Hurt by persistent hamstring woes, James Harden received only fifth place vote for MVP, good for one point and 13th place. He was the first Net to receive a vote in the MVP balloting since Vince Carter in 2005 but it was the first time in six years Harden had finished outside the top 10 in MVP voting. Going back, he’d finished third, second, first, second and ninth before last season.
This year, as Mike Mazzeo reports on PlayNY.com, Harden enters the 2021-22 campaign at +2,500 on BetMGM and PointsBet to capture his second MVP award.