Mvp Basketball Quotes

Only Sampson and Walton failed to play more than four quality seasons, although Walton did win an MVP and Finals MVP and reinvent himself as the sixth man on an iconic team.

His physical gifts might have been what initially brought him to the NBA, but what truly got Giannis Antetokounmpo to the dance from a skinny and raw foreign player to a leading MVP contender was his hard work. After all, many different players in the past have had similar physical tools but did not have the desire to be great that Giannis has. This desire and hunger for greatness were born from the fact that he needed to work for the things that he wanted when he was still very young because of how poor he and his family were. The tools were already there but it was his hunger for greatness that ultimately allowed him to have one of the greatest work ethics the game has seen since the time of the late great Kobe Bryant.

Is it reasonable for a man to average 50.4 points a game while finishing second in the MVP voting? It is not. But this is Wilt’s legacy (and it always will be).