Ramona Shelburne Admits She Voted LeBron James for MVP for Not-So-Popular Reason

With the 2019-20 NBA regular season almost over, the debate over who should win the league’s MVP award is still going strong. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne admitted that she voted LeBron James for MVP, although her reason behind it is a little strange.

See it’s stuff like this that got the NBA ratings low pic.twitter.com/8zavqSO8EG

— Narrative based voter (@RetroBoominati) August 11, 2020

“I voted for LeBron James because I tend to be more of a narrative-based voter, and I feel like LeBron James took a Lakers team that had missed the playoffs six years in a row up to the top spot in the West after all of the dysfunction of the summer before,” opined Shelburne. “So I think he gets credit for that as well.”

James first signed with the Purple and Gold two years ago. After that, the team faced a lot of injuries as well as internal turmoil. All this led to the Lakers winning just 37 games in the 2018-19 season.

Once the season ended, the Lakers acquired superstar big man Anthony Davis and filled out the rest of the roster with competent role players despite a lack of salary-cap space.

With new head coach Frank Vogel at the helm, the Lakers have clinched the top seed in the Western Conference for the first time in 10 years.

Some would argue that the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo deserves the MVP title more than LeBron because of his stats. Another argument in his favor is that he doesn’t have another superstar next to him, as James does.

However, America loves a redemption story, and so far, the 2019-20 season has been just that for the Akron, Ohio native. And we’re sure Ramona will not be the only one to vote LeBron James for MVP.