“Too much help!” Thunder fans claimed whenever arguing that Russell Westbrook should be the 2016-17 Most Valuable Player over James Harden of the Houston Rockets. “Russ doesn’t have the shooters or players that Harden has!”
They weren’t really wrong about that, either. While I’ll forever argue that the Beard deserved the MVP that year, it’s not much of a debate that the Rockets were superior to the Thunder that year in many facets. That’s why they took them down in five games in the postseason. Harden put up a measly 33 points and 7 assists a night, while Russ put up ridiculous numbers (37.