Russell Westbrook and James Harden Are Close, but LeBron James Is MVP So Far

January 3rd, 2017 by Greg Swartz Leave a reply »

CLEVELAND — Some would consider the 2016-17 NBA MVP race a two-candidate competition between Houston Rockets guard James Harden and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook.

Both have been fantastic, but only familiar force LeBron James deserves the title of the league's most valuable player right now.

We've never seen anything like this No. 23 before. Now in Year No. 14, the three-time NBA champion may be putting together his best overall season, averaging 25.6 points, 7.9 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 50.8 percent from the field and 37.3 percent from three.

LeBron's also putting up career-best assist numbers while sporting his second-highest rebounding and three-point shooting marks.

Only Oscar Robertson has averaged at least 25.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 8.5 assists over the course of a season in league history. While Westbrook and Harden are also checking all three boxes, James and Robertson would be the only two to do so while shooting better than 50 percent, per B/R Insights.

Not even Robertson has achieved these kinds of numbers over the age ...

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