American professional basketball NBA LA Lakers star LeBron James (36, USA) was honored by the Associated Press as a male sports player of the year.
The Associated Press said on the 27th that “James has been selected as the male player of the year.” James announced this year’s’Black Lives Matter’ campaign to the world and led his team to the championship in the league. Explained.
This marks James the fourth or more time in his career, following 2013, 2016 and 2018.
In the AP News Player of the Year, which was founded in 1931, in addition to James, Tiger Woods (Golf) and Lance Armstrong (Cycle, Lee Sang, USA) have won the most four times.
In the Women’s Player of the Year category announced on the 28th, Babe Didrickson (Golf USA) was selected 6 times and Serena Williams (Tennis USA) was selected 5 times.
James was selected as the Final Best Player (MVP) by leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the championship in 10 years in the NBA championship match that ended this October.
He was named Final MVP for the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013, and in 2016 wearing the Cleveland Cavaliers uniform and became the Champions MVP.
This year, James was the first to be selected as the final MVP from three teams.
In addition, this summer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, a black man named George Floyd spoke out on the black human rights movement, which was triggered by the death of a white policeman in the crackdown, and exerted influence on and off the court.
James, who won this award four times in the last eight years, said, “I always pour out my everything in the game and do my best to do what I need to do. I can actually do more off the court.” I shared my impressions.
James scored 78 points as a result of the Associated Press’s 35-member vote, slightly outpacing Kansas City’s quarterback Patrick Mahoms (25, USA), who scored 71 points for the NFL Super Bowl.
The AP News Player of the Year was awarded by NBA player Kawai Leonard (29, USA) last year, and the NBA player was selected as the winner six times in the last eight years.
The non-basketball winners in the last eight years have been two major league baseball players: Madison Bumgarner (31, USA) in 2014 and Jose Altuve (30, Venezuela) in 2017.
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