Lowe: James Harden adds a fascinating wrinkle to this tight NBA MVP race

Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print.

As we cross the halfway point of the NBA season, we are set up for what should be the most raucous and divisive MVP race since Russell Westbrook’s win in 2017 — and one of the most unusual in NBA history.

A lot of voters — this one included, as I have an official ballot — try to compartmentalize by considering only the discrete 82 games (or now 72) of each season We give the award every season; it is for that specific season. What happened last season shouldn’t factor in. What might happen in the playoffs is irrelevant.

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