Definition of Michael Jordan Trophy

What does the term "Michael Jordan Trophy" mean? What is meant by the term "Michael Jordan Trophy"?

The NBA decided to "reimagine" their major trophies and name them after some of the league's pioneers.

One such trophy is the "Michael Jordan Trophy", which will be awarded to the league's regular season MVP.

Michael Jordan, who is the consensus best player in the history of the league, won the regular season MVP award a total of five times over the course of his illustrious career (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998).

Jordan arguably could have won the award at least a couple more times over the course of his career, and MJ used this as "motivation" to win six NBA titles.

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Michael Jordan and Bill Russell both won the MVP award five times.

The only player with more MVP titles? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who won the award six times over the course of his career.

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Michael Jordan helped design the trophy, which features the following specs:

23.6 inches tall (representing Jordan's jersey number and total NBA championships)

Five-sided (representing his five MVP awards)

Crystal basketball at the top of the trophy has 23 points and is 1.23 inches in diameter

Jordan Brand designer Mark Smith helped to design the trophy.