Lakers star LeBron James believes NBA should follow NFL's lead, introduce OPOY award

LeBron James precocious made headlines for suggesting that nan NBA should shorten games for 40 minutes and accommodate FIBA's goaltending rule. While nan four-time NBA MVP is closing successful connected nan extremity of his legendary career, that is not nan only alteration he is hoping to spot nan convention make.

During nan latest section of his "Mind nan Game" podcast, James revealed that he hopes to spot nan NBA return a page retired of nan NFL's book and instrumentality an Offensive Player of nan Year award.

"I did deliberation astir really nan NFL does Offensive Player of nan Year and MVP," Los Angeles Lakers prima LeBron James stated Tuesday. "I thought that could perchance beryllium thing successful our convention wherever you springiness an Offensive Player of nan Year and an MVP. Not saying we should do it, but it was thing that was beautiful cool successful nan NFL really they do that. They do nan Offensive Player of nan Year, Defensive Player of nan Year, MVP."

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"(The criteria for MVP) changes," James continued. "Is it nan champion player? Is it nan subordinate that had nan champion play pinch his team? Maybe that's Offensive Player of nan Year. Or is it simply conscionable nan champion subordinate successful nan league?"

The NFL MVP and Offensive Player of nan Year were almost exclusively won by nan aforesaid player. That has happened overmuch little often successful caller years, however, arsenic Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes was nan past subordinate to return location some awards -- having done truthful backmost successful 2018.

It is unclear really NBA voters would abstracted nan 2 awards arsenic defense is almost ever overlooked successful MVP discussions. Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon and Giannis Antetokounmpo are nan only 3 players to triumph nan MVP and Defensive Player of nan Year grant successful nan aforesaid season.

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