It shouldn't be an NBA coach's job to promote his players for individual awards, although distressingly more and more coaches seem to be up for the extra task. Mark Jackson isn't an NBA coach, though, and he's under no obligation to shill for the players on the team he used to coach – the Golden State Warriors – in the same way that he's under no obligation to hype up any of the seven NBA teams he used to play for. [DraftKings: FREE entry to huge cash Fantasy Basketball Contest with first deposit ] Mark Jackson is an NBA analyst, for whatever reason, and as such he was asked on the Dan Patrick Show who he'd pick as the league's MVP if the season ended a few weeks early. Via CSN Bay Area : "If you twisted my arm today, I would probably vote for James Harden. And the reason why is because he singlehandedly has put that Houston Rockets team in position that they're in today. "It'd be tough. I think Steph Curry, I'm totally fine with, obviously, he's my guy. I'm fine with selecting him. The season that he's had has been incredible. Westbrook with 10 triple-doubles and carrying that team, injury prone, into the playoffs. LeBron being the best player in the world. But I...