The Houston Rockets all-star guard James Harden has now finished as runner up for the MVP award in two of the past three years. But the reasoning for Harden’s second place finishes is what has Daryl Morey so hot and bothered.
At the core of his argument is that in 2015, Steph Curry won the MVP award over Harden because his team (the Golden State Warriors) had more wins than the Rockets did, even though you could certainly make the argument that Harden was more valuable as he took on more of the offensive load for his team than Curry had to with Klay Thompson and Draymond Green by his side.