What is the origin of the most valuable player award in NBA regular season? Who is the statue?

Every season, the NBA will produce three MVPs: regular season, all-star game and finals. These three awards did not exist at the beginning of the establishment of the NBA, and the earliest was the All-Star MVP.

During the 4th All-Star Game from 65438 to 0954, the organizers planned a series of player appraisal activities to increase the interest of the All-Star Game, including the selection of MVP. The word MVP refers to the title of the best player in the most popular professional baseball league in the United States at that time. Interestingly, after the All-Star Game, the organizers also reviewed the first three MVPs. Ed Macaulay of Boston Celtics was elected MVP of the first All-Star Game, but he was not awarded the trophy until 2003. In an interview, a reporter asked to see the earliest MVP trophy, but Macaulay said that no one had ever given it to him. Shortly after the broadcast of the interview, N8A made up the award that was nearly 50 years late and made up a grand award ceremony, which became a much-told story in the history of MVP.

The selection of MVP in the All-Star Game made the league see the influence behind its sensational effect, so they thought that they could also select the best player every season. On the one hand, they can reward those athletes who perform well. On the other hand, it can also mobilize the enthusiasm of more players and let them show higher fighting spirit to face every game. Once this idea was implemented, it was well received by all parties. 1955 ~ 56 season, N8A won the first MVP in the regular season. On the basis of the previous two MVPs, the finals MVP came into being.

Among the three MVPs, the MVPs of the All-Star Game and the Finals are relatively light, because these two MVPs are generally produced by the champions of the All-Star Game and the Finals, and they are basically produced by on-site voting according to the performance of that game. Regular season MVP is an evaluation of a player's overall quality this season. This trophy is really the most valuable trophy, and it is also the goal pursued by all players.

The trophy was named after the late NBA president Podlov.

As for the mvp trophy, it was not like this at first. Later, the nba logo was printed on the original trophy before it became what it is now. Now this model is evolved from the nba logo, so its prototype is indeed Jerry West.