Steve Kerr picks Oakland native Damian Lillard to win MVP award

Steve Kerr isn't afraid to mix basketball and politics. [...] this is a coach who has spliced Donald Trump quotes into the Warriors' video sessions. Sunday afternoon, when asked about the 2016-17 MVP race, Kerr drew parallels to the presidential election. The first pair of back-to-back MVPs to play together in their primes, they could inhibit each other from putting up the production necessary to win the league's top individual honor. The oddsmakers at Bovada, for example, tabbed Curry (4-1) and Durant (12-1) as the likeliest players to win MVP not named Russell Westbrook (2-1) or James (5-1). Twice last season, after Lillard erupted in wins over the Warriors, he compared the former Rookie of the Year to Curry.