– LeBron James (36, LA Lakers, photo), the NBA’s best star, was selected as the AP’s Men’s Sports Player of the Year.
The Associated Press reported on the 27th (Korean time) “James announced this year’s’Black Lives Matter’ movement to the world and led his team to the championship in the league,” said “James is selected as the male player of the year “I announced. After 2013, 2016, and 2018, it is the fourth ever award. In addition to James, Golf’s Tiger Woods and Cyclist’s Lance Armstrong (above the United States) won four awards, the highest number of male sports players ever.
As a result of a vote composed of 35 members of the Associated Press panel, James ranked first with 78 points, and the US Pro Football (NFL) Super Bowl championship Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahoms (25, USA) was second with 71 points.
James was selected as the Final Best Player (MVP), making a significant contribution to leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the championship in 10 years in the NBA Champions Match. James was selected as the final MVP for three teams, the first record in the NBA. In 2012 and 2013, he was selected as the final MVP for the Miami Heat, and in 2016, he wore a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform and became the championship MVP.
He also spoke to the black human rights movement triggered by the death of a black man named George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States during a crackdown by white police. “In games, I always put everything out and do my best. I can do more off the court,” James said.
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