Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy
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The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the championship trophy awarded annually by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to the winner of the NBA Finals. The trophy originally kept the Walter A. Brown Trophy name of its predecessor until being renamed in 1984.
National Basketball Association trophy
 Updated design introduced in 2022 | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Competition | NBA Playoffs |
| Awarded for | Winning the NBA Finals |
| History | |
| First award | 1977 |
| First winner | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Most wins | Los Angeles Lakers (11) |
| Most recent | Denver Nuggets (1) |
| Website | NBA.com |
The current design, depicting a basketball over a hoop and basket, was first awarded in 1977[1] still under its original name, which was changed in honor of former NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien who served from 1975 to 1984. Before joining the NBA, O'Brien was the United States Postmaster General under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1968.[2]