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He was also really good against Milwaukee, where basically the entire team except him and KCP were trash. I watched that one in entirety (and bet on it), and was amazed at how well he played.

I watched that one also. He was better tonight. Clearly the Bucks are much better so it’s relative, but he had 46 on 26 shots tonight with only two free throws and very few bunnies. He was 7/11 from 3 and hitting freakish fade away threes.


Obviously I rarely missed a LeBron game for a dozen years playing for us and he takes over many a game, but this was one of the better pure shooting games I’ve ever seen him have. He really single handedly beat us. He was 19/26 and the other four starters shot under 35%. I can’t believe I’m watching this shit still in his 18th season. I was in my late twenties when I started watching this kids high school games on TV and he’s still the best player in the world. Between him and Tom Brady, I don’t expect to see this type of career again in my life. If I do I’ll be dying of natural causes by the time it’s ending.
He is shooting very good from 3 so far this year, especially considering the 3's he takes (a lot of long 3's off the dribble and step backs). I suspect he will come back down to earth at some point. In a recent pod Simmons was saying based on the season so far he liked Embiid and Lebron the most for MVP. But a long way to go, and Embiid has to stay healthy and Lebron has to keep up the hot shooting.

Unicorn games like the Cleveland game notwithstanding Lebron isn't actually taking that many shots (at least for an MVP candidate), so if/when his shooting % from 3 declines his scoring average could dip into the low 20s which is probably too low for serious MVP consideration, even if he stays efficient and the Lakers keep winning.