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    Who is your NBA MVP?

    Safe to assume it comes down to four guys:

    Russell Westbrook.
    James Harden.
    Lebron James.
    Kawai Leonard.

    For me, it's an easy vote. It's Lebron. Just look at his teams record when he doesn't play. He doesn't play, they don't win. That makes him the MVP.

    With that said, he probably won't win.

    Leonard is the longshot, and while I love his workmanlike style, he probably won't win either.

    Looks like a two-man race.

    Who've you got?

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    Harden will probably win.

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    Westbrook should get it, shouldnt be a question. We know who's behind this anti-Russ campaign.

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    Westbrook deserves it and would get my vote, but Harden will win.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    Safe to assume it comes down to four guys:

    Russell Westbrook.
    James Harden.
    Lebron James.
    Kawai Leonard.

    For me, it's an easy vote. It's Lebron. Just look at his teams record when he doesn't play. He doesn't play, they don't win. That makes him the MVP.

    With that said, he probably won't win.

    Leonard is the longshot, and while I love his workmanlike style, he probably won't win either.

    Looks like a two-man race.

    Who've you got?
    dont they rest kyrie too whenever lebron sits

    that 0-6 is misleading

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    I can`t get past both RWB and Harden are going to break the record for TURNOVERS this season.

    Individual stats in a team sport are for selfish mofo`s to care about.

    LBJ should win. Give me Leonard today to start my team. Harden wins because of team improvement. (Add by Sub w/ DH carcinoma gone)

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtoler View Post
    Westbrook should get it, shouldnt be a question. We know who's behind this anti-Russ campaign.
    Who? Colin Cowherd?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CWD View Post
    dont they rest kyrie too whenever lebron sits

    that 0-6 is misleading
    It's not misleading, just look at his +/- numbers compared to the others.

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    Who cares, these players worry way too much about this. Maybe Russell + Harden should worry about winning championships and not titles to their name.

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    If westy breaks big O's trip dub record hell probably get it but I can't stand hero ball players. Harden probably deserves it based on the way the nba awards these.

    Lebron and kawhi both better than those 2 and they won't even come close. The award isn't about who is the best or deserving, it's a pr campaign

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    If any of you had been asked before the season started in any year if a guy puts up a triple double for the season would you give him MVP, right away youd say yes. If I went on to say those numbers were 31, 11, and 10 youd emphatically say heck yes. Tell-A-Vision and its powers never cease, 1 month ago you all said Russ should get it, not until the media came with their bs did you turn into zombies once again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    Who? Colin Cowherd?
    He aint nobody.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtoler View Post
    We know who's behind this anti-Russ campaign.
    Don't leave me hanging, bro.

    Who is it?

    Is it the Jews???

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    Lebron a non factor. Johnny Wall in top 4.

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    Lebron is always the real MVP, but that gets boring.

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    Lebron

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    Westbrook

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    Clayton Kershaw.

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    De rozen

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    John wall is one of the greats that gets left out every yr. His usage rate in terms of total team production was 2nd only to lebron a yr ago. Guys like him and cp3 in yrs past get left out all the time

    Not sure what the hate for the media is all about. I don't follow espn or any of that at all. Just the eyeball test as I'm sure many here use.

    Have always said westbrook is a hero baller with the lowest basketball IQ since day 1. His stats coupled with okc playoff berth would land him the mvp for sure. I hope I'm wrong

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    didnt read thread after first post

    but its Russel Westbrook , no ones done what hes doing

    but the best overall player in the NBA is even easier

    Its Kawai Leonard

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    You can't sit out multiple nationally televised games and win the MVP. Certain responsibilities come with being MVP. Like what Kobe said... I'm convinced they'll split the award for the first time. Gun to the head I'd say Harden because his scoring ability wins tight games at a better rate than Westbrook.

    Westbrook is just too stat obsessed for my liking. He's not the playmaker that Harden is, and yet he wants the ball every fvck1ng time so he can get his usage rate maxed out.

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    57, 13, and 11 tonight, most pts ever in a triple double.
    I think he reads the forum.

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    Its funny guys that have hated Westbrook all along are overextending themselves to deny him this year. Cowherd spends hours trying to minimize him finding every obscure statistic in the world instead of the ones that have supposedly been important all these years. The guy is leading the league in scoring AND averaging a triple double. As far as hero ball, i guess you prefer he lets Oladipo, who has never averaged 18 points a game or made an all star team, take the shots. or maybe Roberson, or Adams lol.
    When Shaq left Kobe and the Lakers won about 25 games for a few years. When Lebron left the Cavs may have won 20. And when Lebron left the heat it wasn't much different. Durant leaves and Russ still carries this team and may even be a 5 seed in the West. But all he does is shoot lol. And when you see him come off the court his team loves him as the unquestioned leader of the team. But i guess a guy averaging double digit assists is selfish. and he averaged 23, 10, and 8 with Durant on the team last year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBetYou View Post
    You can't sit out multiple nationally televised games and win the MVP. Certain responsibilities come with being MVP. Like what Kobe said... I'm convinced they'll split the award for the first time. Gun to the head I'd say Harden because his scoring ability wins tight games at a better rate than Westbrook.

    Westbrook is just too stat obsessed for my liking. He's not the playmaker that Harden is, and yet he wants the ball every fvck1ng time so he can get his usage rate maxed out.


    He is the point guard on a team with one other player that can get his own shot sometimes. Who do you prefer with the ball? please tell. i'll wait...

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    Oladipo is not a great player but he's developing. They should involve him more, and then they would be stronger in the long run. That doesn't fit in with Russ' MVP chase. Don't get me wrong, I think he & Harden should share the award. But Harden is the better playmaker ...his dribbling, his change of pace, strength, court vision give him the edge in this department.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtoler View Post
    57, 13, and 11 tonight, most pts ever in a triple double.
    I think he reads the forum.
    Still needed it to beat a garbage magic team

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBetYou View Post
    You can't sit out multiple nationally televised games and win the MVP. Certain responsibilities come with being MVP. Like what Kobe said... I'm convinced they'll split the award for the first time. Gun to the head I'd say Harden because his scoring ability wins tight games at a better rate than Westbrook.

    Westbrook is just too stat obsessed for my liking. He's not the playmaker that Harden is, and yet he wants the ball every fvck1ng time so he can get his usage rate maxed out.
    I don't think Westbrook is stat obsessed, I think he is just OKC's only option right now. The Thunder are pretty fukking bad and what Westbrook is doing there is impressive. He's getting double teamed and triple teamed, and still scoring 57 points with 12 assists.

    Hating on Westbrook is nothing new, guys have been hating on him since day 1.

    Westbrook is my clear 1 with Harden clear 2

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    Westbrook has easily been the MVP and most dynamic player by far

    Averaging a triple double and leading a bad team to the playoffs

    Could have just coasted and left after Durant but instead put the team on his back literally

    Harden having a helluva season and would be 2nd for me

    Kawhi and Lebron do what they do but just not on the same level in this regular season

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    IS there anyway they finish with co-mpv?

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    Quote Originally Posted by funnyb25 View Post
    IS there anyway they finish with co-mpv?
    This is the new thing now they are trying to push.They vote on it so seems to me it'd be almost impossible for it to happen. All of a sudden the strings have them crying about it being a shame that a guy had such a good year and cant have a piece of the mvp trophy. I wish nobody watched tv, what would they do then.

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    It's gotta be Westbrook or Harden depending on who goes farther in the playoffs even though the playoffs don't count...

    With that being said probably James Harden.. Lebron falling off this year IMO.. Too many days off for rest, team is fading and he isn't making it better coming down the stretch here....

    Leonard is right there as well but his Spurs team is too deep to consider him as MVP..

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    Westbrook no doubt.

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    I totally agree that Westbrook should be the runaway MVP when he finishes an entire season averaging a triple-double, but yet he is currently the second choice behind Harden.

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    Robbery if it's not Westbrook, and he's one of my least favorite players.

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