Alright, we're gonna switch up the order actually because Danny and I were just getting fired up about this MVP discussion.

So we really, really dug into the numbers. We've got probably 20 different categories, both objective and subjective, that we're gonna go through rank the four best candidates, Russell Westwick, Quy Leonard, James Harden, and LeBron James on.

And finally, Danny and I will each pick an MVP going through at the end of it. We're sponsored today by CISO.

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Alright, Danny, we put in some exhaustive work here. I think the place to start is we're each to give almost like a high school debate team an opening statement for in support of each player.

So I'll start and if there's anything that you want to add for each of these players, please feel free to do so.

The first guy James Harden and I think the argument for him is that he is leading an unbelievable offense, the best offense of these teams, such as when he's on the floor.

They have broken the NBA three point record. He has set up more points via points and assists of any player in history.

I believe I saw that stat. The rockets have vastly outperformed expectations this year.

What he's really doing at his size, the number of assists that he's generating is nearly unprecedented outside of maybe Magic Johnson.

And he's an incredibly efficient player who also sets up his teammates really, really well.

And he's one of the best in the league at picking roles and the rockets are the third best team in the league this year when nobody really had them that high to begin with.

Yeah, the only thing I would add in there might even be more of a distillation, anything else is just that Harden has the best case in terms of offensive impact plus efficiency.

The idea that he is the engine behind the league's second best offense and he is so central to it in a way that is not different from all of these guys, but in a way that has been arguably more effective than all of these guys.

Yeah, the system runs around him and he sets up all these three point shoes. They don't really have other creators, at least certainly before Lou Williams got there.

So they are truly reliant on him. LeBron James, the argument starts with the fact that he is the best player in basketball in the playoffs.

He proved that again last year.

He has been the best player in basketball for pretty much undisputed since 2008,09 with maybe Steph Curry breaking in their Kevin Durant breaking in there a little bit at times, but certainly over that 10 year period.

That's incredible. He has fixed the big offensive weakness in his game this year, increases his shooting, his overall efficiency.

He has more offensive versatility than any of these players.

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