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LeBRON JAMES AND STEPHEN CURRY
New Year’s Eve seems like forever ago, although the calendar tells us it was less than nine weeks ago. Back then,Ā LeBron James and Stephen Curry were leading play-in teams, with the 18-14 Lakers holding the seventh slot and the 10th-place Warriors sitting at 16-16. That — as they say — was so 2024.
Today’s Western Conference standings finds the Lakers (37-21) in second place, just percentage points ahead of the Nuggets (39-22) after their loss to the Celtics, and the Warriors (32-28) having spent yesterday morning in sixth and this morning in seventh place. Fans (of these clubs) can thank the improvements to the trade deadline moves that brought Luka DonÄiÄ to Los Angeles (9-2 since the deadline) and Jimmy Butler to Golden State (7-3 since the deadline).
And while these moves certainly did lift the Lakers and Warriors, our Colin Ward-Henninger has a great piece breaking down just how much these moves have benefitted James and Curry personally.
Ward-Henninger:Ā “At the trade deadline, however, both James and Curry received gifts — Luka DonÄiÄ and Jimmy Butler — that could ultimately extend their careers and further add to their seemingly unending lists of accolades. Since they began playing their new co-stars, both James and Curry have experienced significant boosts in production and efficiency, and the Lakers and Warriors look like legitimate threats in the Western Conference.”
James and DonÄiÄ are settling in, and things could not be going better for the league’s oldest…
Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/life-is-improving-for-lakers-lebron-james-warriors-stephen-curry-might-mlb-reinstate-pete-rose/
Author : Otto Strong
Publish date : 2025-03-03 14:09:00
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