It doesn't take any kind of advanced metrics or incredible math skills to figure out who this year's NBA MVP will be. By any measure, Stephen Curry is the league's best player.
However, the advanced metrics are helpful to figure out where the rest of the league falls behind the Golden State star.
Although Rockets' star James Harden takes more than his fair share of abuse for his team's collapse this season, the statistics show Harden is one of the five most valuable players in the NBA.
A world where some people (see video below), think San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard deserves to be the MVP over Curry, is a world where we need sophisticated data to break these things down.