<Tr> <Th> Most recent </Th> <Td> Golden State Warriors </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> NBA.com </Td> </Tr> <P> The Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy is the championship trophy awarded annually by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to the winner of the NBA Finals . The name of the trophy was the Walter A. Brown Trophy until 1984 . </P> <P> The current design, depicting a basketball over a hoop and basket, was first awarded in 1977 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 . </P>

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