James Harden averaged 29.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and an NBA-leading 11.2 assists last season for the Houston Rockets. However, despite putting up those historic numbers, he ultimately fell short of winning the coveted NBA MVP award, finishing in second place to Russell Westbrook. Harden received 753 total points in the voting while Westbrook earned 888. In any other year, Harden's stats and team record would have been more than enough to earn the award, but Westbrook's triple-double surge was too difficult for voters to ignore.In a telephone interview with Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated’s “The Crossover”, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey lashed out at the process in which NBA awards are handed out and suggested a radical idea as a result."I don't know if this is a good process," Morey told The Crossover. "The ones that are decided by players or executives or media, they all have their strengths and weaknesses. I honestly don't think there's a good process. You could argue for eliminating the awards altogether. I don't really see a good way to do it that doesn't have major issues. I like clean answers. If there's not going to be a set criteria and there's going to be issues with how it's structured, for me, it might be better to not have it."Westbrook’s Oklahoma City Thunder went 47-35, while Harden led the Rockets to a 55-27 mark in the regular season. That used to matter more in MVP voting, but in part due to the historic nature of Westbrook’s record-breaking campaign, winning seemingly wasn’t regarded as one of the top parameters of voting."I didn't like how a different MVP criteria was used this year, compared to the last 55 years, to fit more of a marketing slogan. People thought a different criteria for selecting the MVP this year was the way to go," Morey told The Crossover.Adding Chris Paul this offseason will not likely bode well for Harden’s chances of winning an MVP in the near future, either.As a response to Morey’s complaint, Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (and former teammate of CP3) chimed in with a typically-brilliant response on Twitter.

It’s safe to say that he isn't on board with the idea.

Since NBA awards receive so much attention throughout the season and serve as major talking points, they likely will never go anywhere. Therefore, it was surprising for a member of a front office speak out against them in such a way.