I can agree with some of your points. I projected Harden to score 30 in an efficient manner (meaning 45+%) because he will not have to control the ball as much and teams won't be able to hone in on him as much sharing the backcourt with CP3. I certainly believe he will be playing more defense especially with the additions of PJ Tucker and Luc Mbah a Moute (on addition to Ariza and CP3) our team defense will be much improved and you will see greater effort from Harden on that side as we've already witnessed in the preseason.
Harden has been the hands down front runner so far. But they don't give awards for first quarter victories. He needs to keep going.
I agree. We got a tough schedule upcoming. Dec and Jan will be the time Harden will make his mark on this season.
If all these idiots in the media are saying Lebron vs Kyrie for MVP, even while Harden is doing what he's been doing up to this point, Harden will get robbed of his MVP yet again....
Harden isn't going to be robbed of MVP since he's really not really in consideration to begin with. It's about narratives.