'Beyond Well-Deserved' – Golden State Warriors Star Defends Kevin Durant’s 2 Finals MVPs

Curry is currently touring in China and got to address the narrative about him not winning the Finals MVP while Durant was on the team. The two-time regular-season MVP also defended his former teammate and said that he deserved the two Finals trophies.

“[In] 2018, I guess I was close, I had a bad Game 3, KD played unbelievable the entire time. It goes into that conversation in the sense of like in that moment if you’re playing for a Finals MVP, you’re probably not going to get it done because you’ll get distracted, and might sabotage yourself a little bit,” Curry said.

“I never really thought about it that much, ’18 I got close to thinking about it, but I’d rather have rings, obviously, and the opportunity to go get rings, but KD, two beyond well-deserved Finals MVPs.”

Durant wanted Curry to win the Finals MVP in the Golden State Warriors’ 2018 run

Former Golden State Warriors guard Quinn Cook revealed that Durant wanted Curry to win the Finals MVP in 2018. The star guard was having a great series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but the former Texas star outperformed his teammate.

“And to be honest, Kevin wanted Steph to get that Finals MVP the next year so bad,” Cook said.

Against the Cavaliers, Curry averaged 27.5 points, six rebounds and 6.8 assists on 41.5% from deep. Durant, meanwhile, averaged 28.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2.3 blocks through four games.