The media overvalues stats over winning. It's why they didn't respect #2 when he was with the Spurs and gave the MVP to Westbrook over him in '17. It's the same nonsense they do with Tim by saying "It was Pop's great system that allowed the Spurs to win." Which is a bunch of bs to act like you could subs ute anybody in Tim's place and that the Spurs would have still succeeded. Today's players realize if they get gaudy numbers that will get them respect more so than winning. That's why I don't knock Harden,Westbrook for their stat padding because they know that's how they are going to get respect despite not winning.