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          Roundtable: Who is the 2008-09 MVP?

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          Apr 13, 2009, 03:00 AM ET

          It was a slam dunk. In a poll of ESPN experts, LeBron James ran away with the MVP award.

          The tally

          LeBron James: 89 points (17 first-place votes, 1 second)
          Dwyane Wade: 62 points (1 first-place vote, 8 second, 7 third, 2 fourth)
          Kobe Bryant: 53 points (8 second-place votes, 5 third, 1 fourth, 4 fifth)
          Dwight Howard: 31 points (1 second-place vote, 2 third, 10 fourth, 1 fifth)
          Chris Paul: 22 points (3 third-place votes, 3 fourth, 7 fifth)
          Chauncey Billups: 8 points (1 third-place vote, 1 fourth, 3 fifth)
          Paul Pierce: 3 points (1 fourth-place vote, 1 fifth)
          Tony Parker: 2 points (2 fifth-place votes)

          Five points awarded for first-place votes, four points for second place, and so on.

          The ballots

          Henry Abbott | J.A. Adande | Jon Barry | Maurice Brooks | Chris Broussard | Ric Bucher
          Chad Ford | LZ Granderson | Jemele Hill | John Hollinger | Tim Legler | Eric Neel
          Chris Palmer | Dr. Jack Ramsay | Jalen Rose | Chris Sheridan | Marc Stein | David Thorpe