Stephen Curry has achieved an incredible level of success already in his career both individually and collectively with the Golden State Warriors.He's a two-time NBA champion, a two-time MVP, a five-time All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection.But having won two championships, there remains one honour that has eluded the sharpshooter thus far; the Finals MVP.Andre Iguodala received the award when the Warriors won the title in 2015 and Kevin Durant took the trophy home last year.Curry has continuously been asked how he feels about missing out on the prestigious award and it didn't take long for the question to be posed to the veteran at the team's media day before Game 1 of the Finals."It took to the second question of my first media availability, so I'm pretty sure that narrative's going to take life, as it has since 2015," Curry said, per ESPN's Chris Haynes."But it doesn't make or break my career or whatever you want to say looking back. If we win this championship and I don't win Finals MVP, I'm going to be smiling just as wide and just as big."The 30-year-old has repeatedly stated that winning the Larry O'Brien trophy is the most important thing to him and he doesn't lose any sleep over not being named as the best player in the Finals."I can guarantee you that Steph is not up late thinking about winning the Finals MVP," Draymond Green told ESPN. "We're all trying to win another championship. If he gets [the award], he gets it. But that's not what he, or anybody else on this team, is playing for."

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Many of the all-time greats that have led their teams to championships have scooped the honour but Curry is happy to be an exception.

The point guard may not have always been at his absolute best during the last three Finals series against the Cleveland Cavaliers but once on that stage, an individual award is the last thing on his mind.

"That's fine. It's part of the beast," he said. "It's part of my motivation to try to get back to this stage because I want more championships.

"But I've never really highlighted the individual type -- even before my regular-season MVPs, I've never even really attacked it as if that was the goal, per se. Like I said, my values around how I play, good things usually happen for me and my team if I'm in that type of mindset.

"... And usually when I'm in that mindset, good things happen. Whether that means it's a Finals MVP or not, who cares, but I'm going to be playing like it for sure."

The defending champs will entertain the Cavs for part four of their rivalry at Oracle Arena on Thursday night.

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