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LeBron James ‘wouldn’t feel good’ about winning NBA Finals MVP if Cavaliers lose

By Jack Crosby

June 14, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James speaks to media following the 104-91 loss against the Golden State Warriors in game five of the NBA Finals. at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
June 14, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James speaks to media following the 104-91 loss against the Golden State Warriors in game five of the NBA Finals. at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /
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If the Cleveland Cavaliers lose the NBA Finals, LeBron James really doesn’t want anything to do with the MVP Trophy

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Tuesday night there is a very good possibility that we could see the Golden State Warriors become NBA Champions, should they walk out with the win in Game 6. This would mean that LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers would fail in their mission to end the Cleveland sports title drought.

Despite this possibly becoming a fact on Tuesday night –or even with a Game 7 loss– there are many out there of the opinion that, given his performance throughout the series, LeBron still deserves the MVP trophy.

However, it doesn’t seem as if LeBron himself would be welcome to accepting that trophy if his team ultimately ends up losing the series.

“I wouldn’t feel good about it at all,” James said via Ohio.com. “At the end of the day I’m here to win a team prize, and that’s to win a championship, not an individual prize.”

In this NBA Finals series against the Warriors, James is averaging 36.6 points per game with 12.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists. Whether or not he’s welcome to winning the award, the fact of the matter is that he has been the definition of “Most Valuable Player” in just about every game that’s been played. If you take him away from this Cavaliers team, this series is probably over in four games, with each one being a lopsided blowout in the favor of Golden State.

This isn’t to say that there aren’t candidates on the Warriors that would deserve it as well, such as the underdog Andre Iguodala, but when you break down what MVP really means, James has been all of that and more.

Still, though, maybe LeBron won’t have to worry about this being an issue at all. While he and the Cavaliers have their backs to the wall right now, winning two more games would make all of this a non-issue.

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