Warriors guard Stephen Curry voted NBA MVP for 2014-15

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Warriors guard Stephen Curry voted NBA MVP for 2014-15

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Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry won the NBA's MVP award Monday, beating out Houston's James Harden in a race that turned out to be not that close.

Curry received 100 of 130 first-place votes for a total of 1,198 points from a panel of 129 writers and broadcasters, along with the fan vote on the NBA's website.

"There were obviously good times and bad times. Times I wanted to shut it down," Curry said of his road to becoming an NBA player and league MVP. "It just made me feel like how blessed and thankful I am to be in this position."

Harden, who averaged 27.4 points and said in early April that he had "done enough" to win the MVP award, earned 25 first-place votes and 936 points.

How Stephen Curry went from ignored college recruit to NBA MVP

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-stephen-curry-went-from-ignored-college-recruit-to-possible-nba-mvp-011555328.html

In the past 45 years, a total of five MVPs have come from well outside the college conference power structure:

* Steve Nash of Santa Clara (named MVP twice)
* Karl Malone of Louisiana Tech (also a two-time winner)
* David Robinson of Navy
* Julius Erving of Massachusetts
* Willis Reed of Grambling.

That excludes five MVPs who didn't go to college:

* four-time winner LeBron James
* Kevin Garnett
* Kobe Bryant
* Dirk Nowitzki
* three-time winner Moses Malone.

All of those players were can't-miss stars who could have attended almost any college of their choosing.