The KING Does It Again

LeBron James – the Cleveland's superstar was voted the league's MVP for the second straight year in a row, a person familiar with the announcement told The Associated Press on Friday. LeBron James will happen to the 10th player in NBA history to win back-to-back Most Valuable Player Awards when results of the nationwide voting are announced Sunday, sources told The Plain Dealer.

James, averaging 29.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 8.6 assists this season, will going to receive the trophy Sunday at the University of Akron. The presentation by Commissioner David Stern will come in face of Cleveland's crowd.

James hailed to be the 10th NBA player to be the MVP in consecutive seasons. The 25-year-old star LeBron James joins Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan and Steve Nash. Russell, Chamberlain and Bird won it three times in a row.

Dwyane Wade said, “I don't think anyone deserved it over LeBron,” "LeBron could get it every year. It's his honor to lose. That's how it is with confident players. Jordan did not win it every year. Jordan could have won it each year. But the criterion was apparently a little different."

The Plain Dealer of Cleveland was the first to announce that James won the award.

For two years in a row, James will accept the honor in his hometown. A year ago, he goes back to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, his alma mater, for a ceremonial in the school's gymnasium that was attended by family, friends, former teachers and the student body.

James with center Shaquille O'Neal hand in hand to help Cleveland win its first NBA title led the Cavaliers to 61 wins in the regular season and the top seed in the playoffs. Cleveland's lineup was continually changing because of injuries, but the Cavs could constantly count on James, the first forward in league history to average more than eight assists a game.

James delivers nightly jaw-dropping highlights, many of them comes from the defensive end on chase-down blocks. His worth was never more obvious than when he sit out the Cavaliers' final four games, and they lost each one.

Even though playing with a strained and bruised right elbow, James still averaged 31.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 8.2 assists, 2.4 blocks and 1.2 steals as the Cavaliers eliminated Chicago in the first round of the playoffs.

"I give a lot of thanks to my teammates, the coaching staff and my family," James said last week when ask about winning a second MVP. "It solidifies a lot of hard work and commitment I was able to put in the off-season to try to get the best as an individual and bring it to this team."

Playoff Preview: First Round Match Up - Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls

This is one series I feel in no doubt speculating about: The Cleveland Cavaliers is obviously the better team and will undoubtedly best the Bulls in this best of seven series in the first round of the play off. On the other Chicago has had a great run to make it into the playoffs; unfortunately they don’t have enough strength and size to take on the Cavaliers.

With the guidance of the KING, the league MVP LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers are just too deep and too experienced. Equipped with high caliber weapons like Shaq, Z, Williams and Jamison there is nothing that this team doesn’t have – they have size, scoring, defense, rebounding. And they are on a mission to get in to the Finals.

In Cavaliers mind, they want to take Bulls out right away. Fortunately, LeBron get right back into his rhythm as he returns to the court after taking some time off and give Cavaliers a two nothing game advantage over Bulls.

Chicago is competing two things have to happen for as the play offs goes on: Noah has to play off the charts like he did during the past games and guards Rose and Hinrich have to make shots. Deng also has to play big because he’s probably going to be guarding LeBron, in order to retain their moral after losing two times in a row at the Quicken Loans Arena.