Yes, doubters. And there are plenty. Seems crazy after James Harden followed up his near-miss (or should we say, should-have-been) MVP season in 2014-2015 with an arguably better year statistically in 2015-2016, but the illogical Beard hate is real.
Look no further than the All-NBA teams from a season ago, which notoriously left Harden off in favor of several inferior back court players (we all know who those players are, and I fully expect several Bay Area bandwagoners to blow up my Twitter maniacally defending Klay Thompson and his 3 rebounds, 2 assists and half a steal per game while simultaneously dumping on the Beard’s historic stat line the moment this piece goes live, but que sera).