On April 21, Beijing time, in his podcast "The Shop", James expressed his dissatisfaction with not winning the unanimous MVP in 2013. James was just one vote shy of winning the unanimous MVP, but ultimately missed out, and Curry in 2016 achieved the feat.
In the 2012-13 season, James won the last regular season MVP of his career. That season, he averaged 26.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 0.9 blocks per game, shooting 56.5% from the field, winning the Player of the Month award for five consecutive months, and leading the Heat to a 66-16 league record in the regular season.
"I had a chance to get all 120 votes to become the all-time MVP, but I got 119 votes," James said. (The actual total number of votes was 121, James got 120 votes that year) the only vote left for Anthony, and the person who voted for it was not from New York (Anthony was playing for the Knicks at the time), it was a writer from Boston. That's right, it's Boston. I know his name, but I'm not going to give him the spotlight right now and talk about him when the time comes to make a documentary. ”
The writer who didn't vote for James was Gary Washburn, a writer from the Boston Globe. He once revealed why he didn't vote for James: "I voted for Anthony because of his importance to the New York Knicks, and if you haven't noticed the impact Anthony has had in the last decade, they have no relevance." When the results of the ballot were announced, I was surprised to find that I was the only one out of 121 voters who did not cast the first vote for James. But I genuinely feel like Anthony, Durant, Paul, and even Kobe Bryant deserve a first-place vote. ”
According to statistics, in the 2012-13 season, Anthony led the Knicks to a 54-28 record, ranking second in the East. Anthony averaged 28.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game that season, winning the scoring title of the year.
It is worth mentioning that O'Neal also missed the all-time unanimous MVP by 1 vote during the OK triple championship (2000-02) season in the 1999-2000 season. Later, in 2016, Curry received all 131 first-place votes, becoming the first player in history to be unanimously elected MVP. That season, Curry averaged 30.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.14 steals per game while shooting 50.4 percent from the field, 45.4 percent from three-point range and 90.8 percent from the free throw line.