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After winning the first NBA Title against Phoenix Suns.


In recent times after winning an NBA title against the Suns as the underdog, Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo is in the limelight of the world. Now every NBA fan and sports fan has only one question, Who is the best player in the NBA? LeBron or Giannis and some have the suggestion of KD as the best player in the NBA right now.


Milwaukee Bucks won a championship after 50 years as they defeated Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals with 4-2. Giannis played great in game 6 of the NBA finals. He scored 50 points with 14 boards, 2 assists, and huge 5 blocks from the defensive end. This stat will help him to get the title as the best player in the NBA. 


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Giannis Antetokounmpo has averaged 35 PPG, 13.2 RPG, and 5 assists in the finals of the NBA. This is a huge number for any player in the NBA. He scored only 20 points with 17 boards in the first game, In the second game, he scored 42 points with 12 boards, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. 3rd game of the NBA finals he scored 41 points with 13 boards. In the 4th game of the NBA finals, he scored 26 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks, and 3 steals. In the 5the game, he was able to score 32 points with 9 boards and 6 assists. 


Giannis played just like LeBron played for his team in the NBA finals. nearly doing well in every field of the game. 



Now LeBron is getting older and he got injury issues in recent times means he was unable to play a full season and this is the reason. LeBron was not healthy this time when he played in the post-season of the year 2020-21. He was not the LeBron we think of him as the king of the NBA. 


After this year's performance, Giannis and Bucks get the edge over LeBron James and the Lakers. Now next year, Giannis will enter the league as the best player in the NBA after winning an NBA championship. 


Giannis has done this without any other superstar but Bucks have very reliable stars like Middleton and Holiday. Jrue Holiday made a clutch steal and Middleton made many clutch shots in the NBA finals.


The suns have no answer of bigs in the Milwaukee Bucks that's how Bucks got the edge of the Phoenix Suns in the NBA finals. They started finals with a great performance at home and took an early 2-0 lead but Giannis and Bucks had other ideas and they won consecutive 4 games to steal a title from the Suns. Suns were a heavy favorite to win a title but Bucks won against all odds.


Giannis also defeated heavy favorite Brooklyn Nets with Kevin Durant and James Harden in the Eastern Semis. Here is the reason why Kevin Durant is unable to take the throne of LeBron James as the king. 


As an NBA champion of the season 2020-21, Giannis takes the throne of LeBron James. Giannis won the NBA Finals MVP. 


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Simons From Portland Trail Blazers


NBA: First player for Portland to win NBA dunk contest in All-Star Weekend at Atlanta. Simons from the Portland Trail Blazers, Obi Toppin from the New York Knicks, and Cassius Stanley from the Indiana Pacers were there to win the NBA dunk contest. But Portland player Anfernee Simon win a contest by blowing a kiss towards the rim and making a dunk.      


Simons and Toppin made a competition in the final round but this time it's different to get a new winner. This time it's about a new rule called "Judge's Choice." Both Players made one dunk in each round. 


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Rules in the dunk contest:


Three dunkers will each have two dunks in the first round. They will have three attempts to complete each dunk. 


For each dunk, a score of 6 to 10 will be given by each of the five judges, Resulting in a maximum score of 50. The two dunkers with the highest total first-round scores will advance to the final round.


Final round each dunker performs one dunk. This time Judges will not give them points but a winner will be selected by their votes. 


Judges from the panel didn't give them a score to win a competition but they gave a vote to the players. Simons got 3 votes and Toppin got 2 votes. 


Cassius Stanley scored 44 points, Toppin scored 48 points and Simons scored 46 points in their first round of the dunk contest. Stanley got only 37 points in his second attempt. Anfernee Simons pays homage to Tracy McGrady by wearing his jersey in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He made a good dunk and scored 49 points. Toppin jumped above 2 standing men and scored one hand windmill dunk. He got 46 points.


Toppin and Simons got selected for the final round and Simons won it by blowing a kiss to a rim. 


Simons after winning a dunk-contest," Having a chance to come in and be a part of it and win it, It's surreal."


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LeBron James trying to get a bucket against Oklahoma City Thunder. 

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Los Angeles Lakers played without their star player Anthony Davis who missed a game due to right Achilles Tendinosis. Alex Caruso also missed a game. 


This is the Lakers' second OT game, In the Last game, they played 2 OT games against Detroit Piston where LeBron James and Anthony Davis lead them to a victory. 


In the first quarter, OKC got 10 points lead when 6:03 minutes left in the quarter where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made a driving layup. OKC had 7 points lead in the first quarter. 


The Lakers made a 16-9 run in the starting 5 minutes of the second quarter when 7:41 left in the quarter and LeBron James made a running pull-up jump shot. OKC hold their guard tight and didn't give any chance to the Lakers to take a commanding position of the game as they got 4 points lead after the first half of a play. 


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The Lakers made another run in the first 3 minutes of the third quarter. They made a 10-2 run and got 4 points lead in the game. 5:38 minutes left in the third quarter, LeBron James made a dunk on KCP's assist which gave 7 points lead to the Lakers. After this OKC made a 5-0 run in just a short amount of time and cut a lead to only 2 points. OKC made a 14-0 run to take a big lead of 8 points in the third quarter when 39.2 left in the quarter. OKC got 8 points lead after 3 quarters of play. 


10:26 minutes left in the 4th OKC got 11 points lead when Justin Jackson made a 3-point jumper on Williams' assist. 4:51 left in the 4th Dennis Schroder's driving layup cut a lead to only 1 point. Alexander and Al Horford made 2 3-pointer which gave 5 points lead to the OKC. OKC had a 107-105 lead with the time remaining of 2:08 in the 4th. After this, the Los Angeles Lakers made an 8-0 run in the 1:53 minutes which gave them 3 points lead. At the last play of OKC, KCP fouled Alexander who made all of his 3 free throws and tied a game. 


 In OT Lakers took command as they made a 7-0 run in the starting 3 minutes of it . Los Angeles Lakers got 7 points lead. The Lakers took a game with 119-112.


For Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James scored 28 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Dennis Schroder added 19 points with 7 boards, 5 dimes, 1 steal, and a block. 


For Lakers Bench Players, Kyle Kuzma scored 11 points with 10 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. Harrell had a great game as he scored 21 points with 8 boards, 2 assists, and a block. Mathews had a good game after a long time as he scored 16 points with 3 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 1 block. 


For OKC, Alexander scored 29 points with 10 assists and 7 rebounds. Diallo scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal, and a block. Bazley scored 21 points with 16 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. Horford scored 14 points.


Jackson scored 14 points coming off the bench. 


Los Angeles Lakers were very bad from the 3-point line as they made only 9 out of 38. OKC was also not that good from that range but they made 3 more in the same attempts as the Lakers from the long-range. 


Next Game:


Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder


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Dallas Mavericks started a game with a huge lead in the first 5 minutes of play of the game. They outscored GSW with an 18-2 and took 16 points lead. GSW made a come back in a game and made a run of 25-12 and cut 16 points lead to the only 3 points. After the first quarter of play, Dallas took 4 points lead. 


7:03 minutes left in the second quarter Porzingis made 2 point shot which gave 10 points lead to Dallas.  After that Dallas never gave any chance to GSW to come back in the second quarter. Dallas got 8 points lead after the first half of a game. 


Dallas had 11 points lead in the 3rd but GSW made a run of 24-16 and tied a game at 88-88. After this Luka made 2 free-throws out of 3 and Finney Smith scored a layup on Luka's assist for 4 points lead to Dallas. GSW made an 8-3 run and took a lead of 1 point. After this, both teams exchanged some leads until Tim Hardaway Jr scored 5 consecutive points at the end of the third to give 5 points lead to Dallas. 


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10:09 left in the 4th Luka's 3-pointer gave 10 points lead to Mavericks. Once again GSW made a comeback in a game and cut 10 points lead to 3. Steph Curry's 8 points run in the last 2 minutes of a game until 28 seconds left in the game cut a lead to just one point and took GSW within a reach of a win but Maxi Kleber made a huge clutch 3-pointer which took away the game from GSW. Dallas Mavericks took a game with 134-132.   


For Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic scored 42 points with 7 boards, 11 assists, and 1 steal. All starters of Mavs scored in double-figure. Finney scored 10 points, Kleber added 16 points, Porzingis put only 18 points with 10 boards, Richardson scored 17 points. 


Hardaway Jr scored 11 points coming off the bench. 


For GSW Wiggins scored 22 points and 5 rebounds. Green scored only 2 points but put a huge number on other things with 6 boards, 15 assists, 6 steals, and 4 blocks. Curry scored 57 points with 5 assists and 2 steals. Oubre Jr scored 14 points.


Bazemore scored 20 points coming off the bench. 


Next Game:


Dallas Mavericks vs Minnesota Timberwolves


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Detroit Piston got 4 points lead in the first quarter but the Lakers turn the table and took 7 points lead in the second quarter when 5:58 left in the 2nd. After that Kyle Kuzma made 2-pointer which gave 10 points lead to the Lakers in the second quarter. The Lakers got 9 points lead after the play of the first half.


The Lakers made a 10-2 run in 2 minutes in the 3rd quarter of a game when 3:55 left on the clock. The Lakers got 17 points lead after Anthony Davis made a shot on Talen Horton-Tucker's assist with a score of 80-63. Piston made a comeback in the fourth quarter of the game Detroit Piston made a 20-12 run and cut 10 points Lakers' lead after the third quarter of play to 2 points. Anthony Davis and Schroder's 2 plays gave 6 points lead to the Lakers. Talen Horton-Tucker made the last shot for the Lakers in the regulation after this Los Angeles Laker was unable to make any shot in the remaining 4:06 minutes of the 4th quarter. Josh Jackson's driving layup tied a game for Piston when just 3.1 seconds left in the game.


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A game went to the 1st OT. Piston took an early advantage in OT with 4 points lead but the Lakers didn't give up and came back. Anthony Davis's dunk saved the Lakers on Dennis Schroder's assists. Jerami Grant had opportunities to win a game for Piston but he missed that chance.

 

Anthony Davis made 3-pointer which is the first point for the Lakers in the 2nd OT. LeBron James scored 8 points in just 43 seconds which sealed a deal for the Lakers. Laker took a game with 135-129 points on the board.


For Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James scored game-high 33 points with 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 7 turnovers, and 4 steals. Anthony Davis helped the Lakers with 30 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. Dennis Schroder scored 22 points with 8 assists and 4 boards.  


Kuzma dropped 14 points, 6 boards coming off the bench. Caruso and Tucker added 10 points each.


For Detroit Piston Grant scored team-high 32 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block with just one turn over. Plumlee added 15 points with 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Wright put a good number on a board with a scoring of 22 points, 2 boards, 10 assists. 


Jackson played a great game coming off the bench as he scored 28 points with 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. Mykhailiuk scored 11 points.


Next Game:


Los Angeles Lakers will host OKC on Monday.

Detroit Piston will host Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.


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NBA: Giannis grabbed the 2019 and 2020 MVP awards. LeBron James came in second place in the 2019-2020 MVP award race.  


Now LeBron James is in his 37th year and he is not as great he was in the last season. This season he is doing not that great as compared to what other players are doing. 


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In the starting 18 games of the season, he scored 25.2 PPG with 7.9 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.4 blocks. In a game against Cleveland Cavaliers, he scored 46 points with great efficiency. If he will keep up to put this kind of number then he will be a clear favorite to win an MVP award. 

If LeBron James will not score more than 25 PPG with more than 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game with great defensive efficiency then he has no chance to win the MVP award against players like Joel Embiid, Kevin Durant, and young star players like Luka and Jaylen Brown. If LeBron James' team Los Angles Lakers will get the best record with a bigger margin than the second number team in the NBA than LeBron sure has a shot to win it. 


Until the 18 matches of the season Joel Embid is the clear-cut favorite to win the MVP award and if he will not face any injury and his team will do what they are doing now then no one can stop Joel Embiid from winning an MVP award. 76ers are leading the East with 12-6. Joel Embiid scored 27.7 PPG, 11.5 RPG, 2.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, and 1.4 BPG. He is doing great in every field of the game. His team won 12 times and lost only 2 games when he played. 76ers lost all 4 games when he didn't play.


Kevin Durant scored 30.4 PPG with 7.1 RPG, 4.1 APG, 0.8 SPG, and 1.4 BPG. He is another player who has the best chance to win the MVP award if he plays the whole season.   


Giannis can get in the way of LeBron Jame as he is playing right now to win an MVP award. He scored 27 PPG with 10.5 RPG, 5.3 APG, 1.1 SPG, and 1.1 BPG in his first 15 games of the season. 


If LeBron James wants to win an MVP award then he has to put a better number than these kinds of players in the league. His superstar teammate Anthony Davis is not playing like he played in his first season for the Lakers.  


Now, LeBron James is getting older not as super-athletic as he was before and new young talents are playing like an elite of the NBA to win NBA's best awards. 


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NBA: LeBron James scored season-high 46 points against his former team Cleveland Cavaliers. This is the highest score by LeBron James against Cavs. LeBron James became the second oldest Lakers player to score 40 points in a game.


LeBron James dropped 46 points with 8 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He put on an amazing show in the fourth quarter as he scored 21 points in the fourth quarter. Harrel scored 15 points with 6 boards coming off the bench. Anthony Davis once again put a stellar performance at both ends. He scored 17 points with 10 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Schroder and KCP added 10 points each.


In season high scoring game of LeBron James Lakers registered a win over Cavs with making 10-0 winning streak on the road. 


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At the end of the 3rd quarter, LeBron James missed a shot that could tie a game at 89. But the Cavs front office was very happy about this missing shot of LeBron James. LeBron James took this very personally and he single-handedly outscored the Cavs in the 4th quarter with 21-19. The Lakers took the 4th quarter with 28-19. 


LeBron made 9 shots out of 10 in the fourth quarter alone. He made 7 3-pointer from 11 and 19 FG from 26.


James said after the game," I felt like he was just a little bit too excited about seeing me miss. He was really excited about me missing that shot. A little bit more extra than I would have liked but he's got to root for his team, obviously and he was he showcased that. So I knew I had another quarter and the 4th quarter is my favorite."


For Cleveland Cavaliers, Their star Centre Andrew Drummond scored 25 points with 17 boards and in those 17 boards, he grabbed 7 offensive rebounds. Osman added 20 points with 2 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Sexton scored 17 points. Garland scored 11 points coming off the bench.


Next Game:


Los Angeles Lakers vs Philadelphia 76ers


Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Piston


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NBA: Jaylen Brown is in great form this season for Boston Celtics even Celtics' legend Bill Russel praised him after this performance. In a loss against the Philadelphia 76ers, he scored 42 points on Friday night.   


He set a remarkable record against a team that gave 2 losses to Brooklyn Nets. He dropped 33 points in just 19 minutes. Jaylen Brown set a record for scoring the most points in under 20 minutes of a play in a game, Become the first player to achieve this feat. Boston Celtics crushed Cleveland Cavaliers with 141-103. 


Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens on Jaylen Brown:" He is constantly working to improve. He doesn't play passive, and I think that his skill, his improvement, and his aggressiveness are a good combination.


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In the absence of Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics lost back-to-back games to the Philadelphia 76ers and one game to Knicks but they made a huge comeback against Cleveland.  


In Cleveland Cavaliers' team, 7 players scored in double-figure but no player was able to past 20 points marks. Osman, Dotson, and Allen scored 12 points each. Drummond and Windler scored 11 points. Sexton scored only 13 points in just 16 minutes of play.


For Boston Celtics, Jaylen Brown scored game high 33 points in just 19 minutes with 3 boards and 1 assist. Daniel Theis scored 17 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Marcus Smarts scored 12 points with 9 dimes. Kemba Walker scored 21 points with 5 boards and 4 assists. Edwards was superb coming off the bench as he scored 18 points and Nesmith scored 11 points in a game. Williams scored 9 points. 


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Next Game:


Boston Celtics vs  Chicago Bulls


Cleveland Cavaliers vs Los Angeles Lakers


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NBA: Brooklyn Nets lost their second consecutive games against Cleveland Cavaliers. In the last game against Cavs, they had all their 3 stars despite that they lost to the Cavaliers in 2 OTs. Cleveland Cavaliers young point guard Sexton scored career-high 42 points in that game.


Once again Collin Sexton played a huge role to get a second consecutive win against the Nets as he scored 25 points with 9 assists. Jarrett Allen had a great game, He was superb at the rim on both ends- offensive and defensive. Cavs dominated the paint with the help of Larry Nance Jr., Andre Drummond who scored the 13th double-double of the season, and Jarret Allen. 


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Cavs out rebound Nets with 50 to 29. The Nets felt a huge absence of Kevin Durant at the rim. Kevin Durant did not play in a game because of some injury issue. Cavs got 32 free throws in the game where they made 27 out of them. Nets attempted 43 3-pointer in the game and made only 14 out of them which is not a very bad number but also not a good number for them with the shooter like James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Joe Harris, Green, and Shamet. 


Kyrie Irving scored 37 points in the last game against Cleveland Cavaliers where they lost to them in 2 OTs. James Harden scored his 4th double-double in his first four games for Brooklyn Nets. 


For Cleveland Cavaliers:


Andre Drummond scored 19 points with 16 boards Nance Jr. scored 15 points with 10 boards. Collin Sexton added team-high 25 points with 2 boards and 9 assists. Garland scored 11 points, Former Nets player Taurean Prince added 14 points. Jarrett Allen added 19 points coming off the bench.


For Brooklyn Nets:


Kyrie Irving scored game-high 38 points with 1 board and 5 assists. James Harden added 19 points, 5 boards, and 11 dimes in 37 minutes of play in a game. Jeff Green added 13 points Cabarrot added 11 points. These are the four players for the Nets who scored in double-figure.


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Next Game:


Brooklyn Nets vs Miami Heat


Cleveland Cavaliers Vs Boston Celtics



NBA: Yonger Ball from Ball brother makes a room for himself in history with scoring 22 points, 12 boards, and 11 rebounds. He becomes the youngest to score a triple-double in the History of the NBA. 


LaMelo is just a rookie in the NBA and he is going to be one of the best in the NBA but not expecting that he can be so good in his starting days in the NBA.


LaMelo scored triple-double at the age of 19 years and 140 days which is 177 days less than Markelle Fultz. Against his brother's team the New Orleans pelicans missed a triple-double by just one assist.


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Lanzo Ball did the same thing as LaMelo Ball did. Lanzo Ball broke the record of LeBron Jame's record of youngest to scored a triple-double. 


LaMelo made 9 FG out of 13 and 3 3-pointer out of 5 which is a good record for any rookie. He scored his first triple-double just in his 10th game of the NBA.


LaMelo helped his guard teammate Terry Rozier to get a win against Atlanta Hawks which dropped 4 consecutive games. Terry Rozier scored 23 points with 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Washington scored 22 points with 7 boards and 1 dime. Caleb Martin did a good job coming off the bench who scored 15 points in the game. 


For Atlanta Hawks, Cam Reddish scored 21 points with 5 boards. Young able to scored 15 points with 10 assists. Hunter added 20 points and 8 boards. 


Charlotte Hornets coach Borrego sain about LaMelo after a game," He is not fazed by the moment. It's like he is been doing this for a number of years already. A nineteen-year-old rookie does not look like this. This is just rare what you are seeing."


LaMelo Ball shows the world that he has the potential to be one of the best guards in the NBA with the kind of performance he put in his first 10 NBA games.


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Atlanta Hawks vs Philadelphia 76ers


Charlotte Hornets vs New York Knicks


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NBA Rankings: LeBron James once again tops ESPN's best players list. His precious rank was 3 because he missed some games and his Lakers team didn't make into the playoff that season. Anthony Davis joins his teammate LeBron James as the second-best player on the list. 


Here are the Top 7 Players as per ESPN Rankings:


7. Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers):

Damian Lillard was superb in last season's bubble environment until he was injured against Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs. He averaged nearly 37.6 PPG and 9.6 assists in the bubble as Portland made into the playoffs with no. 8th seeded team in the Western Conference. Lillard improving a lot with every season passed, now he is capable of giving a win to his team on his own. It is a very hard to gaurd a player like him with the skill set he has on the offensive end. Damian has very good handling, post game, good mid range game and he has best skill to knock down long range shots. Last season he averaged 30 PPG with 4.3 RPG, 8.0 APG. Damian was on the 9th number last season.


6. Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets):

After winning 2 titles with mighty GSW team he lost a final against Kawhi's Toronto Raptors because of GSW faced injury problem of Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson. Kevin Durant missed last season with Nets due to an Achilles injury. Last season he was not ranked in this list. Now Kevin Durant coming back in the NBA and He is eagrly waiting to take LeBron James' place as the Top player in the league. Always it's hard to make strong come back after faving an Achilles injury. He was making the point as the NBA's most dominant individual force and some of his teammate and other players who played with him during rehab have been giving high hope for Kevin Durant.


5. Kawhi Leonard(Los Angeles Clippers):

He was on the no. 2 list last season by winning an NBA title with Toronto Raptors. Los Angeles Clippers made many moves to give their team best chance to win title including moves of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. They faced a heartbreaking loss to Denver Nuggets in the second round of the playoffs as they have 3-1 lead. Kawhi was aweful in last game against Nuggets in that series. His load management is also a huge problem for him and his team. He has a potential to take his old spot in the ranking and even a thron of LeBron James in that rankings. 


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4. Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks):

In his second year, He showed to the world that why he is one of the best prodigy in the NBA and sports world. He was tremendous against Los Angeles Clippers with averaging 31 PPG, 9.8 RPG and 8.7 APG. He became the youngest player to make an All-NBA first team based on age as of an opening night. In 2019-20 season, He averaged 28.8 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 8.8 APG, 1 SPG and 0.2 BPG. He is the only player in the NBA history to average 20 triple-doubles at age 21 or younger. Can he take him to the next level and improved his game at the defensive end.


3. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks):

Back to back MVP trophies winner after Stephen Curry but when it comes to the playoffs he always fell short. Last season they are one of the favorite to win an NBA title but they lost against Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Giannis scored 29.5 PPG, 13.6 RPG, 5.6 APG, 1 SPG and 1 BPG. He won regular season MVP award and DPOY award in 2019-20 season. Also his team got the best record in the NBA in the 2019-20 season. Now, Giannis has to prove that he can play at highest level even in the playoffs and pressure situation.  


2. Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers):

Anthony Davis playerd a huge role in the Los Angeles Lakers' championship run in bubble. His last moment 3-pointer against Denver Nuggets was the biggest shot of the playoffs. He has chance to win Finals MVP with the performance but LeBron James gave even better performance than Anthony Daivs to win Finals MVP. Now, Anthony Davis finds his home and made a huge deal with the Lakers, He has best chance to win this year's regular season MVP. He came behind Giannis in the defensive player of the year award in 2019-20 season.


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1. LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers):

This is the first time in the 10-year history of NBA rank, player from the same team finished number 1 and number 2 position in the ranking. LeBron James finished no.1 poisition and Anthony Davis at the second rank. LeBron won NBA title and Finals MVP with Lakers at the age of 35. LeBron James missed no.1 spot in 2019 season due to an injury as he missed many game. He scored 25.3 PPG, 10.2 APG, 7.8 RPG, 1.2 SPG and 0.5 BPG. This is the first time in his career, He led league in assist with 10.2 APG. He won 4 NBA finals MVP award with 3 different team and he is the first player to achieve this feat. Now it's time to see how he help his team repeat title winning run with Los Angeles Lakers new roster and Anthony Davis.


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NBA Awards: LeBron James has many awards in his name and Sports Illustrated gives him once again the sportsperson of the year award. He became the first-ever athlete to be named SI's Sportsperson of the year three times.


Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, LeBron James, and Stewart are 5 athletes who are honored by Sports Illustrated as the Sportsperson of the year in 2020.


LeBron James helped Los Angles Lakers to get their 17th NBA Championship which is most by any team. Now Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers have the same number of NBA Championships. 


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Alongside LeBron James, Stewart honored Sportsperson of the year. She is the WNBA player. she won the MVP award in 2018 in WNBA but after this, she got a career-ending Achilles injury. She came back strongly from that injury, led her team Seattle Storm to their 4th WNBA championship and she won WNBA finals MVP awards. She won the WNBA finals MVP award second time in her career. She also put a huge effort into supporting Black Lives Matters from the start of the season to the Seattle Storm's Title winning moment.


LeBron James named Sportsperson of the year by Sports Illustrated in 2012 and 2016. LeBron James won NBA titles in both these years. He won an NBA title with his hometown team Cleveland Cavaliers coming back from a 3-1 deficit to one of the best team GSW with a record of 73-9.   


LeBron James is the best player at the age of 35 in the NBA which is quite remarkable. He is the best player in the NBA for many years. He has an impact on a social and political platform. He gives his best to help children to get an education. He put his effort into racial justice, and black community empowerment, and many other good works. He is not just an athlete, he is more than an athlete with his effort to help people and society. He is the greatest player in the NBA by some and second to some. Arguably he is the greatest player of all time with the career he has and how he won an NBA title with 3 different teams with the environment he got. 


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LeBron James and Lakers agree to two years, $85 million extension.

NBA's Hot Shot: After a huge success of last season with the Lakers by winning an NBA title, LeBron James agrees to give more two years to the Lakers organization. 


Last season Lakers became the most successful NBA team with Boston Celtics by winning 17 NBA Championships. LeBron James was unable to make his team successful in his first season with the Lakers. They were unable to make even playoffs because LeBron James injured himself in that season. 


When he got injured in that season, the Lakers were in the top tier in the Western Conference standings but after coming back from injury Lakers were in the bottom tier in the Conference standing and they failed to make playoffs. After many years LeBron was unable to make it into the playoffs.


After this failure, LeBron James and the Lakers made a huge move to get Anthony Davis and give their all potential to New Orleans Pelicans. 


LeBron James agreed to a 2-year, $85 million contract extension, Agent of LeBron James- Rich Paul told ESPN.


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At the age of 35, LeBron James is the face of the NBA. He won NBA finals MVP and missed an NBA's regular season MVP trophy. After this contract extension with the Lakers, LeBron James will finish his career's 20th season in the NBA in the last year of this contract. 


LeBron James is ready to give more success to the Lakers'organization and will try to make the Lakers the most successful team in the NBA. LeBron James just won NBA Finals MVP and he became the first player in NBA history to win the award with three different franchises. He won 2 Finals MVP with Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013, Third with Cleveland Cavaliers when they made a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. 


As per ESPN LeBron James will get $ 39.2 in 2020-21 season, $41,180,544 in 2021-22 season and $44,474,988 in 2022-23. 


LeBron James has a chance to top the all-time scoring list. He is just 4146 points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the top position on the all-time scoring list.


LeBron James has the best chance to achieve many things in Lakers uniform. He also has a chance to make a gap between him and Michael Jordan.


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NBA Trade: Anthony Davis and LeBron James are getting ready to play more years with each other and Los Angeles Lakers as AD finalizing the deal with Lakers. 


LeBron James extended his contract with the Lakers for more 2 years with a deal of $85.7 million until 2022-23. After LeBron James extended his contract with the Lakers Anthony Davis finalizing a five-year, $190 million Max contract Thursday. Anthony Davis' agent Rich Paul confirmed details to Adrian Wojnarowski.


Lakers made a huge move to get Anthony Davis in the 2019 offseason by trading their top talent and top picks in the NBA draft- Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and a package of several draft picks. The Lakers paid a huge price to get Anthony Davis in this trade. The Lakers paid a price but they got a reward by winning the 2019-20 NBA title in a very tough bubble environment.      


Now, LeBron James and Anthony Davis will play more 3 years with Los Angeles Lakers and they have a chance to make a 3-peat by winning 3 consecutive titles if another team gets a 3-superstar and LeBron James will not be healthy as he is now. 


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NBA: Los Angeles Lakers' free agency winning decision.


Anthony Davis is the next superstar who will lead the Lakers After LeBron James passed the torch to him. Anthony Davis already made a trade demand to New Orleans Pelicans in the 2018-19 season but it was denied by NOP and Anthony Davis didn't play in most of that season with NOP. 


This is a good move by the Los Angeles Lakers to get two of the top 10 players in the current NBA  Now they are the best duo in the NBA because LeBron has his MVP form and Anthony Davis makes himself stronger at both ends with LeBron James.

 

Anthony Davis will play for Los Angeles Lakers until 2024-25 season and LeBron James until 2022-23 season. Now LeBron James getting old and he is 35 years old now which is a very big age for any NBA player. Now LeBron James will not be at his best, Lakers have another superstar who can lead them to an NBA title with no prime LeBron James and another star like Luka Doncic with Anthony Davis. 


After getting success in the first season with the Lakers. Anthony Davis and LeBron James hoping to get more success with Los Angeles Lakers. 


Anthony Davis has the best chance to win the MVP award this season and more 2 or 3 MVP awards with the Lakers.


On the opening night, the Lakers will face their city rival Los Angeles Clippers which team just missed a huge chance to win their maiden NBA championship.


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The Lakers got very good players- Danis, Harrel, Marc, and Wesley in NBA Free Agency.

NBA Trade: Los Angeles Lakers just won an NBA Championship last season. After winning a Championship no team would like to trade their player but Los Angeles Lakers did a different thing in the free agency. 


Lakers traded some of the key players in the free agency, they traded Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo, JaVale McGee. Rajon Rondo and Dwight Howard played an important role in the Lakers Championship run. 


Los Angeles Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and the Lakers' front office did a great job. In recent years they got successful with their decision by getting LeBron James and for Anthony Davis, they traded whole Lakers' young talented players. 


Now after getting the championship, they got Dennis Schroder who was the contender for the Sixth Man Of The Year. The Lakers got him by trading Danny Green and the 28th pick- Jaden McDaniels from Oklahoma City Thunder. Dannis Schroder scored 18.9 PPG, 4 APG, and 3.6 RPG in the 2019-20 season. This was the best season of his career. 


Dannis Schroder led NBA in scoring coming off the bench in the 2019-20 season with a career-highs in FG%(46.9) and 3P%(38.5), He was just behind Harrel in Sixth Man Of The Year voting. 


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After trading Danny Green Lakers lost a very good player who is very good at shooting and can guard very well. A place left by Danny Green at the start of free agency Lakers got a very good player named Wesley Matthews just after Danny Green's departure. 


The Lakers got a hand on their own city rival(Los Angeles Clippers) player Moontrezl Harrell. Montrezl Harrell is the current sixth man of the year.


After getting two of the best players who can make their bench very strong and younger than other players who Lakers traded- Danny Green, Dwight Howard, and Rajon Rondo but they will miss the mind of Rajon Rondo and the bodies of Dwight Howard and JaVale McGee at the rim 


The Lakers also did a great job retaining their key player. They got KCP and Morkieff Morris. KCP playerd a role like Sixth Man in the NBA Finals he chooses a free agency option and yet the Lakers got a hand on him.


Morris is a very good player who gives you only some points in a game but can provide a very good defense to the Lakers. 


Los Angeles Lakers got a very big player named Marc Gasol who is a very good player in assisting a ball, in scoring, a very good defender, and very good in pick and roll option. He is a 3-time all-star. The Lakers also got Alfonzo McKinnie. 


Anthony Davis has yet to choose his contract with the Lakers. After getting these kinds of players Lakers bench becomes very strong but they Lakers something like the strength of the body at the rim.


Lakers lost Avery Bradley, Rajon Rondo, Dwight Howard, and JaVale McGee. Avery Bradley is a very good parameter defender but he is getting old. Lakers become younger after this free agency trade. 


 

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