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You could make an argument that it could have gone to Steph, it could have gone to LeBron. But for us, it’s really fitting that the award went to Andre because he sacrificed his starting role from the first game of the season. He had never come off the bench once in his entire career, and he sacrificed that job to make Harrison better, to make our bench better, and that set the tone for our whole season. An All Star, an Olympian saying, okay, I’ll come off the bench.

It set the tone for everything we were able to accomplish, so it feels like full circle to me that Andre received the award. Couldn’t happen to a better person.

Steve Kerr

Q. If I would have told you two weeks ago that you would have been the MVP, what would you have told me?

ANDRE IGUODALA: I’m not surprised because I’m that confident in my game. I’m too hard on myself most of the time. I’m not surprised, but I would have bet on    I would have bet on Steph. I would have bet on Draymond. Draymond’s been great for us all year and very, very high IQ guy.

This is the type of series where he can get triple double numbers every night, and we saw it in the Houston series, and I knew it would carry over. So those two guys I would have bet on. I was just happy we for winning the ring. I didn’t care about anything else. This is just a plus.

Andre Iguodala

The Warriors beat the Cavs last night to win their first championship in 40 years. It was the culmination of an amazing year for the Dubs, who ultimately went 83-20 on the year. Think about that record for a minute. For perspective, the ’08 Celtics went 82-26 in the East as they struggled through a tough playoff run.

Not the Warriors, though, who responded twice to being down 2-1 by whipping off 3-game win streaks to clinch each of those series. And while Steph Curry had an amazing playoffs until the Finals, the guy who was consistently good throughout, and the guy who took on the most thankless job and excelled beyond expectations, is the guy who didn’t start a single game until the Finals.

And this is where Isaiah Thomas comes into the equation, because one of the story lines that came out of the Celtics season was Thomas’ desire to be a starter. He’s made that no secret. The Celtics, meanwhile, have made it pretty clear that they feel he’s best suited to be a sixth man who is best used between 28-30 minutes per game.

I tend to agree with the team on this. Unlike Iguodala, Thomas can’t be counted on to guard anyone. It’s not a lack of effort… he tries his best and can do OK when he’s hidden in a solid team defensive scheme or a zone. But that makes him more one-dimensional. As much as I love his confidence and fearlessness out there, Thomas needs to understand where he best fits on this, or any team.

So this is where I hope Thomas looks at Iggy winning the Finals MVP and has an epiphany. The glory and accolades can come for a guy coming off the bench. You can play just as important a role on a team when check in later as when you’re in the opening lineups.

No, you don’t get Eddie Palladino belting out “AT GUARD… FROM WASHINGTON… NUMBER 4… ISAIAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH THOMMAAASSSSSSSSSS!!!!”

I admit, that’d be pretty cool. But this isn’t about cool moments. It’s about winning. And Thomas gets Palladino to belt out plenty of cool things during the game.

And to his credit, Isaiah Thomas hasn’t made this an issue. He seems legitimately excited about recruiting guys and trying to make this team better. But I’m just hoping that Thomas watched last night and thought to himself “OK, I can be OK with this.”

Thomas is the type of player, should he be on a Finals team, that can heat up and be in contention for an MVP trophy. Finals MVP is a pretty bad-ass trophy to have. It tells everyone that in the biggest of moments, you stepped up and played your best. No one will ever add “yeah, but he came off the bench, so it’s not as good.” You get to be the only guy in the group to hold two trophies that day.

That’s pretty amazing stuff. And it just goes to show that the old cliché really is true….

… it’s not who starts, it’s who finishes.

Related links:  Globe: Warriors’ guard Andre Iguodala named Finals MVP  |  MassLive: Iguodala receives MVP, Curry gets no votes

Page 2: The Summer League Schedule is out

Jazz Summer League at EnergySolutions Arena

Monday, July 6 vs. Utah, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, July 7 vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 9 vs. San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Vegas Summer League at Cox Pavilion and Thomas & Mack Center

Saturday, July 11 vs. Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 12 vs. Philadelphia, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 14 vs. Miami, 7 p.m.

ESPN Boston:  Summer Schedule

The full Celtics roster hasn’t been announced, but you can expect Marcus Smart and James Young to get some work. Colton Iverson will come back from wherever he’s been, plus the Celtics first round draft picks, a few of the Red Claws, and some filler will round out the roster.

Marcus Smart will probably be the primary point guard throughout as the Celtics really try to get him more work there. We’ll see what kind of progress James Young is making, and we’ll meet our new draft picks for the first of their three “debuts” (Summer League, pre-season, and finally, the actual regular season debut.  This drives me nuts).

Should be fun, and it’s only a few weeks away, so we’ll get some kind of Celtics basketball soon to scratch that itch.

Related links: Globe: Summer schedule coming into focus  |  CSNNE: Celtics begin Summer League play July 6

The rest of the links:

CSNNE:  34 early entry candidates withdraw from draft  |  ESPN Boston: Could Celtics trade up with Hornets?  |  WEEI Draft Profiles:  Travis Trice  |  Terry Rozier  |  Guillermo Hernangomez  |  Aaron White  |  Rakeem Christmas  |  MassLive: Lebron: Cavs “ran out of talent” in Game 6  |  Mock draft roundup: Portis, Turner, McCullough among projected Celtics picks