NBA: Handing Out Individual Awards At The Midway Point Of The Season

Most Valuable Player: Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder

Stats: 30.8 points, 10.7 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 1.4 steals

Right now, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award would probably have to go to one of two players – either James Harden or Russell Westbrook.

Both have been putting up ridiculous stats for their respective teams and hold comfortable positions within the playoff picture. Whilst Harden has the better spot in the standings, Westbrook has the slightly better statistics.

Harden is a very deserving candidate and it would not come as a surprise to me if other believe him to be the MVP of the season so far but here is why I chose Westbrook over Harden.

Firstly, Westbrook hasn’t got quite the same supporting cast around him as Harden – whilst Harden has shooters like Eric Gordon, Trevor Ariza and Ryan Anderson, Westbrook has no exceptional long range shooters on his team.

The second and main reason I chose Westbrook is that he is averaging a triple-double. Everyone thought it was impossible and, right now, he’s still doing it halfway into the season.

What Harden is doing is extremely impressive but what Westbrook is doing is unprecedented.

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Westbrook is getting a triple-double every second game and the Thunder almost always win when he does. Without Westbrook, the Thunder would be a bottom feeder in the West and this is why I believe that Russell Westbrook is the most valuable player in the NBA so far in the 2016-17 season. 

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