Cavs are in a rut for sure, but can you really bet against LeBron? On the flip side who are you willing to bet on to beat the Cavs? Boston? Nope. Washington? Nope. Toronto? Nope.
As far as MVP goes if it was a real award it would go to LeBron every year, but we all know how it works just like with Jordan played. Russ should win, if he had a decent shooter on his team he would be leading the league in assists over Harden. Not to mention, Russ actually plays defense. If you think the race is actually as close as some of you say, then let me ask you this...if you were drafting for an expansion team & with your first pick you could take Harden or Russ, who would you pick? To me it is Russ, it is not even close.
Does anyone else that grew up in Jordan era think Russ is the closest thing we have see to Michael since Michael?