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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Can't see how he doesn't win it. Yeah Harden had a great year and the Rockets had a better season, but if you take Harden off the Rockets and put a league average PG instead, they are still a playoff team. If you take Russ off the Thunder and put a league average PG instead, they are fighting with the Lakers and Suns at the bottom of the conference.
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if that is the basis then LeBron wins it every year, might as well not have the award
Harden has been more efficient, turned the ball over way less, been the best passer in the league this season, and hes only missing out on the triple double by 160 rebounds
whereas Russ has basically been stat padding for 2 months, I think Zach Lowe pointed it out, but look at the Thunder on free throws, they clear out for Russ to get the rebound
that being said Russ doing what he does with a 42% usage rate is also insane, they are both having incredible seasons
I cant understand people saying that one or the other is way far ahead, to me its incredibly close.
I think Russ' play the last few weeks probably gets it for him, but I think an argument can really easily be made for Harden, less one for Kawhi, and for LeBron too