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NBA Deep Cut #11, Sunday, October 4: “Name an NBA MVP.” The prompt had 37 valid answers, and nobody played it that day. Correct answers score more the fewer people name them, so the deepest cuts are the ones worth the most.
Answers and recap (spoilers)
Nobody named
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Won in 1970-71, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80
- LeBron James: Won in 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13
- Michael Jordan: Won in 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
- Bill Russell: Won in 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1964-65
- Tim Duncan: Won in 2001-02, 2002-03
- Wilt Chamberlain: Won in 1959-60, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68
- Karl Malone: Won in 1996-97, 1998-99
- Moses Malone: Won in 1978-79, 1981-82, 1982-83
- Magic Johnson: Won in 1986-87, 1988-89, 1989-90
- Larry Bird: Won in 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86
- Stephen Curry: Won in 2014-15, 2015-16
- Steve Nash: Won in 2004-05, 2005-06
- Kobe Bryant: Won in 2007-08
- Dirk Nowitzki: Won in 2006-07
- Nikola Jokic: Won in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24
- Shaquille O'Neal: Won in 1999-00
- Kevin Garnett: Won in 2003-04
- James Harden: Won in 2017-18
- Kevin Durant: Won in 2013-14
- Russell Westbrook: Won in 2016-17
- Hakeem Olajuwon: Won in 1993-94
- Giannis Antetokounmpo: Won in 2018-19, 2019-20
- Bob Pettit: Won in 1955-56, 1958-59
- Charles Barkley: Won in 1992-93
- David Robinson: Won in 1994-95
- Wes Unseld: Won in 1968-69
- Julius Erving: Won in 1980-81
- Oscar Robertson: Won in 1963-64
- Bob Cousy: Won in 1956-57
- Bob McAdoo: Won in 1974-75
- Allen Iverson: Won in 2000-01
- Dave Cowens: Won in 1972-73
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Won in 2024-25, 2025-26
- Willis Reed: Won in 1969-70
- Derrick Rose: Won in 2010-11
- Joel Embiid: Won in 2022-23
- Bill Walton: Won in 1977-78
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