Hot Takedown’s NBA MVP Smackdown Kawhi or Lebron? Harden or Westbrook? Hot Takedown chooses this year’s MVP of the NBA.

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (Apr. 11, 2017), we’re all about the NBA MVP race. Who should win it? We debate the merits of Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, James Harden and Russell Westbrook.

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