Playing point guard for Mike D'Antoni is the same as taking PEDs, I'm convinced. This was y'alls MVP last night, huh? James Harden wasn't even doing his best impression of Kobe in Game 7 of the 2006 playoffs versus the Suns where Bryant flat out quit on this team. Instead, in a pivotal Game 6 in front of the home crowd, Harden just stunk it up. Stunk it in one of the biggest games of his career.
Y'alls MVP has a habit of disappearing; the kid is a magician when shit gets thick. Remember the 2012 Finals when your mans put up 12 points a game on 37 percent shooting and we chalked it up to inexperience? Back in March, SB Nation published a write-up lifting the curtain to reveal y'alls MVP's fourth quarter woes:
"In the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime with a differential of five points or fewer, Harden, the NBA’s leading assist man, averages just half an assist. Russell Westbrook averages 0.7, and Chris Paul averages 0.8.
The Thunder would've gotten their asses handed to them last night, but the one they call Brodie probably would've went for 63 points at least. Real Deal Holyfields don't have elimination games like Harden. Still, I won't be surprised if he wins the MVP since he had an incredible season for a guy who only shows up for 36 minutes a game. Did all the sticks and seeds gave him a migraine? Or maybe he was drinking a cup of serious mud with the Hulkster. He did look like he was moving in slow motion—James Harden, chopped, not slopped.
Makes you think.
