with him the Warriors win hands down, without him maybe not!

There is more to an MVP than statistics, in fact it should be only one of several categories used to determine the value of a player, sure you can look at how the statistics influence many other factors, but the statistics alone are not and never should be the deciding factor IMHO.