>legacy if he doesn't win it. I even feel like he balled SUPER
>HARD this year because he didn't win the Finals MVP last
>year...that had to sting a bit.

but I think he cared AOT that people side-eyed his regular season MVP and that Harden was voted the Players Award MVP, I think that really stung him and drove him to come out and blow everyone out of the water this year.