- NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
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National Basketball Association awards and honors Championship • O'Brien Trophy • Brown Trophy (defunct) Individual awards • All-Star Game MVP • Most Improved Player • Bill Russell Finals MVP • Most Valuable Player • Coach of the Year • Rookie of the Year • Defensive Player of the Year • Sixth Man of the Year • Executive of the Year • Sportsmanship Award • J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award Honors • All-NBA Team • All-Defensive Team • All-Rookie Team The National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player(s) voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The award was established in 1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year's game. The league also re-honored players from the previous two All-Star Games. Ed Macauley and Paul Arizin were selected as the 1951 and 1952 MVP winners respectively.[1] The voting is conducted by a panel of media members, who cast their vote after the conclusion of the game. The player(s) with the most votes or ties for the most votes wins the award.[2] No All-Star Game MVP was named in 1999 since the game was canceled due to the league's lockout.[3]
Bob Pettit and Kobe Bryant are the only two players to win the All-Star Game MVP four times. Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal have each won the award three times, while Bob Cousy, Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Allen Iverson, and LeBron James have all won the award twice. James' first All-Star MVP in 2006 made him the youngest to have ever won the award at the age of 21.[4] Four of the games had joint winners—Elgin Baylor and Pettit in 1959, John Stockton and Malone in 1993, O'Neal and Tim Duncan in 2000, as well as Bryant and O'Neal in 2009. O'Neal became the first player in All-Star history to share two MVP awards. The Los Angeles Lakers have had eleven winners while the Boston Celtics have had eight. Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands is the only winner not born in the United States. Duncan is an American citizen, but is considered an "international" player by the NBA because he was not born in one of the fifty states or Washington, D.C.[5] No player trained entirely outside the U.S. has won the award; Duncan played U.S. college basketball at Wake Forest. The 2011 All-Star Game MVP was Bryant.[6]
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Winners
Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain won the award in the 1960 NBA All-Star Game.
Hall of Famer Michael Jordan won the award three times in his career.
Hall of Famer Charles Barkley won the award in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game.
Shaquille O'Neal has won the award three times in his career.
Kobe Bryant has won the award four times in his career.^ Denotes player who is still active in the NBA * Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the MVP award Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won Notes
See also
- NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- NBA All-Star Game
- List of NBA All-Stars
References
- General
- "All-Star Game: Year-by-Year Results". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/allstargame_recaps.html. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
- Specific
- ^ Steve Popper (February 5, 1998). "N.B.A. All-Star Weekend; Macauley's '51 All-Star Honors Came Late (but He's Not Complaining)". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE7DA173DF936A35751C0A96E958260&&scp=6&sq=NBA%20All-Star%20Game%20MVP%20voting&st=cse. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
- ^ Howard-Cooper, Scott (February 12, 1990). "East Stars Put It Together, but Magic Has Hardware Pro basketball: Laker guard earns MVP in losing effort as rest of his West teammates are shut down, 130-113". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59982588.html?dids=59982588:59982588&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+12%2C+1990&author=SCOTT+HOWARD-COOPER&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=East+Stars+Put+It+Together%2C+but+Magic+Has+Hardware+Pro+basketball%3A+Laker+guard+earns+MVP+in+losing+effort+as+rest+of+his+West+teammates+are+shut+down%2C+130-113.. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
- ^ a b Steele, David (December 9, 1998). "NBA Drops All-Stars – What's Left? February game in Philly latest casualty of lockout". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/12/09/SP102770.DTL. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- ^ "King-Sized Rally Propels East to Victory". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/allstar2006/allstar_game/. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
- ^ "Bargnani becomes first European top NBA draft pick". People's Daily Online. June 29, 2006. http://english.people.com.cn/200606/29/eng20060629_278441.html. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
- ^ "Kobe wins 4th MVP in West's All-Star win". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 20, 2011. http://www.nba.com/games/20110220/ESTWST/gameinfo.html. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ "Virgin Islands". CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- ^ "All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster: D". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=men_alpha_D. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award 1951: Macauley | 1952: Arizin | 1953: Mikan | 1954: Cousy | 1955: Sharman | 1956: Pettit | 1957: Cousy | 1958: Pettit | 1959: Baylor & Pettit | 1960: Chamberlain | 1961: Robertson | 1962: Pettit | 1963: Russell | 1964: Robertson | 1965: Lucas | 1966: A. Smith | 1967: Barry | 1968: Greer | 1969: Robertson | 1970: Reed | 1971: Wilkens | 1972: West | 1973: Cowens | 1974: Lanier | 1975: Frazier | 1976: Bing | 1977: Erving | 1978: R. Smith | 1979: Thompson | 1980: Gervin | 1981: Archibald | 1982: Bird | 1983: Erving | 1984: Thomas | 1985: Sampson | 1986: Thomas | 1987: Chambers | 1988: Jordan | 1989: Malone | 1990: Johnson | 1991: Barkley | 1992: Johnson | 1993: Stockton & Malone | 1994: Pippen | 1995: Richmond | 1996: Jordan | 1997: Rice | 1998: Jordan | 1999: No Game Played | 2000: O'Neal & Duncan | 2001: Iverson | 2002: Bryant | 2003: Garnett | 2004: O'Neal | 2005: Iverson | 2006: James | 2007: Bryant | 2008: James | 2009: Bryant & O'Neal | 2010: Wade | 2011: BryantNBA All-Star Games All-Star Weekend • Rookie Challenge • Shooting Stars Competition • Skills Challenge • Three-Point Shootout • Slam Dunk Contest • H-O-R-S-E Competition • Celebrity Game • Legends Classic • All-Star Game MVP Award • List of NBA All-Stars • Broadcasters • D-League All-Star Game • WNBA All-Star Game 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2010 2011 2012 National Basketball Association Annual events: Draft · Summer League (Orlando) · Christmas Day · All-Star Weekend (Game · MVP) · Celebrity Game · Rookie Challenge · Shooting Stars · Skills Challenge · Slam Dunk Contest · Three-Point Shootout · Playoffs · Finals (MVP)Others: 1998–99 NBA lockout · 2011 NBA lockout · 50 Greatest Players · Arenas · Awards · BAA · Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Members) · Criticisms and controversies · D-League · Dress code · Defunct teams · Draft eligibility · Europe Live Tour · First overall draft picks · Head coaches (Current · Player-coaches · Champions) · Larry O'Brien Trophy · Midwest Division · NBA champions · NBA Store · NBA TV · NBL · Players (Current rosters · Foreign players · Banned or suspended) · NBA records (regular season, post-season, All-Star Game) · Relocated teams · Rivalries · Salary cap · Seasons · WNBACategory · Basketball Portal · 2011–2012 season Categories:- National Basketball Association awards
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