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Big Cat
#PMT-2017-0308-13742
Big CatKevin Durant is the real NBA MVP because the Warriors are struggling without him
But you forgot the dark horse, the guy who gets injured, and the team's not as good, Kevin Durant. When he gets his knee injury and everyone says, well, look at the Warriors now. They're 2-2 since he got injured. Maybe he's the MVP, even though he's not going to play the entire season.
Durant did not win MVP; Russell Westbrook won it. Missing significant time usually disqualifies a player in the eyes of voters.
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PFT Commenter
#PMT-2017-0308-13740
PFT CommenterJames Harden's MVP argument is just that he isn't as terrible at defense as he used to be
Basically James Harden's whole argument is he's not as shitty at defense as he used to be. He tries a little bit on defense. Was he slow playing us this entire time? Like sitting and bagging us on defense and just waiting for a season to give half of a shit?
While Harden finished 2nd in MVP voting that year, the 'defensive improvement' narrative was indeed a major talking point in his 2017 campaign.