Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at 3:22 pm  |  82 responses

LeBron James’ MVP Speech

‘I would give all three of them back for an NBA Championship.’

Bron showed emotion and compassion in his MVP speech, inviting his teammates to stage as he accepted his third MVP award. “This is very overwhelming to me as an individual award. But this is not the award I want, ultimately. I want that Championship. That’s all that matters to me,” James said. “I would give all three of them back for an NBA Championship.”

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  • Da-Meat-Hook

    Red gets absolutely owned in every thread comments on

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Lol are u saying that cause I hurt ya feelings? Ok I do, I’m not looking to be popular here just to share my opinions.

  • http://slamonline.com Mars

    So if you play along side another great player, cannot be MVP? Geez…kids these days have no clue. Name the last 5 MVP’s not including this year’s. How many of them played along side another superstar? Weird.

  • MUBWAR

    that will be: going backward lbj rose lbj lbj kobe dont remember 2007 nash nash

  • Kareem

    Red, just so I understand you: It’s okay to play along side another top player as long as you don’t volunteer to do it? If you are drafted by or traded to a team with another top player then it’s cool? Jordan/Pip, Shaq/Kobe were both pairs of top 5 players at some point in each of their reigns. I guess Shaq didn’t deserve his MVP award in 2000 because he played with Kobe.

  • PnoyVibe

    LOL JZA, still tho, well deserved MVP.

  • circle

    LEBRON won the mvp this year? maybe udonis haslem should keep the trophy because LBJ would pass it to him if its under time pressure!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://Roosterteeth.com Caboose

    I know some of the regulars (JT, nbk, Allen) will just cry when they read these comments. I swear, the name “LeBron” drops the average IQ on these boards by a solid 10 points.
    -LeBron is the best player in the league. Has been since somewhere between 07-09. Take your pick where.
    -Bosh is a star player. He is underrated as of now, but he’s no superstar. Superstar=Bron, KD, Kobe, Wade, Dwight, Paul, Rose.
    -Nobody wins without help. End of story. LeBron’s run in 07 was impressive, but once he faced a genuine quality opponent, his team lost.
    -If you have to hate the guy, hate for one of four things. Arrogant attitude, the facade of possibly picking other teams over the Heat, the amount of calls he gets, or his performance in last years’ finals.
    -LeBron is NOT top 5 all time right now. Not even close fellas. Jordan, Wilt, Russell, Kareem, Olajuwon, Shaq, Duncan, Bird, Magic, and Kobe have all had better careers BY FAR as of now. Saying he has somehow surpassed them without a ring is ludicrous.
    -Feel free to misinterpret that above statement as me saying he’ll never be top 5 all time.
    -Just for funsies

  • http://Roosterteeth.com Caboose

    I know some of the regulars (JT, nbk, Allen) will just cry when they read these comments. I swear, the name “LeBron” drops the average IQ on these boards by a solid 10 points.
    -LeBron is the best player in the league. Has been since somewhere between 07-09. Take your pick where.
    -Bosh is a star player. He is underrated as of now, but he’s no superstar. Superstar=Bron, KD, Kobe, Wade, Dwight, Paul, Rose.
    -Nobody wins without help. End of story. LeBron’s run in 07 was impressive, but once he faced a genuine quality opponent, his team lost.
    -If you have to hate the guy, hate for one of four things. Arrogant attitude, the facade of possibly picking other teams over the Heat, the amount of calls he gets, or his performance in last years’ finals.
    -LeBron is NOT top 5 all time right now. Not even close fellas. Jordan, Wilt, Russell, Kareem, Olajuwon, Shaq, Duncan, Bird, Magic, and Kobe have all had better careers BY FAR as of now. Saying he has somehow surpassed them without a ring is ludicrous.
    -Feel free to misinterpret that above statement as me saying he’ll never be top 5 all time.
    -Just for funsies, go compare Scottie’s stats to Wade’s. I’ll say nothing more about this.

  • monkeyball

    Cosign Caboose ^^^^^

    I like that Caboose doesn’t reference the infamous “disappears in crunch time” tag. Lebron has plenty of lines on his crunch time resume. He’s already made the Finals twice, after all (as many times as JKidd, or K. Malone, or David Robinson) and is only 28. He did have a horrible Finals series last year. But read up on Magic’s 1984 Finals, or Kobe’s game 7 in 2010.

    That said, I will never root for Lebron, for what he did to Cavs fans.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    This thread is getting co-sign creepy. lol

  • ClydeSays

    Nust my opinion, but I think the MVP should go to a player who keeps his team in contention, reguardless of the lack of talent around him. That describes Lebron w the Cavs but not w the Heat. CP3 making the Clips into a contender deserved votes. They might squeak into the playoffs without him, but I doubt it.

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Ok now that you put those list of guys up there I realize I’m misconstruing the difference between a star and superstar. I took an L there. But I reaffirm the fact that LBJs championship is useless because he’s had incredible help. Him and Bosh, 2 stars needed to be traded playing alongside another star in order to win. That’s only happened once before and that pairing lost. Now before you losers start trying to act tough I remind you that it’s a message board and that my ego isn’t bruised by being wrong only in regards to Bosh.

  • Mike from Spain

    I used to dislike Lebron, but this speech really moved me. His life seems like something straight out of the movies. You can argue about whether he deserves his MVP awards or not, but he was really good in the speech.

  • deafballer

    @ Red

    Most teams that win have something around incredible help, look at the past 5 years and you can see that the teams that have one have had a lot of depth. Last year’s team was an incredibly deep team with Dallas, the Lakers had Kobe and arguably two of the best big men in the NBA right now. Boston had 3 hall of famers. The Spurs had a core of Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. Saying that Lebrons championship is useless seems to discredit the last 5 championships that have been played.

  • Maja7th

    Why is it that Lebron is a sucka for playing with Wade and Bosh…but it was cool for kareem, Magic and Worthy AND COOPER AND RAMBIS AND SCOTT…to play together? Yall are so inconsistent. What we should dis him because of how it happened? Were the 2000-2004 Lakers #DRAFTED? No!!! Who cares how the team was put together! Who starts a dynasty alone? SMH…NBA TV is a must for yall. Mchale, Parrish, Bird, Johnson. Ginobli Parker, Duncan. STOP IT.

  • http://Roosterteeth.com Caboose

    Deaf: I think the argument is that no sidekick on any recent championship team (sans 2000ish Lakers) has been at Wade’s first ballot HOF level. Throw in Bosh’s All Star level and even the Lakers didnt have three guys that level. That what you mean Red?

  • ron g

    Lebron, Rose, Cp3, D12, Wade, Durant and Kobe are all superstars. You start a team with these 7 guys with the right role players and you will have a solid shot at winning it all….

  • Kareem

    So Red, Shaq and Kobe’s championships don’t count? Laker stans are the worst. You are the biggest hypocrite to ever post here. By virtue of Shaq alone, Prime Shaq/Prime Kobe is slightly better than Lebron/Wade. Prime MJ/Prime Pippen is waaaay better than Lebron/Wade. You’d know that if you were old enough to have witnessed it. You still have no logical counter argument for that. Not, to mention how a stacked Lakers team botched a Finals appearance with Shaq, Kobe, Malone, and Payton. If they would’ve won you haters wouldn’t have said the same thing. Just admit that you are a hater because you damn sure have no basketball based argument to back up your opinion.

  • Kareem

    Durant and the Thunder are a comparable matchup with the Heat this season. You can keep using the general weak argument of “he needed to pair with two other guys” but look at the top two players on each team and statistically they aren’t far apart this season. Look at the Thunder’s bench and compare to Miami. Let’s talk about reality here.

  • 1st CLAss FLighTS

    American B Riding LeBron NUTTSS!!!!!! LMAO LeBron is lame when the game is on pressure and He should come get the ball, That Man never does he always be on the 3 chilling not coming to help D Wade who is double teamed and still score, Which I know Kobe, KD, Russell, CP3 and many others that will and do take the game winner/gamebreaker shots. So I must say no LeBron should not have won this year I would have like to see the Tony Parker grab this year because lets be honest as far as the west if its not OKC for the championship then its goin to be the SPURS

  • http://slamonline.com The Philosopher

    I shed a tear for The King during this speech…
    Among the rarest of talents to ever play in the NBA.
    A top 25 talent of all time.

  • idrees

    he said he’d give up all of them for a championship ring… even though i aint a fan of lebron, i gotta give respect to that.

  • http://Roosterteeth.com Caboose

    Idrees: you know that’s just a publicity stunt. He knows it can’t happen, so he’ll say what makes him sound most flattering. I guarantee you if he actually had the chance, hes not trading the MVP awards.

  • yc

    sigh… teaming up with stars existed in 90 80 70s. and red please stop posting if you dont know what the hell you are talking bout.. go rewatch boshs era. he is an average all star alka antonio davis?
    dang i miss 90s ball

  • Drig

    @Philo………all around talent wise ( Athleticism+Skillset and both have EQUAL weight ), LBJ probably is a top 10 talent.

  • R32

    Love him or hate him, we’re witnessing one of the greatest basketball talents of all time. Still needs work closing but we might we this type of player in a long while. 6’8, 250 lbs….you know the rest.

  • R32

    see*

  • http://interactwithmac@aol.com david mac

    Pure Class

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Slam didn’t post my comment..but basically I said Kobe was drafted when Shaq was taken and there was no way of knowing if Kobe was good yet. I’m not saying you can’t trade for an allstar but 2? And I don’t take this stuff serious it’s only a message board lol.

  • Kareem

    Red, you know that’s a silly azz argument. It doesn’t matter how a player gets to a team. The fact of the matter is Lebron and Wade aren’t the only top 5 duo to play together. They aren’t even the best top 5 duo to do it. And FYI, Rodman made the all-star team at least once while playing with Pip and Jordan. If the basis of your argument is “drafted players don’t count” then I’m afraid you’ll just have to admit that you have no real argument. I disagree with you 1000% but I’m sure even I could back up your opinion better than you have.

  • l2ising Phoenix

    @Red, your HATE for any team/player other than the bulls is unhealthy. I dislike lebron for what he did to the cavs, but he is a respectable guy & i do hope he gets his Ring this year. So what if he paired with d wade? Why arent you bashing the big 3 in boston, or the Spurs (manu,TD,parker), the lakers (Gasol,Kobe,Bynum/Odom). Dude you dont have a valid point.If Bron wins a Ring, there should be no reason to discredit him, only in the eyes of a select few( Haters ) , & you my friend is a part of that group.

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