Rockets star James Harden discussed his second-place finish to Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2018-19 MVP race on Thursday. The seven-time All-Star believes the media's "narrative" affected the vote as Antetokounmpo won his first-ever MVP.
"Once the media creates a narrative about somebody from the beginning of the year, I think they just take that narrative and run with it the entire year," Harden said on 97.9 The Box in Houston. "All I can do is control what I can do, and I went out there and did what I was supposed to do at a high level.