NOW YOU KNOW

Phoenix Sun point guard Steve Nash has been chosen the NBA’s most valuable player for the 2004-05 season. Here are the previous winners:

* 2003-04... Kevin Garnett, Minnesota

* 2002-03... Tim Duncan, San Antonio

* 2001-02... Tim Duncan, San Antonio

* 2000-01... Allen Iverson, Philadelphia

* 1999-00... Shaquille O’Neal, Lakers

* 1998-99... Karl Malone, Utah

* 1997-98... Michael Jordan, Chicago

* 1996-97... Karl Malone, Utah

* 1995-96 ... Michael Jordan, Chicago

* 1994-95... David Robinson, S.A.

* 1993-94... Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston

* 1992-93 ... Charles Barkley, Phoenix

* 1991-92... Michael Jordan, Chicago

* 1990-91... Michael Jordan, Chicago

* 1989-90 ... Magic Johnson, Lakers

* 1988-89 ... Magic Johnson, Lakers

* 1987-88... Michael Jordan, Chicago

* 1986-87... Magic Johnson, Lakers

* 1985-86... Larry Bird, Boston

* 1984-85 ... Larry Bird, Boston

* 1983-84 ... Larry Bird, Boston

* 1982-83 ... Moses Malone, Philadelphia

* 1981-82... Moses Malone, Houston

* 1980-81... Julius Erving, Philadelphia

* 1979-80... Kar. Abdul-Jabbar, Lakers

* 1978-79 ... Moses Malone, Houston

* 1977-78... Bill Walton, Portland

* 1976-77... Kar. Abdul-Jabbar, Lakers

* 1975-76 ... Kar. Abdul-Jabbar, Lakers

* 1974-75 ... Bob McAdoo, Buffalo

* 1973-74... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mil.

* 1972-73... Dave Cowens, Boston

* 1971-72 ... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mil.

* 1970-71... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mil.

* 1969-70... Willis Reed, New York

* 1968-69 ... Wes Unseld, Baltimore

* 1967-68... Wilt Chamberlain, Phila.

* 1966-67... Wilt Chamberlain, Phila.

* 1965-66 ... Wilt Chamberlain, Phila.

* 1964-65... Bill Russell, Boston

* 1963-64 ... Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

* 1962-63... Bill Russell, Boston

* 1961-62 ... Bill Russell, Boston

* 1960-61 ... Bill Russell, Boston

* 1959-60 ... Wilt Chamberlain, Phila.

* 1958-59... Bob Pettit, St. Louis

* 1957-58... Bill Russell, Boston

* 1956-57... Bob Cousy, Boston

* 1955-56 ... Bob Pettit, St. Louis