Golden State Warriors Guard Stephen Curry Responds to Houston Rockets James Harden's MVP Award

Despite what Houston Rockets star point guard, James Harden thinks in reference to who "really" deserved to be crowned last season's NBA MVP, Golden State Warriors' guard and NBA Championship winner and 2014-2015 NBA MVP, Stephen Curry remains unfazed.

In a recent interview with NBA.com, James Harden revealed that he thinks he is currently the best player in the NBA, and was last season as well. Harden believes he was the "real" Most Valuable Player last season, he doesn't necessarily come at Curry directly, but his slightly excessive confidence denotes that he still believes Curry didn't deserve that award as much as he did.

As per Fox Sports, in the NBA.com interview, Harden said:

"I am the best player in the league. I believe that," Harden said. "I thought I was last year, too."

"I know I was the MVP," Harden said. "That's 100 percent given all the things that happened last season.

"Credit the Golden State Warriors for an unbelievable year. They had an unbelievable team, coaching staff, everything.

"But that award means most valuable to your team. We finished second in the West, which nobody thought we were going to do at the beginning of the year even when everybody was healthy. We were near the top in having the most injuries. We won our division in a division where every single team made the playoffs.

"There's so many factors. I led the league in total points scored, minutes played. Like I said, I'm not taking anything away from Steph, but I felt I deserved the Most Valuable Player. That stays with me."

Now, Stephen Curry recently released his statement in regards to Harden's "beliefs" making it quite clear that Curry was very deserving of that award, and despite what Harden believes, Curry was and still is the real MVP of the 2014-2015 NBA season.

"Different guys find different ways of motivating themselves," Curry said, as reported by the Washington Post, on Wednesday when asked about Harden's remarks. "I've never been one to just . . . I'm obviously confident in what I do, and I know he's confident in what he does. It might come out in a different way."

He continued: "I try not to do a lot of talking, especially (regarding) things that have passed. Obviously, you've got to motivate yourself and I'm sure he's motivated this year to do some special things. I'm the same way."

Statistics don't lie. According to CSN, Curry was clearly the better player. Curry won the award with a total of 1,198 votes: 100 for first place and 26 for second place. Harden earned a total of 936 votes, 25 first-place votes and 87 second-place votes.

Lastly, three weeks after the award was announced, when the Warriors beat the Rockets in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, Curry finished with 26 points, 6 assists and 5 steals, while Harden scored a total of 14 points as he committed 12 turnovers.

Twelve turnovers isn't exactly MVP material...