lebron james won the mvp for the all star game.
lebron james won the mvp for the all star game.
who won the mvp for the all star game?
lebron james
bob pettit and kobe bryant are the only two players to win the all-star game mvp four times. oscar robertson, michael jordan, shaquille o'neal, and lebron james have each won the award three times, while bob cousy, julius erving, isiah thomas, magic johnson, karl malone, allen iverson, russell westbrook, and kevin durant have all won the award twice. james' first all-star mvp in 2006 made him the youngest to have ever won the award at the age of 21 years, 1 month. kyrie irving, winner of the 2014 all-star game mvp, is the second-youngest at 21 years, 10 months. they are notable as being the two youngest to win the award, both as cleveland cavaliers. four of the games had joint winners—elgin baylor and pettit in 1959, john stockton and malone in 1993, o'neal and tim duncan in 2000, and o'neal and bryant in 2009. o'neal became the first player in all-star history to share two mvp awards as well as the first player to win the award with multiple teams. the los angeles lakers have had eleven winners while the boston celtics have had eight. duncan of the u.s. virgin islands and irving of australia are the only winners not born in the united states. both duncan and irving are american citizens, but are considered "international" players by the nba because they were not born in one of the fifty states or washington, d.c. no player trained entirely outside the u.s. has won the award; irving lived in the u.s. since age two, and duncan played u.s. college basketball at wake forest.
nba all-star game most valuable player award
the all-star game most valuable player (mvp) was an annual award given to the best player of the annual all-star game. the award was established in the 1968 all-star game, and was retired as part of the aba—nba merger. the first recipient of the award was larry brown, who scored 17 points in a losing cause. brown and 1971 winner mel daniels are the only players to win the award while being on the losing team in the all-star game. three rookies have won the award: brown, spencer haywood in the 1970 all-star game and david thompson in the 1976 all-star game. from 1968 to 1975, the game has matched the best players in the eastern division with the best players in the western division. the west has won five all-star game mvp awards, while the east won three. in the 1976 all-star game, the teams were the denver nuggets and the all-stars. denver won that all-star game, with thompson as mvp.
list of american basketball association awards and honors