By
Nico Vindigni
In this I will be teaching you about the NBA finals and it’s trophies. The NBA finals are at the end of the NBA season and the teams who won their conference title go to the finals. In this I will be teaching you so you can become an expert.
The Trophies
The first NBA finals trophy was called the Walter A. Brown Trophy. It was originally called the NBA finals trophy but was renamed in 1964 after Walter A. Brown, the original owner of the Boston Celtics who was a key part in turning the BAA and the National Basketball League into the NBA in 1949. The original trophy was awarded to the BAA/NBA champions from 1947 to 1976. The trophy was kept by the winning team for one year and given to the winning team of the following year's finals, unless the previous team won again, much like the NHL's Stanley Cup, which continues that tradition to this day. A new trophy design was created for the 1977 NBA Finals, although it kept the Walter A. Brown title. Unlike the original championship trophy, the new trophy was given permanently to the winning team and a new one was made every year. In 1984, the trophy was renamed to the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, in honor of Larry O'Brien, who served as NBA commissioner from 1975 to 1984. It is made out of silver and on the outside it is 24 karat gold. After all that the players on the winning team gets rings that say the year and the team of the team that won. After that the MVP[most valuable player] of the finals gets a mini trophy for himself.
The list of the NBA Finals Winners from 2000 on
2000: winning team: Los Angeles Lakers
Coach: Phil Jackson
Finals MVP: Shaquille O’Neal
2001:winning team: Los Angeles Lakers
Coach: Phil Jackson
Finals MVP: Shaquille O’Neal
2002: Los Angeles Lakers
Coach: Phil Jackson
Finals MVP: Shaquille O’Neal
2003: winning team: San Antonio Spurs
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Finals MVP: Tim Duncan
2004: winning team: Detroit Pistons
Coach: Larry Brown
Finals MVP: Chauncey Billups
2005: winning team: San Antonio Spurs
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Finals MVP: Tim Duncan
2006: winning team: Miami Heat
Coach: Pat Riley
Finals MVP: Dwyane Wade
2007: winning team: San Antonio Spurs
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Finals MVP: Tony Parker
2008: winning team: Boston Celtics
Coach: Doc Rivers
Finals MVP: Paul Pierce
2009: winning team: Los angeles Lakers
Coach: Phil Jackson
Finals MVP: Kobe Bryant
2010: winning team: winning team: Los angeles Lakers
Coach: Phil Jackson
Finals MVP: Kobe Bryant
2011: winning team: Dallas Mavericks
Coach: Rick Carlisle
Finals MVP: Dirk Nowitzki
2012: winning team: Miami Heat
Coach: Erik Spoelstra
Finals MVP: Lebron James
2013: winning team: Miami Heat
Coach: Erik Spoelstra
Finals MVP: Lebron James
2014: winning team: San Antonio Spurs
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Finals MVP: Kawhi Leonard
2015: Golden state Warriors
Coach: Steve Kerr
Finals MVP: Andre Iguodala
2016: winning team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Coach:Tyronn Lue
Finals MVP: Lebron James
2017: winning team: Golden state Warriors
Coach: Steve Kerr
Finals MVP: Kevin Durant