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Los Angeles Lakers: Why LeBron James will win his fifth MVP

By Jason Reed

EL SEGUNDO, CA - SEPTEMBER 24: LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts as he speaks to the media during the Los Angeles Lakers Media Day at the UCLA Health Training Center on September 24, 2018 in El Segundo, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
EL SEGUNDO, CA - SEPTEMBER 24: LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts as he speaks to the media during the Los Angeles Lakers Media Day at the UCLA Health Training Center on September 24, 2018 in El Segundo, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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1. The story is in LeBron’s favor

The NBA MVP award is a subjective award, that is without a doubt. Most times, those voting on the award tend to shift to a nice storyline that merits the award.

Two seasons ago, Russell Westbrook was the MVP since he was the first person since Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double in a season. However, despite posting just as impressive of a season last year and becoming the first person to accomplish the feat twice, Westbrook wasn’t even an MVP finalist.

Instead, James Harden won the award after his second great season in which many argued he could have been the MVP instead of Westbrook. This time he was. The story just made sense.

One of the main reasons why LeBron has not won an MVP award since the 2012-2013 season is that everyone has become so numb to his greatness. LeBron has not had any great stories to bank on outside of last season and that still was not enough.

However, he now has the perfect factors in his favor to win over MVP voters. First and foremost, he has changed scenery and is taking up perhaps his biggest challenge yet. Not only that, his dominant performance in last season’s playoffs is still fresh in everyone’s head.

And the biggest factor: a fifth MVP would tie LeBron with Michael Jordan and would make him the first player ever to win the award on three different teams.

James arguably could have six MVPs by now but is still yet to tie Jordan. That storyline will begin to formulate late season and the voters will buy into it.