Texas Senator Ted Cruz was troubled by the Rockets’ display, saying that “Publicly mocking a man for cinder blocking his free heaves at the ball hole isn’t our way. I hope the Rockers learn from this.”

Right, but the argument for Russ has always been that he’s dragging a trash team to the playoffs. In this series the Thunder are -40 when he’s off the court. The argument for Harden has always been that he’s an god-like scorer who also assists his teammates better than anybody else without turning the ball over. This…

Not so much triple doubles as, “Wow, nobody has approached what he’s done in 50 years, and nobody’s done it with a team that legitimately might win 10 games without him.” The Rockets have shooters everywhere. That’s why Harden makes it look so easy; he has a vastly more talented roster.

Remember how everyone thought Westbrook’s surrounding cast was just as good as Harden’s? Those people should be publicly shamed every day at noon until the start of next season.

I love watching those old clips of Hakeem showing the NBA who the real MVP was. As you said, it demonstrated just how useless the MVP title is.

Lol, the game where he had 51 points and a triple double, and had to jack up exhausted, well defended shots at the end of the game because his team is total shit and nobody else could do a damn thing? You’re criticizing him for not being a team player despite having 13 assists that game? The only reason they’re in…

Forget it Jake, this is a place that will shiv anyone daring to suggest Cabrera over Trout because of the triple crown, while at the same time handing out a trophy based on a thing made up to boost Magic Johnson. And the Kinja-ers are even more hypocritical.

Nene > Adams

Harden is going to win the MVP. He shouldn’t. But he’s going to.

I’m old enough to remember when presumptive NBA MVPs made it out of the first round of the playoffs.

What bothers me is both of the “Hardin is MVP” arguments lead to other people. In the “most w’s” argument Kawhi earns it, in the “all around best player” I have a hard time not giving to LeBron. So yeah, it could not be Russell, but it definitely isn’t Hardin.

Yes, the guy who, as we saw demonstrated again and again this round, has a roster of bona fide under-the-radar perimeter sharpshooters to dish the ball to, deserves to win the MVP. Versus the dude who averaged a triple-double, dragging a team we know is trash—a point also confirmed in this playoff round—to a 6 seed in…

Kawhi playing?

I’m still trying to figure out why Kawhi Leonard is less valuable by being the best cog on a good team under the false news that “he doesn’t create offense” while Westbrook gets extra points for recklessly “carrying the burden” on a bad team. Westbrook will win MVP but it has everything to do with those voting for…

Ahhh yes, the old “Mvp is decided by who has the most competent team mates” arguement, because when I think “MVP”, I think “team award”.

I like how somehow the Thunder being up when Russ is on the court and then hemorrhaging points when he sits for a couple minutes confirms that Harden is the MVP when those comebacks often happen with Harden on the bench as well. Harden’s supporting cast is so much better than Russ’s and if that’s not obvious to you…

So Westbrook thumping Westbrook? Because as we all know, Russ is the god damn MVP.

There’s no way Nenê got any MVP votes.

It’s been pretty awesome watching the guy most likely to win the MVP get thumped by the guy who should win the MVP.

This reminds of me of the time I was out of work for awhile after some minor surgery, except when I came back, most everybody wasn’t even aware I had been gone.