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It's too early to tell, but it's certainly very possible to believe that Lebron is going to win a few more in a row, and at least a few more altogether..
He's at that level..
with the MVP le wrapped up this year, can lebron win another one next year? i don't see anyone who can challenge him. durant is good but still too young, billups gets more credit than melo, bryant will begin declining as lebron enters his prime, and howard will never be the focal point of his team's offense. honestly, i can only see wade and paul challenging james next year but only if their teams dramatically improve. they would have to play at the top of their game AND get a team that contends. it's unlikely, so can no one legitimately challenge lebron next year?
It's too early to tell, but it's certainly very possible to believe that Lebron is going to win a few more in a row, and at least a few more altogether..
He's at that level..
I think there is a chance they might get sick of LeBron getting MVP and stop voting for him.
They're definitely going to get tired of him, that's what happened with Jordan, but he'll get AT LEAST the one next year before that happens IMO..
Can easily see him winning three. Can see him winning more than three. However, if he doesn't win les, they'll stop voting for him at some point. There are a couple players right now that can get in the conversation over the next few years, Dwight, Wade, CP3. Kobe may get another one before he retires.
howard is just kind of meh. he won't get the ball much during clutch time because of his crappy free throw shooting so he'll miss out. paul and wade are stuck on mediocre teams. paul played out of his mind in 2008 and that did him no good, wade played out of his mind in 2009 but couldn't rack up the wins past 50. both have been stopped by injuries. as seen with this year's injuries, kobe is leaving his prime. he can still play at a high level but players don't normally win a MVP a couple years after they win their first one.
lebron is at the top and still moving up. hard to see anyone catching up with him next year.
I'm taking it you aren't sold on Durant yet?
Durant will stop his run
Chris Paul came in second in MVP voting in 2008. I'd say it did him "some" good. I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility he could put together another season like that and if the Hornets have another really good season, he'd be in the conversation. I just mentioned a couple of possibilities. Wade winning an MVP would really depend on whether his team is an elite team, whether in Miami or elsewhere. It's certainly possible. The MVP has gone to players that could have been questioned a lot, especially in the 2000s. Shaq only won one. That's how weird the award is.
They're just possibilities. LeBron will be one of the heavy favorites year in and year out for many several years. Doesn't mean he'll definitely win every year as there are plenty of variables, including his team remaining a top team and him not getting a serious injury that would drop his chances or someone just having an incredible year.
I definitely am. In that top 15 players thread, I placed him third after LeBron and Kobe. He very well could be in the conversation in the upcoming years. Just because I didn't list him, it doesn't mean he can't. I just threw out a couple names.
Yes. Lebron can win three or even four in a row. Few are going to challenge him. I think Wade if he has a better supporting cast and I can easily see Durant there too (but not next year unless the Thunder wins 60+ games). Dwight simply does'nt have enough offensive firepower to win it at this point. Bosh? Meh, I always see him as a second option type of player in a champinoship team, so that being said, he aint going to be the main man in a 60 + win team so he's out. Melo could be in the running too.
Dwight will have a hard time winning an MVP because of his limited offense, especially now that Vince Carter on his team. But, even with his limited offense, he was averaging 20-21 ppg the previous two season before this one. It will take continued improvement by him on his offense and SVG's willingness to give him more consistent touches to make him a 22-24 ppg scorer, but that's possible. Again, he averaged close to 21 ppg the last couple seasons. If he's around there or a little better and Orlando is once again a 55-60 win team, he's absolutely in the conversation.
He should try making the playoffs first.
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Lebron is pretty much gotta get it again this year and I could see him making it three in a row, especially if he wins a ring this year.
you never know people might get tired of him. thats the only thing that gets in the way of people and votes.
i know in the 90s ppl didnt get tired of voting fo jordan...
umm as for lebron, no point in winning alot of mvps if you dont win the big one...
can ghazi suck the chrome off of a trailer hitch?
son of course the NBA will hand Lebron more MVP's.
I guess you watched Full Metal Jacket
yeah that's what happened to MJ
Mj should have had at least 7 mvp's, but some people were crying at the time that they dont get to vote for anyone else, etc
looking back now, that was a ing disgrace.
You don't just vote for someone else JUST BECAUSE, they need to earn it.
If a player is the true MVP, vote for him even if you are bored of it. don't tarnish history and mess with their legacy because of it
I think as long as he keeps putting up the ridiculous numbers he is, he'll keep winning them. He needs to start winning les though.
Yes, he certainly can. I don't know if he will, but the answer to the question is an undeniable yes.
One MVP is great, but multiple winners are a rare bird
By Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
A week ago in this space, The Race looked at the impact on MVP candidates when a team has one superstar vs. two or more.
This week, the committee is reviewing NBA history for MVP winners who have two or more such trophies.
Maybe this is the NBA’s version of baseball’s “first-ballot Hall of Famers” cutoff to differentiate its elite of the elite at Cooperstown. The Race will just lay out some numbers and let you form your own opinions about past MVP winners—and the three guys on this week’s list who have a chance to move up from one-timer status.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, of course, is the all-time MVP leader with six honors over his remarkable career. Bill Russell and Michael Jordan collected five each and Wilt Chamberlain was honored with four (though he curiously missed in 1961-62 after averaging his Herculean 50.4 ppg). That means four players have accounted for 20 of the 54 MVP awards since the modern version was created in 1955-56.
Three more players—Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone—each won three MVP awards. And four guys—fittingly, three of the greatest power forwards in league history—won two each: Bob Pet , Karl Malone, Tim Duncan and playmaker Steve Nash. So that ups the “hogging” stats to 37 trophies spread around to just 11 players.
That leaves 17 one-and-done MVP winners, which is a far greater honor than that characterization makes it sound. The list of names still is a Who’s Who and, literally, a timeline fit for Springfield, Mass.: Bob Cousy, Oscar Robertson, Wes Unseld, Willis Reed, Dave Cowens, Bob McAdoo, Bill Walton, Julius Erving, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Shaquille O’Neal, Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
An interesting sub-plot to The Race this season, then, is whether any of the three guys on this week’s list—James, Bryant and Nowitzki—can boost himself into an even more special club by claiming his second Maurice Podoloff trophy. That would make it 38 out of 55 by just a dozen players. Stay tuned and keep counting.
Which is why it's even more of a travesty that Shaquille O'Neal only has one league MVP.
i can see it happening
Iverson's MVP should have went to Shaq.
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