http://upperdeckblog.com/2009/04/the-debate-for-this-years-nba-mvp/ Opinions, News and Info from Sports Industry Insiders Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://upperdeckblog.com/2009/04/the-debate-for-this-years-nba-mvp/comment-page-1/#comment-20 LeBron James: 2008-2009 NBA MVP | Upper Deck Blog Mon, 04 May 2009 22:52:41 +0000 http://upperdeckblog.com/?p=90#comment-20 [...] I wrote about it a few weeks ago, and now it’s official—LeBron James is the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. This shouldn’t come as a huge shock to anyone. Both Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant registered sublime seasons, but LeBron was the league’s best player by no small margin. Unfortunately, this is no promise that the award goes to the right person (see: Nowitzki, Dirk; Nash, Steve; Malone, Karl), but this time there were no fickle criteria by which someone else could get the award—LeBron had all the bases covered. For me, as a basketball fan, this feels like the most significant MVP award of my basketball consciousness. [...] [...] I wrote about it a few weeks ago, and now it’s official—LeBron James is the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. This shouldn’t come as a huge shock to anyone. Both Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant registered sublime seasons, but LeBron was the league’s best player by no small margin. Unfortunately, this is no promise that the award goes to the right person (see: Nowitzki, Dirk; Nash, Steve; Malone, Karl), but this time there were no fickle criteria by which someone else could get the award—LeBron had all the bases covered. For me, as a basketball fan, this feels like the most significant MVP award of my basketball consciousness. [...]

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