Things can get crazy after winning an NBA Championship.  There are bound to be so many people coming from so many places trying to do so many things, that it’s virtually assured that there is general craziness happening after a series-clinching win. And in that madness, things can get misplaced.
Including, as it turns out, the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. That’s exactly what happened to LeBron James a little less than a week ago.
From Lee Jenkins’ absolutely killer Sports Illustrated profile on post-title LeBron:
[After] James retreated to the locker room, where teammates bathed him in a Budweiser–Dom Perignon cocktail, he caught a scare. He couldn’t find his Finals MVP trophy.
“Where’s my trophy?†James hollered, rummaging through his locker. “I left it right here!†He rushed through the tunnel back to the court, where he had to give an interview, but the moment it ended he asked, “Have you seen my trophy? Who took my trophy?†On the way to the press conference, where the MVP trophy was waiting all along, he relaxed a bit. “It’s just an individual award, anyway,†he says. “It’s not the one that matters.†He took the Larry O’Brien trophy from the podium and cradled it like a third son, and when friends offered to help carry it down a hallway, he waved them off.
Oh man, classic “Who moved my trophy?†mishaps right here, when it was on the press conference table all along. Crazy league PR people and their trophy-moving ways. You guys are going to give someone a heart attack.
WRITTEN BY Trey Kerby  & FULL STORY HERE
