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Named NBA Most Valuable Player (2017 – 2018) It had been ten years since a shooting guard was the recipient of the league’s MVP award (LA Laker star Kobe Bryant won in 2008), that is, until the end of the 2017–2018 season when Harden won his first MVP trophy. Harden averaged 30.4 points a game and scored 2,191 points, 8.6 assists per game (620 for the season), 3.7 three-pointers a game (265 total in 2017–2018), and sported a field goal percentage of 44.9.

Check out this NBA “mix-tape” featuring highlights from Harden’s 2017–2018 MVP season.

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HARDWOOD GREATS: PRO BASKETBALL’S BEST PLAYERS

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