Remove player: Harden
Free agent phone call: Lebron, Durant, Kawhi, Harden, Westbrook
It’s worth noting, I think, that Durant perhaps left OKC because playing with Westbrook can be frustrating. As a GM he’s nowhere near my first pick if I’m building a team. Westbrook is a basketball demi-god no doubt. But like Iverson…

Are you really using a preseason over/under total as a better measuring stick than a teams actual record?

“Yet preseason, Vegas had OKC’s win O/U at 45.5. Houston’s at 41.5.”

Should I be that guy? Aw hell why not?
Once again the MVP question comes down to how we understand the award. If it’s for the best player period, doesn’t it have to go to Lebron? If it’s for the player who does the most for his team (and his team is really good), doesn’t it have to go to Harden? If it’s for the player…

It wasn’t; Oscar won the MVP a few years later. Oscar’s triple double season, Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50 points and more than 48 minutes a game. He didn’t win MVP either. Bill Russell did. (The award was voted on by players back then, for however that informs this outcome.)

Let me just remind everybody that Harden has two 50 point triple doubles this season. And his teammates actually seem to like playing with him.

I’d love to read a draft of the post you wrote after Houston rolled over OKC 72 hours ago!