James Harden is temporarily on the shelf with a hamstring injury with the Brooklyn Nets now in first place in the East, but he will get better soon and probably go deep into the playoffs. After that, will be playing for Team USA in the Olympics? Guest Brian Mahoney, a veteran NBA writer for The Associated Press, says "no" while Chris Sheridan disagrees. And neither writer knows whether LeBron James will suit up for the American national team this summer in Tokyo because there are just too many variables. Those topics, along with the extremely tight and contentious MVP debate, are among the many topics discussed on this latest episode of The Sheridan Show, hosted by bastketballnews.com Senior NBA Columnist Chris Sheridan.

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