LeBron James not happy after voting for MVP of the season.

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Lakers superstar LeBron James may have already been four times best player of the season in the NBA, he did not appreciate the vote that voted Giannis Antetkounmpo for the MVP title at his expense on Friday.

“Out of 101 votes, 16 put me in first position.

It made me ch… more than anything, ”he confided at the end of a good night, however, since it coincided with a first victory against Denver in the Western Conference final (126-114).

🤣🤣16 out of 101 🗳!

OK cool!

I got y'all.

- LeBron James (@KingJames) September 19, 2020

"I don't know how much we really watch basketball"

“I have finished second on several occasions in my career, whether in the league (6 finals lost) and now four times for the MVP title.

I never asked for them to be given to me.

I always said that I wanted to improve myself every day and that it would be done.

But some things are beyond my control.

So I'm pissed off, ”he added.

Earlier, he had learned that the regular season MVP trophy, taking into account individual performances until March 11, when the championship was interrupted due to the coronavirus, had been awarded to Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee).

Quite overwhelming since the Greek winger succeeded himself on the list by collecting 85 votes for 1st place.

A title with the Lakers to make everyone agree?

If James insisted on asserting that he did not "contest the great season" of his young rival, he felt that the gap between them was not representative of the way the season unfolded.

In terms of numbers, since this data is essential in the choice of voting journalists, Antetokounmpo compiled 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists, when James, quadruple MVP (2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013) has accumulated 25.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 10.2 assists.

"I'm not going to start saying what criteria should be used or what they are, it's changed so much since I've been in the league… Sometimes he's the best player on the best team, sometimes he's the guy with the best statistics… ”, he said.

"But I do not know to what extent, we really watch basketball there, or if we are in a narrative mode, in a story", he added again, inducing without going further that the choice could have rested on springs other than that of the game.

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