Mid-Season NBA Award Picks: James Harden edges LeBron for MVP. For now.

LeBron's numbers have been down lately

 

the Cavs choked away a 22 point lead against Indy today...yet another embarrassing loss for the Cavs

This is Harden’s award to lose. Lebron who?

 

ha, oh man. just read that after seeing this post. they even point out irving has averaged 19 points on 39% shooting his last 5 games, but apparently that's enough to shoot up the rankings, while harden's campaign has "stalled" because of a temporary injury. considering the celtics and rockets have fairly similar records and the celtics' is mostly based on defense and the rockets on offense, it looks hilarious seeing 24 ppg/5 apg ahead of 32 ppg/9 apg.


and i thought about the kd angle a couple of weeks ago. with the rockets and cavs starting to struggle (after insane runs) and the media's 2 year obsession with proving how great kd is and how he totally didn't bandwagon on a 73 win team and how they shouldn't hate on him like they did lebron after "the decision," you could see it coming. throw in his shotblocking letting them play up his defense and warriors inevitably winning games (kd dragging a 73 win team to 65 plus wins, wow!), you could feel this "redemption" narrative building. redemption from winning too easily? redemption from a media backlash that never happened? who knows, but he's not harden!

 

https://www.si.com/nba/2018/01/19/nba-midseason-awards-lebron-james-james-harden-mvp-race

Ben Golliver: LeBron James, Cavs
Andrew Sharp: VACANT
Rob Mahoney: James Harden, Rockets
Jeremy Woo: LeBron James, Cavs
Rohan Nadkarni: LeBron James, Cavs
DeAntae Prince: Kevin Durant, Warriors

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...arden-finally-lands-mvp-celtics-brass-shines/

James Harden

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...y-davis-lebron-james-james-harden/1039890001/

LeBron James

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/16/barkley-durant-is-frontrunner-for-nbas-mvp-award/

Charles Barkley: Kevin Durant

 

The fact that Russell Westbrook is basically once again averaging a triple double this season and is not receiving even a passing mention of MVP hype this season shows how shamelessly the media robbed Harden last year.

 

Holy shh. Harden misses 7 games and Lebron loses about 7 in that time period while playing horribly and is now the leader.

It is a shame that some of these guys get to vote.

 

How tf can anyone put Lebron ahead of Harden in the MVP race right now?? What is Lebron’s argument? What is his narrative right now? He’s the best player in the NBA so he should automatically get it? His team has been taking embarrassing L’s left and right. His team is 28th in defensive efficiency and 3rd in the East. His level of play has been declining the past few weeks. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

 

LOL, this guy. C'mon Andy, we know you want to vote for Westbrook again....

 

Same story different year. We know how it ends.

 

Lets not forget the warriors are 6-1 without KD,and the only loss they had without durant curry missed that game too at sacramento.
How is that the MVP? What happened to the snake KD? Hes still on the 73 win team that made 2 finals in a row without him.
We were 4-3 without harden... the Media man