Shaq tweets photo in misspelled MVP shirt
Stephen Curry became the first unanimous MVP in NBA history, but his season ended in disappointment when the 73-win Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 series lead against LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in The Finals.
With Curry performing well below expectations over the course of those seven games, and perhaps in an ode to his own performance during the 1999-2000 season when he received 120 out of 121 first-place votes, Shaquille O'Neal shared the following image on Twitter on Tuesday night:
I'm just sayin... pic.twitter.com/sQjKWcyzpo
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) June 22, 2016
Just one problem: "Unanimous" is spelled wrong.
Still, O'Neal certainly had a case for unanimous MVP; he averaged a league-leading 29.7 points during the 1999-2000 campaign, to go along with 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and three blocks for the 67-15 Lakers, who won their first of three straight titles.
Allen Iverson, who went on to win MVP the following year, received the lone first-place vote that didn't go to Shaq in 2000.