Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe

Not 1, Not 2, Not 3, Not 4......

Guess LeBron was talking about MVP's not champions when he said that. LeBron won as fourth in MVP in five years he became the 5th player in NBA history to win at least four MVP awards.

LeBron James received 120 of the 121 first place votes for his fourth MVP and he was one vote short of being the first ever unanimous pick in NBA history. That one vote came from Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe instead he vote for Knicks' Carmelo Anthony.

Gary Washburn defeats Carmelo Anthony in his column:

"My vote had more to do with Anthony and less to do with the dominance of LeBron. If you were to take Anthony off the Knicks, they are a lottery team. James plays with two other All-Stars, the league's all-time 3-point leader, a defensive stalwart, and a fearless point guard. The Heat are loaded.
If Lebron was taken away from the Heat, they still would be a fifth or sixth seed. He is the best player of this generation, a multifaceted superstar with the physical prowess of Adonis, but I chose to reward a player who has lifted his team to new heights."


"This isn't the Best Player in the Game award, it's the Most Valuable Player award, and I think what Anthony accomplished this season was worthy of my vote. He led the Knicks to their first division title in 19 years. That's a long time. Anthony led the league in scoring average and basically carried an old Knicks team to the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Amar'e Stoudemire missed most of the season with knee issues, Raymond Felton missed six weeks, and Tyson Chandler dealt with nagging injuries, leaving Anthony, J.R. Smith, and a bunch of lottery picks from the mid-1990s to win 54 games and beat the Miami Heat three times."

Of course he got the vote wrong everyone knows that LeBron was the MVP this year but you have to commend Washburn for not following everyone and thinking for his self then standing by his words. 

But it funny how a few years ago LeBron James was one of the most hated and criticized athletes on the planet and now there was a witch hunt trying find the one person that didn't cost him the MVP but the one person simply that didn't vote for him.

We need more writers like Washburn who aren't afraid to standout and write or say whatever is on he or she's mind and stand by it.