With the regular season down to its final weeks, the talk about the MVP award continues to heat up. The two favorites to win it are James Harden and Russell Westbrook, who many couldn't help but compare these days.

When asked who he thinks showed more potential during their college days, Steve Kerr admitted that for him, the Houston Rockets guard had more potential by showcasing his passing and all-around game. Although he commended Westbrook for being an athlete in his two-year stay at UCLA, he said he was not able to understand what his real role would've been in the league at the time.

“I watched Harden at ASU because I was with the Suns as a GM, so I saw him a lot. And you could see that he was a gifted passer” Kerr said. “It would’ve been hard to imagine all of this, but I thought it was pretty easy to see that he was gonna be a helluva player. Like a lot of guys who end up being an MVP, like Steph Curry, you can’t really quite envision it because you don’t really know what’s inside a guy and how he’s going to react to being in the league, how he’s going to handle himself, how he’s going to work, and how he’s going to develop.

“I thought you could see it a lot easier with Harden in college than you could with Westbrook. Westbrook was amazing, but he was just an athlete at UCLA. He didn’t even play point guard, really, and I think he was there for two years, and he was just so explosive, but it was harder to see what he would become, whereas Harden, I think you could kind of see the game and the passing ability, kind of the all-around nature of his play.”

That may be the case for the Golden State Warriors head coach, but the two aforementioned All-Stars have proven that they are versatile on both ends of the floor and have the ability to help their teammates become better players. With the incredible performances they've had this season, it will be very difficult to make an argument on who deserves the MVP award more.

The Oklahoma City Thuder star is currently on pace to become the first player in 55 years to average a triple-double throughout the regular season, while Harden is second in scoring and leads the league in assists. More importantly, their teams are geared to make the playoffs and will look to make a lot of noise once it starts.