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Finally Official...Lebron Wins First MVP (but...)

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Senior NBA Writer Aamir Syed
on May 4, 2009 12:11 PM | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

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And we finally can say it officially...Lebron James is this year's MVP. There's no question that was going to happen with a consistently energetic season, averaging 28.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.2 assists a game. After a bitter taste in his mouth losing to Boston in Boston in Game 7 last year, Lebron ensured his team wouldn't have to deal with that problem this year, leading his team to the number one team in the entire L. Lebron becomes the youngest player to win the award since Moses Malone (in 1978-79) at 24 years, 106 days. Wes Unseld will forever hold the record winning the MVP award at 23 in 1968-69.

But let's play devil's advocate for a second.

Lebron totally deserved the MVP this year, and I imagine he will only win more. But historically, is that a good thing?


Since the end of the Jordan era in 1998 (sorry Washington, you don't count), there have been 10 previous winners. Lebron will the eleventh. Here's the list in full:

2008 Kobe Bryant
2007 Dirk Nowitzki
2006 Steve Nash
2005 Steve Nash
2004 Kevin Garnett
2003 Tim Duncan
2002 Tim Duncan
2001 Allen Iverson
2000 Shaquille O'Neal
1999 Karl Malone

All great, future Hall of Fame Players for sure, but how many of those players won the title that year?

TWO.

Shaquille O'Neal in 2001 and Tim Duncan in 2003.

That's not very good for Lebron. But it's a new decade, right? The previous ten years before that, the regular season MVP won the NBA Championship 5 times (Jordan 5 times, Hakeem Olajuwon 1 time).

Can Lebron start a new trend?



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3 Comments

By Asim on May 4, 2009 12:42 PM

Yes.

By Terence J. Turner on May 4, 2009 1:56 PM

Ill give him his props. No hating over here

By Qiana M on May 4, 2009 7:13 PM

Nope. He deserved MVP this year however he'll have to wait on a championship title. Sorry.

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