NBA Midseason Report: LeBron Is Still King
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The NBA has officially arrived at the All-Star break, and before the season hit its halfway point, we saw — among other things — another huge performance from Joel Embiid. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Wosny Lambre to break down the big man’s case for MVP, consider why LeBron and the Lakers are still the front runners (on the court and in fashion), and why he’s excited to watch Steph Curry above anyone else during the strange All-Star Weekend ahead.
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| 0:46.0 | We're now halfway through the NBA season and heading into the All Star Break. |
| 0:56.0 | We saw yet another huge performance from MVP candidate Joelle Mb. |
| 1:01.0 | Here's Mb, posting up. He's got boxed on him. It's thinking about a three. There it is. Yes! |
| 1:10.0 | Wow! |
| 1:19.0 | Today, the Athletics wasmielambre joins us to give out his first half of the season awards |
| 1:22.0 | to discuss what he seemed so far from three of the league's top teams |
| 1:26.0 | and to explain why he's excited to see one superstar in particular during this strange All Star weekend. |
| 1:32.0 | You know, staff is, he's just such a team guy in the sense that he's going to be a good soldier |
| 1:39.0 | no matter what. So yeah, I'm going to go to the All Star game. I'm going to play my butt off. |
| 1:43.0 | I'm going to put on a show for fans. And I'm going to participate in the three point contest |
| 1:48.0 | because I'm the greatest three point shooter ever. And I know that people are going to want to see it |
| 1:52.0 | and I'm going to give them what they want. |
| 1:54.0 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Audre Skelto. It's Friday, March 5th, and this is the League. |
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