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Click the pics below to see the ballots of these ESPN writers and analysts.

Abbott	Adande	Barry	Brooks	Broussard	Bucher	Ford	LZ	Hill
Hollinger	Legler	Neel	Palmer	Ramsay	Rose	Sheridan	Stein	Thorpe

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

ESPN.com's NBA MVP ballot
Rank	Player	Stats
	LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers Small forward Team record: 65-15	Points per game: 28.3 Rebounds per game: 7.6 Assists per game: 7.3 James' complete statistics
	Dwyane Wade Miami Heat Shooting guard Team record: 42-38	Points per game: 30.2 Assists per game: 7.5 Steals per game: 2.2 Wade's complete statistics
	Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers Shooting guard Team record: 64-17	Points per game: 27.0 Rebounds per game: 5.3 Assists per game: 4.9 Bryant's complete statistics
	Dwight Howard Orlando Magic Center Team record: 58-22	Points per game: 20.7 Rebounds per game: 13.9 Blocks per game: 2.9 Complete Howard stats
	Chris Paul New Orleans Hornets Point guard Team record: 49-31	Points per game: 23.0 Assists per game: 11.1 Steals per game: 2.8 Complete Paul stats

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