It’s been a pretty solid 24 hours for Steph Curry. The Warriors star was reportedly named as the league’s MVP on Monday, and he then had a game for the ages by scoring 17 points in overtime to lift Golden State past Portland in Game 4 of that series. To top it all off, Curry made history by becoming the first ever unanimous MVP in NBA history on Tuesday morning when he was officially awarded his second consecutive Maurice Podoloff Trophy.
Curry is the 11th player in history to win back-to-back MVP awards, but he stands alone in receiving every first-place vote. LeBron James in 2013, and Shaquille O’Neal in 2000, both got within one vote of a unanimous decision, but Curry is the first man to be No. 1 on ever award ballot.
Unsurprisingly, the Internet had something to say about Curry’s big win.
MVP, MVP / A lot of y'all ain't built for the league pic.twitter.com/dcvHemz2HR
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) May 10, 2016
the first unanimous MVP in NBA history pic.twitter.com/NI62klpVSO
— Jeff McDevitt (@JeffMcDev) May 10, 2016
Steph Curry becomes the 13th player in NBA history to win multiple MVP awards and the third point guard to do so pic.twitter.com/Rxo5qYHk5M
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 10, 2016
Another new Steph Curry shirt from Under Armour pic.twitter.com/DX7QByXFmP
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 10, 2016
Genunely happy for Steph Curry but be wary of anyone who claims unanimous victory. Something fishy going on #MVPGate pic.twitter.com/HmWhTgLftg
— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) May 10, 2016
Steph produced a season the likes of which had never been seen in the NBA. No issue at all with him being the unanimous choice.
— Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej) May 10, 2016
Steph Curry the 1st unanimous NBA MVP. The only one in the NFL? Tom Brady in 2010
— trey wingo (@wingoz) May 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/730071778433728512
Kawhi Leonard, Russell Westbrook, and LeBron James all have legitimate claims to an MVP award, but some of the things Curry did this year were absurd, making it a one-horse race for basically the whole year.
Honestly, Curry deserves unanimous MVP. Plenty of players deserved the award in a normal season, but Steph is doing abnormal things.
— Drew Bryant (@drewbryant) May 10, 2016
Russell Westbrook averages 23.5 points, 10.4 assists, 7.8 rebounds, doesn't get a single MVP vote. That's how good Curry is.
— Kevin Duffy (@KevinRDuffy) May 10, 2016
30.1 PPG
6.7 APG
5.4 RPG
2.1 SPG
402 3FG
50.4 FG%
45.4 3FG%
90.8 FT%
73 wins – 9 losses
UNANIMOUS #KiaMVP! pic.twitter.com/fOIN3yuQ2k— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) May 10, 2016
Not only is Curry the first ever MVP in league history to get every first-place vote, he’s also only the fourth player ever to win any major award that way.
Rookies of the Year Damian Lillard ('13), David Robinson ('90) and Ralph Sampson ('84) were only players to win major NBA award unanimously
— Dan Feldman (@DanFeldmanNBA) May 10, 2016
Some media members took to Twitter to congratulate their comrades for not screwing it up this time, like they did in 2013.
https://twitter.com/Ethan_Booker/status/730067993762344960
Stephen Curry was so good nobody was dumb enough to vote for anyone else.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 10, 2016
Steph Curry named the unanimous MVP. Good job everybody not throwing a random Carmelo Anthony in there this time.
— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) May 10, 2016
It's almost impossible to get 130 media members to vote anything unanimously. There's always one contrarian but kudos for getting it right.
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) May 10, 2016
Surprised the MVP was unanimous. It's near impossible to build consensus on anything, no matter how obvious
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) May 10, 2016
Making media votes public helped make Curry a unanimous MVP, if it was a secret ballot someone would have voted for LeBron just to stop it.
— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) May 10, 2016
Others were just happy they didn’t accidentally vote for Curry’s brother, Seth.
So glad I didn't accidentally vote for Seth Curry on the drop-down menu.
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) May 10, 2016
As much as this is a win for Steph Curry, it's also a win for the 131 media members who managed not to accidentally vote for Seth Curry
— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) May 10, 2016
Curry, along with Steve Kerr and Warriors general manager Bob Myers, are set to host a private MVP press conference at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the Oracle Arena.
