NBA-Most Valuable Player winner LeBron J

May 5 (Reuters) - Factbox on LeBron James, who was named on

Sunday as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2012-13

National Basketball Association regular season.

* Born December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio (age 28)

* Height: six feet eight inches, 250 lbs (113 kilograms)

* Drafted first overall by Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003

* Named NBA rookie of the year in 2004

* Nine-time NBA All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,

2011, 2012, 2013). Twice named MVP in All-Star game (2006, 2008)

* NBA scoring champion in 2008, making him the first Cavalier

to lead the league in scoring

* Won Olympic gold medal with United States at 2008 Beijing and

2012 London Games

* Won his first NBA Championship with Miami in 2012 after

previously losing in the final with Cleveland (2007) and Miami

(2011)

* Was named MVP of the NBA finals in 2012

* Four-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player (2009, 2010,

2012, 2013)

* James is one of just five players to have won the MVP award

at least four times. The others are: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (six

times), Michael Jordan (five), Bill Russell (five) and Wilt

Chamberlain (four).

(Compiled by Julian Linden, Editing by Gene Cherry)

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