LeBron James wins 3rd MVP Award: Press Conference & Speech (5.12.12)

Calling the honor "overwhelming" but pointing to a "bigger goal," LeBron James on Saturday became the eighth player in NBA history to win the MVP award three times.

LeBron James accepted the trophy and will get to show it off to Miami Heat fans Sunday afternoon when he's presented with the prize again by commissioner David Stern before Miami faces Indiana in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series.

"Heat nation, we have a bigger goal," James said. "This is very overwhelming to me as an individual award. But this is not the award I want, ultimately. I want that championship. That's all that matters to me."

LeBron James won the award for the third time in four seasons. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone have won at least that many MVP trophies.

Abdul-Jabbar won six times, Jordan and Russell five times each, Chamberlain four times. Now, they're the only players with more than James.

"We love you," Heat president Pat Riley told James during the ceremony. "Not just because of this, but because of what you mean to our organization."

LeBron James received 85 of a possible 121 first-place votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league, as well as one collective fan vote on NBA.com. He finished with 1,074 points, topping Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (889 points, 24 first-place votes), the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul (385, six first-place votes), the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (352, two first-place votes), and San Antonio's Tony Parker (331, four first-place votes).

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[Adrian Quevedo]

Oops nevermind

[nightlybob]

this was last year

[Adrian Quevedo]

Shouldn't it say 2012-2013 MVP

[7770robi]

C'mon he doesn't care... He's the best player on the planet.

and when MJ was there he delivered with the chips,

Kobe did also,

and now so is Lebron. the first one, and I think they'll repeat.

[7770robi]

2 words : ring, repeat.

[xxxiscopeztdxxx1]

love lebron

[melih16gm]

Lebron can win mvps how much he wants

[skyflyer425]

stuck i mean. dude its youtube comment.

[Paul PhiZz]

MVP...MVP...MVP...HE FNNA GET MORE DEN THAT ...AT LEAST 2 OR 3 MORE

[krndevil313]

he did