Houston Rockets forward PJ Tucker wants you to know that James Harden is still the most valuable player in the NBA.
In a piece for the Players’ Tribune, Tucker compares Harden to a “mad scientist” and says The Beard’s high IQ of the game is very underappreciated.
James is way above politicking over his greatness or advocating for the MVP award. Fortunately, I am not.
And that’s why I’m writing this. I want to get across a simple message that I know to be true: James Harden is (STILL) the most valuable player in the NBA.
James is a mad scientist.
What I mean by that is one of the most underappreciated parts of his game is his mind. He’s self-aware about his game — he knows how teams want attack to him. So whatever you do, he’ll go into his lab and mix some potions and boom, he’ll still bust you.
Harden led the league in scoring again this season at 36.1. He brought the Rockets from the bottom of the Western Conference to the top during his historic streak of scoring at least 30 points in 32 straight games.
The MVP award this season is going to come down to Harden and Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. All of the Rockets players believe Harden should win it again since he carried the team while Chris Paul and Clint Capela were out with injuries.
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