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Although it's unfair to LeBron that everybody got so used to his greatness and he may be the real MVP, it's also true that his team has the highest payroll ever so I would go with another option.

That would be Kawhi, the best defender in the league, the only all star in the 2nd best team in the NBA, one of the best offensive players right now.

What really makes me laugh is that people say that Westbrook's team mates are trash, but nobody predicted Houston above OKC at the beginning of the season. Now not only is Houston above OKC, but they will have around 10 wins more AND they have the 3rd best record in the league behind the Spurs and Golden State.

To me it's fairly simple: the best player on one of the best teams in the league. And going by that, OKC will have a significantly worse record than any of the other candidates.

Nice to see, that you are adding Porzingis. :)

Kawhi or Harden to me.

Isnt Westbrook padding his rebounding stats a bit? I dunno... I guess all 3 mentioned are pretty deserving, but if the game´s on the line, id take LeBron over anyone else... hes still the best player, but Kawhi is closing in fast.

People like to get on Harden for his defense, but this season he has shown a more consistent effort. I remember at least 2 instances where he hustled and got a chasedown block.

Westbrook has racked up all those triple doubles, but sometimes his bigs let him grab rebounds or he snatches them away. Also, as a fan of him, I feel like his triple-double feat could be spurred by a little bit of selfishness.

Kawhi continues to do what he's been doing since 2013 and it seems as if people keep forgetting how good he is on both ends of the floor.

History and Rockets fans like myself say James Harden will win it, but if all 3 were out, I believe OKC would be the team with the worst record (out of the 3 teams).

lmao, you want to take credit away from Westbrook for his bigs giving up a rebound or two. Yet your giving credit to Harden for playing in a Mike D'antoni offense? GTFO!

lmao, you want to take credit away from Westbrook for his bigs giving up a rebound or two. Yet your giving credit to Harden for playing in a Mike D'antoni offense? GTFO!

Nah I'll stay right here. First off, what about D'Antoni's offense do you dislike? The fact that they give up decent percentage shots for 3 pointers? Please explain, because I want to know.

If 1 or 2 rebounds were the only reason why people think Westbrook shouldn't be MVP, I would probably pick him. He leads the league in uncontested rebounds at almost 8 per game. http://stats.nba.com/players/defensive-rebounding/#!?sort...

Not only do his bigs box out on free throws for him to get the board (should the FT shooter miss), there have been numerous instances where he doesn't even contest his man's shot. How does Alex Abrines have 234 total shot contests to Westbrook's 291, when Abrines hasn't even played half the amount if minutes Westbrook has played this season? Out of all the players in the league that average at least 30 minutes per game, he is only ahead of Rudy Gobert and Hassan Whiteside in 3PT shot contests. http://stats.nba.com/players/hustle/#!?sort=CONTESTED_SHO...

TLDR; 8 uncontested rebounds per game is higher than 2 and he's been lazier on defense. https://twitter.com/lakeshowyo/status/847921839179415552