#137: Western Conference Finals MVPs since 2000, Part 2
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🗓️ 12 August 2022
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In Part 2 of a mega podcast, we go back and select Conference Finals MVPs (Magic Johnson and Larry Bird trophy) before the award was officially handed out in 2022, covering 2011-2021. We asked the Thinking Basketball community to vote as well for a broader perspective. With @codyhoudek. Support at www.patreon.com/thinkingbasketball
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| 0:00.0 | Speaking basketball podcast, my name is Ben. |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome back to part two of the Western Conference Finals MVPs since 2001. |
| 0:18.0 | I believe the, excuse me, 2000, I believe the official title should actually probably be called Western Conference finals, |
| 0:24.4 | MVPs, and Magic Johnson trophy winners according to the official thinking basketball votes. |
| 0:35.2 | Where did we leave off last time? Cody, I believe we were finally putting me out of my misery of having to go back and forth between saying your name and Kobe and the 2010 Lakers. Yeah weeks ago and we recorded |
| 0:45.4 | part one I think we ended 2010 when when Kobe just ended his his run of |
| 0:49.6 | three Straight Magic Johnson Awards. Three Straight Magic Johnson awards giving him four. |
| 0:55.5 | He is our leader in the clubhouse. |
| 0:57.8 | So that, what does that give him? |
| 0:59.0 | That gives him four conference finals, MVPs, and two finals MVPs. |
| 1:06.6 | And of course, in 2009 and 2010, |
| 1:10.2 | he does the double. |
| 1:11.1 | Who else did the double in the first half of this episode? |
| 1:14.1 | Tim Duncan in 2003? K G04? No, they didn't make the finals. |
| 1:21.6 | Oh, you're not talking about MVP in Western. |
| 1:24.0 | You're talking finals. |
| 1:25.0 | No, that's the triple. |
| 1:26.0 | That's the regular season MVP. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, so 2000, shack did the triple. |
| 1:30.0 | He did regular season MVP. |
| 1:32.0 | We voted him Western Conference finals MVP and then he was finals MVP. But 2001, remember we gave to Kobe, 2002, we gave to Shaq as well, so Shaq did the double that year. |
| 1:47.0 | Duncan did it in 2003 in the Western Conference finals. |
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