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They're up there at number one too, um, I'll do it. I say this about Minnesota and assuming they are full and at full health, they have the size that in theory could upset Denver and Nicole Le, nothing stops right, they play pretty hard because you can put, you could put cat or Rudy or cat .on them and then the other one can come in and help from the weak side. Now, obviously, you might give up some threes, but I mean, they got the size and you got a Difference Maker in Anthony Edwards. I wouldn't choose them, but could they pull it off? interesting, sure, I know we have to move on quickly.

I wonder if Anthony Edwards continues this and if they are left without a cat, you know, as the single-seater in that vicinity, if he could take down Tatum in some MVP ballots. Oh, I'm surprised we talked. about that he's been the only seed for a week or two and he has all these moments, the numbers are great and right now Tatum it's not like Tatum is playing bad, but the last month, Jayen Brown has probably been the best player . about the Celtics and that's why right now it's going to be difficult because T I mean, they're so far from everyone else, he's their best player, but I wonder if Edwards will bounce back, like they're the only SE, he's the best player, uh, come on. talk about LeBron Lakers on Hawks last night 136 105 LeBron goes 257 and 10 Lakes are shown in ninth place three games and two teams behind Sacramento if you want to escape the play and here's LeBron from Allstar uh top five in scoring top five in assists seven rebounds shoot almost 59% and 45% from three, that's crazy, he's the best shooter on the podcast, which is shocking, can he wait until the playoffs come, can he keep this up?

So that's your only hope is that it's not necessarily 45% from three and we'll show it in a second, it's at 40% for the year, so LeBron has been

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letely healthy in a playoff run with the Lakers, they won the title because the following year was the year Solomon Hill made his traps perform on his ankle. then the next year they missed the playoffs and last year he was, you know, talking about how I might need to have foot surgery, you know, he didn't have Liz Frank, uh, I forget what her name is, but whatever , I had fasciitis on the sole of my foot, thank you. fascia planter good job Wilds um and he has, so I think LeBron's best year is 2013.

I think the best playoff run is 2018 with the Cavs, but the best year was the year they won 27 games and he almost won as a defensive player of the 27. games in a row they almost won Defensive Player of the Year and famously yeah, he came in second uh that's the highest he finished um and he was the reason why a lot of People think the best year was their efficiency so I just put that year 2013 next to this year and look at the efficiencies so that year they shot 60% from two this year it's 58.2% three point percentages The points are identical a little less the assists a little higher and the minutes less and so on and again because he is not even close to the defender, I am not arguing any of that and if people say that the league too, I want To say that the score was much lower, that's why I want to

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are it with someone in the league. this year and a number will jump in your path this year look at that number below so that's amazing and I know it's a number, but I mean, yeah, I mean, I know you're not saying that he believes that, okay, no. .

Steph is taking harder threes and Steph is taking doubles, of course, I understand all that and I think everyone knows that, but that's, but those are the numbers and that's the Lakers' hope is that LeBron keeps this Allstar spot. . The level that, from an efficiency standpoint, goes toe-to-toe with almost any year of his career that LeBron has done, is that efficiency is different today, everyone shoots over 50%. Actually, I mean, you look at the teams, but the bigger guys are okay, yeah, I mean look. On Durant, the efficiencies are ridiculous because the defense is not what it used to be, but he is playing very well and he adjusted to the game because he is now shooting the three better than everyone else.

I mean, can you imagine if he shot all three of them? just like in his prime he was the best athleticism so he's shooting he's shooting the three better and he's driving more like he's taking shots that are more efficient in the paint and threes now he's also making some jumpers medium distance, but he is driving. There isn't as much resistance in painting as there was at the beginning of his career in painting, so he's doing well. The question of whether he can continue like this is what worries me, especially if they are in the game, I mean sometimes the playoffs. you have a day off and LeBron, like I said last week, he's had like every five, six and seven games or so, he's had to miss a game now, I don't think he'll sit out the playoffs, but it does limit his effectiveness. . you know he's playing but it's not what he is, you know they need him to be as good as LeBron plays and I agree that they need that if they want to have a chance to get to the Conference Finals or the NBA Finals, he's still there. in advertising LeBron. it can work that well and if the ad doesn't do very well they're not going to go that far but the ad has to step up and be supportive yeah good job uh since Caleb set himself up for success thanks for watching , subscribe here. to learn more about the show and watch clips from other shows on FS1