Stephen Curry entered rarefied air Monday night as just the ninth player to win multiple NBA MVP awards and multiple NBA championships.

The Warriors superstar joined the likes of such league legends that the only respectable way to list them is by era. Related Articles Warriors begin minicamp next week, Curry and Green unlikely to participate

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Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, LeBron James — and the Baby-Faced Assassin

That’s a fantastic list to be on, a crème de la crème club pointed out by Carl Steward of Bay Area News Group. Together those nine players hold more than half of the NBA MVP awards before this season (31/61) and just less than half of the Finals MVPs ever given (23/47).

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Which brings up another topic: Curry is the only name on the list without a Bill Russell Finals MVP award.

Some would say Steph, 29, has plenty of time to acquire Finals MVP hardware to add to his 2015 and ’16 regular-season MVP awards. If Curry does, he’ll further entrench himself in NBA lore.

Also, another name might make it 10 such stars. Kevin Durant could join him with another NBA MVP award and another championship — and KD already has a Finals MVP trophy.