not sure where the 'swap players, what team would be better' fantasy idea came from....that's now how MVP is determined though
Most Valuable Player, generally to their Franchise. Would James do better than Harden there? Probably, but that isn't the question. It's looking at their current rosters and seeing who's more valuable to the team itself, not sure how Harden or Westbrook CAN'T be that guy.
And if you bring up 'they're 0-3 w/ James out', that's cool, but I believe Love also missed 2 of those games, and Kyrie missed two others.
If harden is out, they have what? Montrezl Harrel? I like Eric Gordon but he's no kyrie irving FFS, neither is Oladipo in OKC
also, I'm not a hater, it's why even though he was absurdly dominant I wasn't sure Shaq deserved it in 99-00, kobe put up 22.5/6/5 on 46.8% FG shooting. Ya shaq played MVP level, but would it have been enough w/o Kobe?
no, it wouldn't have