James Harden: The True MVP

James Harden has been in the talks for MVP for the last 2 to 3 seasons. Every year we discuss who should take the title of Most Valuable Player every year but only few names are ever thought of automatically. Harden have shown great skill and leadership proving his worth, but there is a question to be asked if that is enough. I believe the main three reasons are team record, individual stats in season, and is he the leader of the the team..

James Harden teams are normally very great records.To be MVP your team will need to fight for a good spot on the list. Most MVP candidate come from at least the top three teams in there conference. The only exception is Russel Westbrook who was 8th overall in the conference. You might be asking why I believe Harden team record is a good case. harden the year before got the number one seat in the conference and the year before he was at the bottom. But look one year more back and you the second seed. Currently the rockets are fifth in the west but if history is any indicator then you will see them at least in third place. He leads his team to great regular seasons records. He already won one last year and more ready then ever to win another.

Individual stats are key factor to ever be considered a MVP. It is hard to argue that James Harden has shown improvement since last season. He is averaging three point more then last season while maintaining the Field goal percentage. Not only that but he has made history in this season alone. he has joined the ranks of Jordan and Kobe on making 40 points in a game for many nights in a row. he did it for five games. not only that but on top of that he is getting his team mates involved in the offence while he going crazy. his offence is clicking at all cylinders while his defense is improving with two steals a game. His stats are above the line of regular and is great.

The last one is leadership. Is James Harden being a leader? The answer is yes by a mile. The rockets rely on him for scoring in major moments that matter. Also this season the Rockets are missing two of there key players. Chris Paul and Eric Gordan are two major keys for the rockets success. Without them, Harden has taken the responsibility of the scoring for wins. if you look at what he is doing has a head of the Rocket controlling momentum and flow. If James is on they are on, No question James is a leader that leads the team.

The reason why James Harden is the MVP to this point is simple. He has did everything to keep his team in the playoff picture and doing it on historic scale. He has fought to so chris and Eric can come back and give james a helping hand. James Harden is the true MVP.