The NBA championship trophy isn't the only one getting a redesign, as the Finals MVP trophy, named after Celtics legend Bill Russell since 2009, will now be finished completely in gold vermeil.

The Western Conference Finals MVP award, officially named the Magic Johnson Trophy, holds deep significance in the NBA. Introduced in 2022, it honors the most outstanding player from the Western ...

The NBA has named a piece of hardware after Michigan State and Laker legend Magic Johnson. The league announced Thursday that it will now award MVP awards for both the Western Conference Finals ...

And four of the game’s legends now have their names on NBA hardware. The Eastern Conference championship trophy has been renamed for Bob Cousy, the Western Conference championship trophy for ...

The NBA unveiled redesigns of the Larry O'Brien Trophy, NBA Finals MVP and Eastern and Western Conference trophies Thursday, along with introducing new conference finals MVP awards. The new ...

The league has added Conference Finals MVP awards and redesigned every postseason trophy. Shaun Powell Go behind-the-scenes to learn more about the reimagined NBA postseason trophies. Well before ...

The NBA has awarded the same championship trophy since 1975. Originally named after Boston Celtics founder Walter A. Brown, the golden basketball and net was renamed for former NBA commissioner ...

The Western Conference Finals MVP is also known as the Magic Johnson Trophy.It's a nod to Johnson's 13-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers in which he made the NBA Finals nine times and ...

CINCINNATI — The NBA honored UC legend Oscar Robertson this season by naming the West Conference Finals Trophy after him. The NBA's 75th campaign just wrapped up the West Finals in a five-game ...

“I am very honored to have my name associated with the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals MVP Trophy,” Bird, who reached eight conference finals from 1980-88, said in a news release.

The National Basketball Association, initially called the Basketball Association of America, was founded in 1946. It first realigned into two conferences -- the Eastern Conference and Western ...