James is one of the greatest players in NBA history, but there’s no possible way you could justify him being + 150 with Embiid + 300 and Jokic + 600. Look at these Lakers’ games without Davis: — Beat an awful Bulls team. — Lost by 15 to the Pistons off a back-to-back. — Twice needed overtime to beat the Thunder. — Lost at the Nuggets. — Lost back to back against the Heat and Wizards.
Last week Embiid became the first 76ers player with a 50-point game since Allen Iverson in 2005 and the first Sixer with a 50-5-5 game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1968. Embiid had a career-high 50 points with 17 rebounds, five assists and four blocks while shooting 65%. Meanwhile, the Lakers without Davis have lost four of five, including three straight at home. Their only win came against a very bad Minnesota team that is so dysfunctional that it fired its coach and hired an assistant from a different organization in the middle of the season.