Only four players in NBA history have won four or more MVP awards, and now expectations are that Miami Heat's LeBron James will expand that group after this season.
If and when James wins his fourth MVP award he will join an exclusive group of former elite players, and some believe they are by far the four greatest players ever. James would join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (six), Michael Jordan (five), Bill Russell (five) and Wilt Chamberlain (four).
"Anytime I'm mentioned with the greatest players to play the game or people period, it is a wow factor because I grew up and studied those guys and watched those guys, and a few of those guys were my inspiration growing up,'' James said.
According to Fox Sports Florida, ballots for MVP honors aren't due until April 18, the day after the regular season. With just 10 days until they are due, it's kind of hard to imagine James won't be joining those four greats of the game when the trophy will be given out in May.
"If I'm fortunate enough to do that, it would be an unbelievable feat,'' James said. "I know where I've come from, a small city in Akron, Ohio, and what I've built over the years. And I would give a lot of credit like I always do to my teammates and coaches that I had before I got to the NBA and how that allows me to do things that I do on the floor. We got a long way to go before those votes are in, but if I am awarded that award then I'm excited about it again and very humbled and very blessed about it.''
James, 28, won his first consecutive MVP awards in 2009 and 2010 while a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers before getting his third last year in his second season in Miami. If he adds his fourth this year he would become just the second player to have claimed four in a five-season span. Russell won for the Boston Celtics in 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1963.
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