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NBA fans are once again accusing ESPN of having a bias for LeBron James.
During Tuesday afternoon’s edition of “The Jump”, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne stated that she was voting LeBron James for MVP, not for his stats but because she’s a “narrative-based voter” and she believes LeBron should win because he was able to navigate through the entire Lakers’ trade fiasco last season.
See it’s stuff like this that got the NBA ratings low pic.twitter.com/8zavqSO8EG
— 🍉 (@RetroBoominati) August 11, 2020
I voted for LeBron James because I tend to be a narrative-based voter and I feel like LeBron James took a playoff team that missed the playoffs six years in a row up to the top spot in the west after all of the dysfunction before
Shelburne wasn’t the only ESPN reporter to consider voting for LeBron for MVP based solely on narratives. Earlier in the season, Dave McMenamin said LeBron was the MVP because he had to deal with China controversy and Kobe Bryant’s death.
https://twitter.com/FTBeard1/status/1237104433432899584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1237104433432899584%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrobible.com%2Fsports%2Farticle%2Fespn-the-jump-kobe-bryant-death-lebron-mvp%2F
https://twitter.com/Kungu_NBA/status/1293334640846135299
https://twitter.com/JJMaples55_MST/status/1293330767909552128
Narrative based voting. Nice. So MVP awards aren’t rewarded to the most valuable player. https://t.co/xE2nYB0wYn
— Brio (@SweeterBrio) August 11, 2020
"I tend to be more of a narrative based voter" is a wild thing to admit to when you have an actual tangible vote. https://t.co/qLD4D4UfbQ
— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) August 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/kevinOMO_/status/1293331627498643456
https://twitter.com/probIemthots/status/1293326947855077376
Admitting that you’re voting LeBron for MVP based on “narratives” and not stats should get your voting privileges revoked https://t.co/VXvgCCPapq
— JzoSports (@JzoSports) August 12, 2020