therealbig3 wrote:HotTubMike wrote:therealbig3 wrote:
Well, "only won 11 more games"...that's a significant difference once you're talking about winning close to 70 games. 67 wins vs 56 wins is WAY different than something like 32 wins vs 21 wins. It's extremely difficult to win that many more games once you're already at 50+.
And their numbers were pretty similar adjusted to per 36...Harden was playing 4 more mpg though. Curry also had better percentages and was the more efficient offensive player. His PER was higher too. And Curry played better defense. And he was better in terms of on/off and RPM.
Much better team, comparable production, and overall higher impact. I don't really think it's fair to act like Curry over Harden was some sort of travesty, or that Harden was robbed. His stats weren't that much better, if at all, and there's a bigger gap between the 15 Warriors and the 15 Rockets than there is between the 17 Rockets and the 17 Thunder.
Obvious agenda is obvious.
You didn't even really address the major argument... Curry played on the GOAT team perhaps and Harden carried a sack nothing to 56 wins.
Recognize.
I did address it...Harden had a worse team...and he predictably had worse results. How does this prove anything about who should be MVP? 67 wins vs 56 wins is a colossal difference.
Numbers-wise, they were comparable, while Curry actually did better in terms of +/-.
Harden wasn't robbed that year...Rockets fans really need to let it go.
You gloss over it like it's no big deal.... it was a huge deal.
The win difference isn't as big as the difference in talent... that GSW is literally the GOAT... they won 73 games the very next season...
Most of Harden's teammates from 14/15 are either out of the league or extremely marginal players.
Night and day.
His fellow players voted him for a reason.
Leading a sack of potatoes to 56 wins > leading the GOAT to 67 wins.
. All that being said, Harden was great that year too. I do see some parallels between the 2015 race and this one. 
