As expected, Kevin Durant is the Most Valuable Player for the 2013-2014 season. Of course, there were some who voted for LeBron James, but overall, there was no controversial vote. Even the King has conceded that Durant is the MVP this season.

The official announcement and the voting results:

SI.com: "Thunder forward Kevin Durant has been named the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the first time during his seven-year career.

Durant, 25, finished second to Heat forward LeBron James in the 2012 and 2013 MVP votes.  The five-time All-Star emerged as the MVP favorite this season by averaging a career-high 32 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.3 steals while shooting 50.3 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from deep. Durant led the NBA in Player Efficiency Rating, Win Shares, minutes played, points, field goals, field goal attempts, free throws, free throw attempts and usage rate.

The Thunder star totaled 1,232 points for the MVP award, including 119 first-place votes from a panel of 125. LeBron James finished second (891 points, six first-place votes), followed by the Clippers' Blake Griffin (434), the Bulls' Joakim Noah (322) and the Rockets' James Harden (85)."

There were some curiosities that arose in the voting. One of them was a second place vote for Blake Griffin. It was believed that LeBron James and Kevin Durant had separated themselves from the pack and that they will have all the first and second votes.

Chris Sheridan, formerly of ESPN and now has his own site, Sheridan Hoops, actually explained his choice:

"Turns out that six first-place votes were cast for James - but none from South Florida. They were cast by Suns broadcaster Al McCoy, Spurs broadcaster Bill Land, Celtics broadcaster Cedric Maxwell, Kings broadcaster Grant Napear, Hawks broadcaster Steve Holman and Warriors broadcaster Bob Fitzgerald. All six gave their second-place vote to Durant.

I was the only voter to cast a second-place ballot for Griffin. And you probably want to know: Why did I do that?

Because the operative word in casting a ballot is "valuable." And I strongly believe Griffin was more valuable to the Clippers than James was to the Heat. The Clips set a franchise record for victories, whereas the Heat lost eight more games than they did a season ago. Also, the Clippers won more games (57) than the Heat (54) despite playing in the tougher conference. And Griffin was the model of consistency throughout the latter two-thirds of the season, especially in March when he averaged an even 30 points per game."

It's a mild surprise and James would probably not be irked by that fact.