Another Trivia

MVP stuff again?

The award has been given out 56 times.

Can you name the 12 players with at least 2?

no looking things up this isn't that hard.

beat

Not hard for you, maybe.

1 Russell
2 Kareem
3 Wilt
4 Jordan
5 Bird
6 Magic
7 LeBron
8 Olajuwon?
9 Duncan
10 Nash
11 Cousy? when did they start giving the MVP?

Hmm...

Guys I think won it only once
Cowens
Barkley
Malone
Iverson
Shaq
Kobe
David Robinson
Unseld
Willis Reed?
Nowitzki
KG

Am I totally forgetting someone, or is someone on my "single" list a multiple winner?

Oh well, if I was going to guess, maybe Unseld, Cowens, or KG. Of the three... shoot. Cowens? Logic tells me Unseld, because he won it his rookie year, but I'll go with Cowens at no. 12.

Outside

Your original list is close
Started giving it out in 56 Cousy won it once (probably would have won more if it had been givin out earlier)

Olajuwon only won 1

So of your original 11 you have 9.

Of the 3 you lack, 1 is an older player (hint first player to win it twice)
the other 2 have the same last name and one is the only player except for Kareem to win it for different teams.

beat

Okay, older player -- Bob Petit? Mikan was before they began the MVP, I think.

Same last name, one did it for different teams... David Robinson and Frank Robinson? No, wrong sport.

Hmm...

How about Karl Malone and Moses Malone? Moses was on Philly and Houston, and I'd forgot about him on my first attempt. Did Karl win it twice? I thought he only won it once.

Hmm...

Forgot about Bill Walton, but I believe he only won it once, and no one else named Walton has won it.

Based on the name thing, I guess I have to go with the Malone boys, plus Petit.

Outside,

With your original 9 off the first list the Malones and Petit are the only players to win 2 or more MVP awards.



Multiple Winners
6 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5 - Michael Jordan
5 - Bill Russell
4 - Wilt Chamberlain
3 - Larry Bird
3 - Magic Johnson
3 - Moses Malone
2 - LeBron James
2 - Tim Duncan
2 - Karl Malone
2 - Steve Nash
2 - Bob Pettit

beat

I'd forgotten that Karl Malone won it twice, and Moses, who won it three times, was my most glaring omission the first time around.

Thanks Beat for posting trivia questions. I know I enjoy it when you do. And thanks BobH for not being signed on at the time and giving me a shot to fumble my way to the answer.