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LeBron James awarded 2013 MVP award
“We’re all in unison: We think he has earned it,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He has had an even more historic season than last year. The beauty of that, if he does in fact earn it, is the fact that probably most people didn’t necessarily think he could go to a different level, a higher level, after last season. Yet he reinvented himself and showed that he could.”
James’ effective field goal percentage – a metric that takes into account 3-pointers being worth more than 2-point shots, this season was a career-best 60.3 percent, and he shot just over 40 percent from 3-point range, another career mark. The league handed out six Eastern Conference player-of-the-month awards this season, and James won five of them.
“There’s not a better player in the NBA than LeBron and he should win every year,” Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “There are guys who had great years. Carmelo’s had an amazing year and so has Durant. But there’s no one that’s had the year that LeBron has when you figuring in rebounding, defense, everything, passing. And we’re going to be saying that until someone else comes along and takes the mantle. I don’t see that happening.”
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
