OK I just read that whole thing and I swear Bill Simmons is my brother from another mother but I disagree with him regarding MVP. It has to be Westbrook. I vote Westbrook. He just broke Big O's record. Love his stuff though because he lays it out there like I do. Bill Russell wasn't a better a player compared to Wilt Chamberlain either. He played on better teams so he won more Championships. Russell is arguably Top 5 because he was the ultimate winner, Great Defender, Great Leader, Good Offensive player when he had to be. Wilt was just fucking dominant in every aspect! I have no doubt Wilt would've won 8 straight Titles playing for Boston as well and his Stats still would've been off the charts. His Top LUCKY 13 of all-time is similar to mine so IMO he knows his shit:
His-Simmons/mine-3Peat
1. Jordan/Jordan
2. Russell/Magic
3. Kareem/Kareem
4. Magic/Wilt
5. LeBron/Kobe
6. Bird/Russell
7. Wilt/Duncan
8. Duncan/Shaq
9. Kobe/I have LeBron here
10. West/Bird
11. Oscar/Oscar
12. Hakeem/Hakeem
13. Shaq/West
Back to the MVP discussion, if Russ was getting all of these TDB's and not winning then Simmons and many others would have a point but Russ is more than 10 games over .500 and 6th in the West and dominating. Russ is a no brainer for MVP to me! Harden leads the league in Turnovers and is a huge flopper - 2 things these voters need to take into account. Thanks for article Kenny!