I refused to call LeBron James “King” until he gets a ring. I prefer “Duke James” or the more popular “Akron Hammer”. Upon being the 10th player to win back-to-back MVP trophies, he may be worthy of the “King” nickname without the coveted ring. LeBron is the youngest back-to-back MVP winner by two months(Kareem Abdul-Jabber).
Watching the press conference I cant help but feel that LeBron is going to stay in Cleveland when the season is over. Only LeBron and Tyreke Evans had the public at their presentations, and there was quite a large crowd in the Rhodes Arena at the University of Akron. “It’s another humbling experience,” he said before the Cavaliers beat Boston 101-93 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Saturday. “It’s hard to grasp, honestly. You put in a lot of hard work as an individual, you get an opportunity to showcase your talent with teammates that you love in a city that you love, it’s great.”
The Cleveland Cavaliers star received 116 of a possible 123 first-place votes to win in a landslide Sunday over Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant. Durant was picked first on four ballots. James led the Cavaliers to 61 regular-season wins. He averaged 29.7 points, 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds. James had nearly double the point total of Durant in the voting and was way ahead of Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. Voting was done by a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. This year one ballot was cast by fans in an online vote.
LeBron total of votes was second all-time to Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal who received 120 of 121 first-place votes in 2000.
