I don't see how anyone could put someone above Curry this year. What he did this season was spectacular. When you think of him, the first thing that you think about as a negative against him is his defense, well this year it wasn't the case.
He put a very impressive offensive performance, and consider that he sat out a lot of 4th quarters because his team was blowing teams away, and he still put impressive aggregated numbers.
There's really little discussion to be made.
For all the Harden carried his team, Houston... that team had 8 players scoring in double figures. Think about that for a second. It's impressive that they got that record, but let's not downplay how much talent and depth that team had either.
And if there's one thing you CAN knock on Harden, it's his defense... one of the worst around.
What Westbrook did was quite impressive as well, but a little too late as well.
In the end, I just don't see how you can't give this award to Curry solely on its merits, and not a sympathy award as it's been done in the past. He earned it, he's clearly the best player this year.