'The voting scale is a little weird to me.' Was LeBron James deserving of the 2019-20 NBA MVP award over Giannis Antetokoumpo? 🤔 9WWOS NBA
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James says he was left "p----d off" after earning just 16 first place votes in the 2019-20 NBA MVP race.
“Michael Jordan, one of the best players who's ever done it, if not the best," Antetokounmpo said. “Hakeem, a guy that I look up to, he came from where I'm from, Nigeria, where I have roots. ... Just being in the same sentence with them, that means a lot to me." James, a four-time MVP, said he was not pleased initially when he saw that he finished second by such a wide margin."It p----d me off because out of 101 votes, I got 16 first place votes. That's what p----d me off more than anything."I'm not saying the winner wasn't deserving of the MVP. I've finished second a lot in my career either from a championship and now four times as a MVP.
He later said Antetokounmpo “had a hell of a season," but said he has some doubts about how awards get decided. Antetokounmpo’s numbers this season were unprecedented, with averages of 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. Nobody had ever averaged those numbers over a full season; Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor both had seasons where they topped Antetokounmpo’s averages for points and rebounds, though both fell just shy of matching his assist average.
Jordan won both the MVP and Defensive Player in 1987-88 and Olajuwon won both in 1993-94. Antetokounmpo came close to joining the club last season by winning MVP and finishing second in the Defensive Player balloting.
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