Cavs’ LeBron James to win MVP award

Cleveland’s LeBron James has won the voting for NBA most valuable player, newspapers in Ohio reported, citing league sources.

The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland and the Akron Beacon Journal both said unnamed NBA sources confirmed the MVP vote.

Cleveland Cavaliers officials scheduled a news conference for Monday at James’s alma mater St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, to make the announcement, the newspapers said. James would also be honored prior to Tuesday’s playoff game in Cleveland.

James is the first Cleveland Cavalier to win the MVP award. He averaged 28.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 7.6 assists a game this season while helping Cleveland to an NBA-best 66-16 record. He was second in the league’s defensive player of the year voting released last week.

In six NBA seasons, James has averaged 27.5 points, seven rebounds and 6.7 assists a game.

At 24, he is the second-youngest player behind Wes Unseld in 1969 to win the MVP honor.

The Plain Dealer said the choice of using the high school for the MVP announcement was James’s. He lives in Akron and the school has been used in commercials starring James and a recent 60 Minutes interview with him.