Nobody's ever been able to answer this for me. Is the NBA afraid that giving Bill Russell four or five more Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP awards will taint Jordan's six? :b
Why doesn't the NBA retroactively award official Finals MVPs for 1947-1968?
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Because it would be weird and pointless. Hope this helps.
Because it would be weird and pointless...and dumb. Hope this helps.
What would be the formula used to determine that?
I mean, why don't they go back and count how blocks Bill Russell had so he can be the all-time blocks leader?
There's no footage of many of the regular-season games he played in, so his regular-season blocks can't be accurately retroactively tallied.
We've got more than enough footage and stats to accurately determine Finals MVPs for 1949-1968, though.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/
Based on what criteria? It’s a slippery slope. Once the NBA define what it takes to be MVP it opens them up to criticism for previous announced MVP’s and future MVP’s
NBA scorekeepers didn’t officially record blocks but they did record blocks on the back of their score cards. Wilt Chamberlain would be the all time blocks leader with 5.2K blocks.