But let's play devil's advocate for a second.
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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Yes.
Ill give him his props. No hating over here
Nope. He deserved MVP this year however he'll have to wait on a championship title. Sorry.