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James seeks benefits for his juniors, and proposes that the NBA follow the NFL and adds new player awards

5:25am, 24 July 2025【Basketball】

The NBA regular season MVP selection in recent years has been a bit fierce and controversial. Because the media's voting methods have always been not objective enough, they tend to be their own personal feelings or whether they like players. In order to make the MVP selection fairer and more just, LeBron James suggested that the NBA should follow the NFL and add a new award to commend those outstanding stars.

"I did think about how the NFL selects the offensive player of the year and the MVP, and I think that's probably a matter for our league, where you'll give an offensive player of the year and a MVP."

NFL uses different criteria to determine the winners of each award. This is very different from the NBA. In fact, LeBron James' proposal is indeed quite good. There are too many outstanding NBA stars. The regular season MVP in recent years seems to be just a good team record. In terms of personal offense and defensive dominance, it has not reached the level of a team.

"You may be on a bad team, have an incredible offensive season, but still win the offensive player of the year. And vice versa, you may not have the best player in the league, but you are the most valuable player who takes your team to a new level."

"Like, well, then is he the best player? Is it the one who has had the best season on their team? Maybe that's the best offensive player of the year, or just the best player in the league? According to statistics, this is the best player in the league. Obviously, you won't have a team that hasn't made the playoffs there...then this is not the most valuable."

LeBron James believes that some players, although they have poor results in the team, are definitely at the MVP level in terms of individual performance. However, adding a new award for Best Offensive Player is a bit prone to some negative impacts. For example, some core players who rebuild the team can get more ball rights and tactical status, and they can play better and win themselves the award for the best offensive player.

What we need is a top star, not a star who mainly uses data to make it. In the past few years, we can see that many stars often brush data in the contract year in order to obtain larger contracts. Therefore, adding a new Best Offensive Player Award does not have much positive effect on the NBA.

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