LeBron James to be named MVP MIAMI -- The worst-kept secret among NBA award recipients will be formally revealed Sunday when Miami Heat star LeBron James is named Most Valuable Player for the fourth time, league sources confirmed Friday. James has been voted MVP for the second straight season and for the fourth time in the past five years. He'll join Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain with at least four MVP awards. The only suspense remaining is in the final tally and how far James has distanced himself in the voting from other candidates this season that include Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant and Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers. The Heat are scheduling an awards presentation Sunday, and James will also be presented the MVP trophy by NBA commissioner David Stern at AmericanAirlines Arena at the start of their second-round series next week in Miami.
I don't think so. Derrick Rose is a special player too and made his team a contender in a short amount of time. He deserved that award.
Derrick Rose is a phenomenal player, but I still think Lebron should have won, in hindsight. At the time I, along with millions of others, hated Lebron for what he did to Cleveland and wanted him to lose so bad. Look at their numbers Higher FG%, better TS%, better PER, better win shares, better DRtg, better ORtg, etc. and all with a slightly lower usage rate.
I don't have a strong issue with Rose getting the award, but he was not as good as LeBron. In the playoffs, that season, in crunch time, the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter, Lebron consistently shut Rose down.
Also above all that, my argument against Rose that year was that he was a good offensive player and a bad defensive player on a team that was elite because of their historically good defense. Rose makes a good team into a great team. Lebron makes a bad team into a great team.
"LeBron would be second division player in Euro League. He is not in class with Navarro or V-Span." - OHMSS aka ROCKETBOOSTER
One day folks will get past the hate and realize how great of a season LeBron just had. Dude shot 57% and 41%.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>LeBron joins Bill Russell as the only players to win 4 MVPs in 5 years.</p>— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/330408723111608320">May 3, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
He needs to win a couple more championships first. At least tie Wilt with 2 before ranking him that high.
