Every Final Four Most Outstanding Player from 1979-2019 

Born and raised in small town Portland TN and couldn't be more proud of Corey Brewer showing out and putting us on the map.

*Below is 4 fun facts about each player's professional career along with nicknames:* *1979, Earvin "Magic" Johnson"* 3x MVP, 5x NBA champion, 9x First team All-nba, wildly considered as the greatest point guard in NBA history. *1980, Darrell "Dr. Dunkenstein" Griffith:* 1981 NBA Rookie of the Year, 1981 first team all-rookie, No. 35 jersey retired by the Utah Jazz, spends his whole 11-year NBA career with only 1 team. *1981, Isiah "Zeke" Thomas* 2x NBA champion, 12x All Star, 3x All star MVP, Hall of Famer *1982, "Big Game"James Worthy* 3x NBA champion, 1988 Finals MVP, 7x All star, 1 of the 50 greatest players of all time. *1983, (h)Akeem "The Dream" Olajuwon* 1st Forgien player drafted #1 overall, 2x NBA Champion/Finals MVP, NBA All-Time Leader in Blocks, In 1994, 1 of only 3 players [Along with Michael Jordan *(1988)* & Giannis Antetokounmpo *(2020)]* to win Defensive player of the year and MVP in the same season. *1984, Patrick Ewing* 1985 1st overall Pick, 1985 Rookie of the year, 11x All Star, Hall of Famer *1985, Ed Pinckney:* Play 12 season in the NBA. *1986, "Nerver Nervous" Pervis Ellison:* 1992 Most Improved player of the year, December 22, 1991 player of the week, 11 years in the NBA *1987, Keith Smart* Only played in 2 games *(12 minutes)* for the Spurs, was the interm head coach of the Cavs the year before Lebron James was drafted *1988, Danny Manning* 1988 #1 overall pick, 2x All star, 1998 Sixth man of the year, 15 year NBA career *1989 Glen Rice* 3x All-Star, 1997 All-Star MVP, 1995 NBA 3 point contest champion, 2000 NBA Champion w/ Lakers. *1990, Anderson Hunt* N/A *1991, Christian Laettner* Only college player to be part of the iconic 1992 Dream Team, 1992-93 All-Rookie first team, 1997 All star, 13 year NBA career *1992, Bobby Hurley* 5 year NBA career and Current Head coach of Arizona State University Sun Devils Basketball Team. *1993, Donald Williams* N/A *1994, Corliss Williamson* 2002 Sixth man of the year, 2004 NBA champion w/ the Detroit Pistons, 15 year NBA career *1995, Ed O'Bannon* Only season in the NBA *1996, Tony Delk* 10 season in the NBA *1997, Miles Simon* Only played 5 games in the NBA with the Orlando Magic and Currently an Assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers *1998, Jeff Sheppard* Only played in 18 games for the Atlanta Hawks *1999, Richard "Rip" Hamilton* 2004 NBA Champion w/ Detroit Pistons, 3x All-Star, 14 year NBA career, No. 32 Jersey Retired by the Detroit Pistons *2000, Mateen Cleaves* Played in 167 games in the NBA for 4 different teams *2001,Shane Battier* 2002 NBA All-Rookie First Team, 2x NBA champion w/ Miami Heats (2012-13), 2x NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2008-09), 2014 NBA Teammate of the year. *2002, Juan Dixon* 7 year NBA career and Current Head coach of the Coppin State basketball team D1 *2003, Carmelo "Melo" Anthony* 10x All-Star, 3x Olympic gold medalist (most gold medals by any basketball player), 2012-13 Scoring Champion, Oldest player on the list that's still in the NBA til this day. *2004, Emeka Okafor* 10 year NBA career, 2004-05 NBA All-Rookie Team, 2004-05 NBA Rookie of the year, 3rd in Pelicans History in Blocks *2005, Sean May* Played in 119 games in the NBA *2006, Joakim Noah* 2x NBA All-Star (2013-14), 2x NBA All-Defensive First Team (2013-14), All NBA First Team (2014), currently plays for the Los Angeles Clippers. *2007, Corey Brewer* 13 year NBA career thus far. *2008, "Super" Mario Chalmers* 2x NBA Champion w/ Miami Heats, 2008-09 NBA All-Rookie Team, 10 year NBA career, currently plays in the Greek basketball league for the Aris Thessaloniki. *2009, Wayne Ellington* has played for 9 different NBA team which is the most by any active NBA player on this list. (Timberwolves, Heats, Nets, Lakers, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Cavaliers, Pistons, Knicks) *2010, Kyle Singler* 2012-13 NBA All-Rookie Second Team, 6 year NBA career *2011, Kemba Walker* 4x All-Star, All NBA Third-Team, holds many of Charlotte Hornets records included but not limited to most points, minutes played, field goals attempted and made, Etc. *2012, Anthony "The Brow/AD" Davis* 2020 NBA Champion, 7x All-Star, 3x Block Champion, currently holds the record for most points in a All-Star game with 52. *2013, Luke Hancock* currently a financial advisor *2014, Shabazz Napier* 6 year NBA career thus far *2015, Tyus Jones* 5 NBA season thus far *2016, Ryan Arcidiacono* 3 year NBA career thus far *2017, Joel Berry II* Currently plays point guard for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G -League *2018, Donte DiVincenzo* Has only been in the league for 2 season this far playing in 93 games. *2019, Kyle Guy* Only played in 3 games this past season.

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Nice

It's crazy how alot of these guys went on to sell insurance or be some type engineer or just ended up broke

! Ps Much Gratitude.

! Ps Much Gratitude

never heard of most of these guys? who pick them?

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First and it feels good to see UVA in there

Mario Chalmers was definitely MOP

Wonder who it would’ve been this year🤔😢

I see lots of post up moves in this video,That is a lost art in today’s game.Even the Centers & PF’s are at the top of the key trying to shoot 3’s.

Wow

Dwyane wade

Duke dominated the 90's making 5 National Championship games and 3 of them being in consecutive years...

The 1983 final game was a joke

''H''akeem

Third 😱

Bias much???

Al Horford was better than Joakim Noah

Where is jordan??

Lol who picked these ppl?! The middle is getting a little shakey. It’s like they’re going for shock value.

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