Stephen A. Smith says why James Harden should be the MVP: "When we talk about an MVP, i don't wanna just look at numbers, and i don't wanna just look at heroics. I wanna look at reliability. The fact that i can trust no matter the circumstances or the con

Stephen A Smith on Jalen Brunson I'm shocked to have to say thistonight it looked like he was playing to be an MVP rather than be playing to win game 3

LeBron on SGA winning MVP One of the most efficient campaigns we've seen Hes very deserving and nobody can say 'How the hell did Shai win again' He does things to a defense that you have to simply account for Hes number 1 and two and three on that scouting report and the head of the snake

Donovan Mitchell speaks highly of James Harden This man changed the game of basketball in ways we have never seen before We live in such a ring-dominant culture that we were willing to write a guy off a guy that has transcended basketball 75 years no one has done what he does

Bill Simmons Pod Doc Rivers on James Harden James doesn't give everybody else enough room to be great he is the only one that can be great on his team

Stars around the league weigh in on the greatness of back-to-back NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

James Harden was asked to self-assess his playoff run I think I did pretty good you know like I dont grade myself on shotmaking Defensively been extremely solid offensively you know getting guys shots and fitting into a system that was already in place