bob pettit won the first mvp in the nba.
who won the first mvp in the nba?
bob pettit
notable nba players in history include wilt chamberlain (4 time mvp), bill russell (5 time mvp), bob pettit (11 time all nba team), bob cousy (12 time all nba team), jerry west (12 time all nba team), julius erving (won mvp awards in both the aba and nba), kareem abdul-jabbar (6 time mvp), magic johnson (3 time mvp), larry bird (3 time mvp), michael jordan (6 time finals mvp), john stockton (#1 in career assists and steals), karl malone (14 time all nba team), kobe bryant (nba's third all-time leading scorer), tim duncan (15-time nba all-star), shaquille o'neal (3 time finals mvp) and jason kidd (#2 in career assists and steals).
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in 2014–15, curry won his first mvp award and led the warriors to their first championship since 1975. the following season, he became the first player in nba history to be elected mvp by a unanimous vote and to lead the league in scoring while shooting above 50–40–90. that same year, the warriors broke the record for the most wins in an nba season en route to reaching the 2016 nba finals, which they lost to the cleveland cavaliers. curry helped the warriors return to the nba finals in 2017 and 2018, where they won back-to-back titles.
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