Funny, D'aaron Fox won the initial "Jerry West Trophy" in 2023!
THen Steph, Then Jalen, and SGA this past season.

Context.....MJ had two finals moments to finish game winning shots. But he did not take them. In the first three peat one was a pass to Paxon and again a few years later to Steve Kerr. Drawing the defenders/double team is important. Jalen drew a double team on the game 4 shot including Wemby, who was out of position to get the rebound being to far away. Mikal to the right, KAt to the left, and Shamet was but as we know OG was perfectly positioned.

Jalen did not make the shot. Odds are never great. Kobe, whose reputatin was stellar for such things I think hit only 33% of game ending shots and he was about the best.

Jalen was the beat option. Now, Jalen could have flipped the ball right back to OG who would have been wide open for the shot but he had a good look.