who is the real mvp

Deadspin pal Kyle Wagner has a great piece up over at FiveThirtyEight about how much more absurd and

Deadspin pal Kyle Wagner has a great piece up over at FiveThirtyEight about how much more absurd and revolutionary Russell Westbrook’s year has been than even partisans like us would have it. Go check it out. [FiveThirtyEight]

Actually, Moe Harkless Is The MVP

With 11:46 remaining in the third quarter of the game way back on April 3 between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, Blazers forward Moe Harkless received a pass from Damian Lillard in the right corner, rose to shoot, and rattled in his third three-point basket of the night. It was his 68th…

Triple-Double King Russell Westbrook Crafts His Masterpiece

In case you were skeptical about Russell Westbrook’s MVP bona fides, consider tonight’s one-man destruction of the Orlando Magic.

Oh, Will You Shut Up About Defense Already?

So, we’ve been bickering about the NBA’s MVP award the past couple days; it’s March, the sports calendar is dead, people get bored, you start fighting over this sort of thing to pass the time. I blogged about it on Tuesday; Tom Scocca blogged about it yesterday. Both times, the crux of the argument has been Holy shit,…

Are You Sure Russell Westbrook Should Be MVP? Consider These Stats

An NBA season is not a triple-double-getting contest. Yesterday, Albert Burneko argued that the discussion about who deserves the NBA Most Valuable Player award has lately gone off track—that Russell Westbrook, averaging a triple-double for the Oklahoma City Thunder, has been so thoroughly and overwhelmingly…