Life is improving for Lakers’ LeBron James, Warriors’ Stephen Curry; might MLB reinstate Pete Rose?

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Lebron James and Stephen Curry

New Year’s Eve seems forever, although the calendar tells us that it was less than nine weeks. At that moment, Lebron james and Stephen Curry were leaders in play teams, with 18-14 Lakes Solving the seventh slot and tenth place Warrior Sitting at 16-16. This, as they say, was in 2024.

Today’s western conference classification finds Lakers (37-21) in second place, only percentage points ahead of Pepites (39-22) After his loss at her CeltsAnd the Warriors (32-28) had passed yesterday morning to sixth and this morning in seventh place. Fans (of these clubs) can thank the improvements to the movements of the commercial term Luka Doncic in Los Angeles (9-2 from the term) and Jimmy Butler to Golden State (7-3 from the term).

And, although these movements certainly lifted the Lakers and the Warriors, our Colin Ward-Henninger has a large piece that breaks down the amount that these movements have benefited from James and Curry personally.

• Ward-Henninger: “”However, at the deadline for trade, both James and Curry received gifts (Luka Dončić and Jimmy Butler), which could extend their careers and add to their seemingly endless lists. Ever since they began to interpret their new co -protagonists, both James and Curry have experienced significant impulses in production and efficiency, and lakers and warriors have seem to be legitimate threats at the Western conference. “

James and Dončić are installed and things could not be better for the oldest player in the league. With Dončić who now has much of the play responsibilities, the 40 -year -old James has benefited from rest and some easy appearances. And in the bay, Curry shot significantly with Butler in Golden State than before trade: 51.4% against 43.1% over all field goals and 42.6% against 38.9% out of 3s.

Of course, all this is a relatively small sample size, but older veterans like James and Curry Bonfide experienced playoff fighters, who have brought their teams before the NBA finals, should only be timid possibilities for when playoffs begin next month.

Honorable Mentions

And not a good morning for …

Elite women’s level women’s basketball teams

Do you like the disorders? Well, you have reached the right place. It was a brutal weekend (or last week) for more than a couple of first flight programs. We start with 2 uclawho entered the weekend with a single loss of the season and again had no answer for Juju Watkins (30 points) and No. 4 USC On Saturday night.

Now you could say that a 4 beating a 2 is not a nuisance, but the sequel to the battle for Los Angeles did not change the narrative for the host UCLA, who also lost to USC two weeks earlier. Bruins coach Cori close It was so frustrated by the mere sight of the statistical leaf that ruined her in a ball right there in a daisy. The victory gave the Trojan program its first regular season title since 1994, much for the delight of the SC product Cheryl Miller … and the disgust of the student’s brother Reggie Miller.

Beyond this game, Our lady, North Carolina, Tennessee and Lsu It all ended his regular seasons with a straight loss. Even worse for the tigers, the highest scorer Ashamed Johnson been closed by the dry tournament Due to inflammation of brightness. (Look for Connecticut and USC be Among the beneficiaries of all the disorder.)

Not so honorable mentions

⚾ MLB reviewing the request to reset the late Pete Rose

Baseball Commissioner of the Major League Rob Manfred is in the process of reviewing a request from the afternoon family Pete roseasking the game to be The leader of all -time hits are resetAccording to a story of ESPN. If you succeed, the request would probably open the way for Rose, who died last September 83 yearsIt is allegedly eligible for the election to the National Baseball Fame Show.

In 1989, Rose was banned from the game and the future consideration of admission to Cooperstown to bet on Cincinnati Red Games while playing and managing the team. Despite the negatives, Rose finally admitted his actions in his 2004 autobiography. Rose spent 19 of his 24 important league seasons with his hometown reds, collecting a record of 4,256 MLB strokes.

In the meantime, President Donald Trump has also weighed on this topic, posting on social networks on Friday that he will broadcast “full forgiveness”, although it is unclear how this action would alter future decisions related to basketball, as Rose was never accused of a crime related to the betting scandal.

🏀 St. John’s wins the first Big East crown in 40 years

The faithful of San Juan celebrated as if it were in 1985 in the garden of Madison Square on Saturday, and for a good reason, given the red storm. First Big East title since the 1984-85 season. Behind his physical ball brand, Rick Pitino’s squad put the tweezers on Seton Hall for a comfortable victory 71-61.

After the game, Red and White Confetti rained about the cheerful fans and the coach, who put a white dress for the occasion. Some may say that this aspect in New York City in early March is “a choice”, but since Pitino has raised more wins in terraced seasons than any other coach from 1999-2000, I say leave the man whatever he wants. As for deepening more of the action on the court, let’s give our Kyle Boone a blow.

• Boone: “The way they won was the Pitino textbook with the defense and a look at the three points, even when basketball has accepted more widely and leaned to shoot out of distance. After the victory, Johnnies’s ranking was not a defensive defensive efficiency Kenpom.com And it has the second worst percentage of 3 points and the second rate of 3 points lower between the main conference teams “.

And here are more content in the weekend’s men’s university basketball:

Bracketology ; The top 25 of tomorrow today ; Top 25 and 1 ; Texas Tech lids Kansas … in Kansas! ; Tennessee Buzzer-beater low Alabam

🏈 Final thoughts of the NFL combines

Another combination is in books, but our NFL crew has everything broken down. Here is a quick snapshot:

📺 What are we seeing on Monday

🏀 Wake Forest at no. 2 Duke (m)At 19 hours in Espn
🏒 Islanders in RangersAt 19 ha NHL network
🏀 Unique19:30 to TNT
🏀 Rockets to thunderAt 20 Ha TV NBA
🏀 Pistons in jazzAt 21 ha The NBA TV
🏀 Kansas at Houston number 4 (m)21 Has espn