May 05 2009
LeBron James Named NBA MVP Today
The votes are in and we have a winner! The National Basketball Association announced that LeBron James was this year’s Most Valuable Player in the NBA. He was in the running with the Lakers star Kobe Bryant. It seem the voters felt like King James was the top player in the NBA this year and LeBron James is the MVP of the League. He will be given the award tonight in Cleveland as his Cavalier team faces the Atlanta Hawks in the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs. It should be a great time for all to celebrate the award as the NBA playoff excitement increases with the 2nd round games already underway.
LeBron James led his Cleveland Cavalier team to a Central Division Championship in the East with a record of 66 wins and 16 loses. This was also the best record in the Eastern Division and gave the Cavs the top seed in the NBA playoffs. Their first round opponent was no match and the Detroit Pistons got beat in 4 straight games. Many think the same faith is destined for the Atlanta Hawks team too, but the fans in Atlanta are not buying into the hype surrounding LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron did have a great season and this is perhaps his biggest achievement in the NBA so far. He did lead his team to the NBA Finals two seasons ago, but they weren’t able to win the final series. The fans of Cleveland hope for a better story this year as their favorite player has just won the most special individual award in the NBA. It’s a great honor to be named the best player in the league and only one lucky player gets to hold that honor each year. I’m sure it will be even more special to cap the MVP award with a NBA Championship this year. LeBron James is the first Cleveland Cavalier to ever win the NBA MVP Award. We will have to wait for the rest of this fairy tale story to play out and see if the Cavs do have the best player and the best team in the league right now.
Dwayne Wade did lead the NBA in scoring and he fell short of his NBA Championship for this year. Kobe Bryant led the Los Angeles Lakers to the League’s best record and he placed a distant 2nd in the voting this year. It just seems voters had their minds made up early and they wanted LeBron James to have the MVP. I think it will fit if he does manage to win it all this year. I’m not sure if he deserves the award if the Cavaliers do suffer a defeat in one of the playoff series. They will have to face two more Eastern Conference teams; then if they succeed there, it will be on to the NBA Finals to face the top team in the Western Conference.
The party starts tonight in Cleveland and the trophy for MVP will be presented to LeBron James. The ceremony will take place right before the tip-off between the Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It should be a great night in Ohio for the fans, players, and coaches of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The game starts at 8 Eastern Time for the Cavs and Hawks and this will be the first game of the playoff series between the number 1 and number 4 seeds.
