James Harden ESPN's West MVP 1st Trimester

Fixed link:

http://espn.go.com/blog/marc-stein/post/_/id/3433/west-mvp-of-the-first-trimester-2

 

Surprised to see Stein give Harden the nod. Going to bypass the comments as I'm beyond tired of seeing "but Harden doesn't play D".

 

I know. Stein must have written the article and then, like the Japanese prison commander after losing a war-of-wills with Colonel Nicholson (and face) in "Bridge over the River Kwai", gone to his private quarters and wept bitterly, striking his fists against the floor.

 

But but Kobe

 

Well, duh!

 

Would love to see Harden take the MVP and then the scoring championship this year.

 

its gonna be tough to stay the leading scorer with josh smith taking more shots, but i think smith will help win games, and ultimately that will help james win the MVP.

we are only a couple of games back from first place, and we've been without dwight for 10 games, and without smith and brewer until now. i think we will be able to claim #1 by seasons end with harden the MVP.

if we stay #1 on defense, dwight might get another DPOY, and finishing #1 might earn mchale a COY and morey GMOY.

its our year!

 

Why not mention his defense? Career highs in blocks and steals as well. Isn't he 5th in the league in steals this year?

 

No doubt Harden is leading the MVP race right now.

Glad Stein is giving props but that article almost seemed like it was about Anthony Davis more then Harden *shrugs*

 

good one.

 

Probably had something written up for Curry or Gasol, then he watched the game last night.

 

but Kobe will be starting in All-star game?

 

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why can't the WC MVP and the EC MVP of the 1st Trimester come together

Harden and KLow

Battery flop

 

But but but just flops and no defense