Lol, I take it you haven't watched much Houston or OKC this year? Harden has undoubtedly been the best point guard in the NBA. He is like watching a prime Steve Nash who doubles as a top-5 scoring guard in the NBA.1. Harden doesn't play basketball the right way. Take away all his gift free throws, and his numbers look less impressive.
2. Westbrook stat-pads, to the detriment of his team.
3. LeBron is a god, and the leader of the best team in the East, shifting more towards a facilitator role.
4. Durant is a chump. Take him away, and the Warriors still win 65 games.
5. Kawhi is good, but he's not LeBron.
Answer: #3.
He certainly has the numbers, but to vote for Kevin Durant for MVP would be literally blatantly ignoring what the acronym is. Replace him with Barnes and Bogut and... well, we all saw last year.Durant still has too much bitch-stink to get it IMO but the numbers are there.
It's not even about forgivenessJust like after one season most people forgave LeBron for going to Miami (except us Cleveland fans), I feel Durant ends up winning it next year, but for this year, no way they forgive him.
As for Harden stat stuffing? Are you serious, he right now is the MVP if the Rockets continue to win.
Westbrook doesnt have OKC as a contender, so hard to say he is a contender.
Lebron is sitting at number 2 imo, but if Houston drops below a top 4 seed, then the award is his.
It's not even about forgiveness
I've yet to see a reasonable argument that Kevin Durant is he most valuable player in the league.
Like Rich said even without him they're the favorites in the west
He will never be the most valuable player whether or not he unjustly wins the award.
Historically yes, but there has been no precedent for what just happened.The award goes to the person with the best stats on a top 3/4 team in the conference.
This will be the case for him, but come next year the voters will forget about the move.
Personally I agree with you, i was referring to the voters.
Historically yes, but there has been no precedent for what just happened.
A top 5 NBA Player just went to a 73 win team. I just can't see how he could ever win the award. I'd be disappointed beyond belief.
I think it's different than the Heatles for a few reasons:
1. The Warriors are championship contenders without Durant. I don't think that is true of the Heat without LeBron
2. It was never arguable (besides maybe one series against the Mavs) that LeBron was the best player on the Heat. I think it's extremely arguable that Curry is better than Durant
Now that's an MVP I can get behindKD is Most Vaginal Player
Shit, that can be used as compliment...Doh!!!Now that's an MVP I can get behind