Lebron the oldest MVP Ever? Steph Curry best shot ever? | Dunk Bait

LaJethro Jenkins asks the question is LeBron leading the MVP race? and Seerat Sohi shows us why Steph is still working on his jumper.

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LAJETHRO JENKINS: LeBron James.

SEERAT SOHI: LeBron James.

- LeBron James.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: LeBron James.

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LAJETHRO JENKINS: Welcome to "Dunk Bait," where we talk mostly basketball. Today, we'll be talking about LeBron James, and can he be the oldest MVP of all time? And how Steph Curry, the best shooter we've ever seen, still tinkers with his shot.

SEERAT SOHI: Yeah. So LeBron obviously is the career leader in minutes for active players. He's also played more minutes than Shaq, Duncan, Russell, Kobe, 8,000 more minutes than Michael Jordan. Considering the layoff last season, I would have thought that LeBron James would be entering this season kind of taking it off. I was obviously wrong.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: I mean, we're seeing him making another adjustment to his game. Last year, he became a point guard. We were shocked by that. He just led the league in assists. This year, he's becoming a shooter. At one point, you gave Bron space. That's how to stop Bron, is not letting him get to the bucket. He's going to the bucket four times less than he went last year.

You know, he's shooting more threes than he's shot his entire career. He's 41% from the three-point line, which is, like, top 10 for people that shoot that much. What does he do next? I mean, the guy just continues to surprise us and become better in ways that we didn't imagine.

We might see LeBron potentially be the oldest MVP of all time. We thought Luka was going to be the guy to take the MVP this year, but I don't know if the Mavs are good enough for him to win. So between him and Embiid-- and I think LeBron can probably keep up his play easier than Embiid can--

SEERAT SOHI: That's a good point. I think if we're going to have concerns about whether LeBron can keep this up, we definitely have to have those concerns about Embiid. I feel like, every season, I think, OK, LeBron's going to chill out. And then LeBron just, like, oh-- oh, you thought? OK, that's cute.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: And he keeps defying odds of humanity. When wa-- when watching him, it's just crazy.

SEERAT SOHI: Shout out to [? logo ?] LeBron, by the way. 8 for 20 from shots beyond 28 feet. And the attempts would also put him at a career high.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: Dribbling off screens, pulling up, you know what I'm saying? Like, Step backs. He's 36!

SEERAT SOHI: Hey, guys. Welcome to Atomic Wonder, where we break down one tiny thing with big ripple effects. We start with the explosion that remade the NBA-- Steph Curry's jumper. When Steph won back-to-back MVPs, we saw him shoot from the logo, shoot from the tunnel, even shoot from other planets.

He filled us with wonder, with questions he since answered with geometry, science, genetics, confidence, and repetition. And yet, when Curry hit seven triples against the Wolves on Tuesday, I still found myself bewildered, still asking, how? How does Steph do it? So it's nice, every once in a while, to get a fresh answer to an old question. The greatest shooter of all time still tinkers with his shot.

Like any player, Curry has dealt with age and injuries, breaking his wrist last year. His body atrophies, despite his best efforts. Every day, he gets a little older. Curry traverses multiple time zones on multiple sleeping patterns. Everything changes around him. But that shot still has to be the same every time in conditions that don't allow for it.

The truth is, perfection isn't possible. At his volume, it's not like he'll ever shoot 50%. That's not how good shooters grade themselves. It's not about getting better for Steph. It's about staying the same. I decided to google Warriors when they started 0 and 2 and everyone was freaking out. This is what came up-- a viral video of him making 105 threes from the same spot.

This is how Fraser, who works with both Splash Brothers, describes their process. "Even though they're the best in the world, and their results are usually better and consistent doesn't mean they're not prone to being human." Even the world's best guitar needs to be tuned every once in a while. Just ask Eric Clapton.

- If you want to learn more about how Curry maintains his shot, keep your eyes out for [INAUDIBLE] coming down at Yahoo Sports.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: So that's the show. I'm LaJethro Jenkins.

SEERAT SOHI: I'm Seerat Sohi.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: And remember, you can't spell MVP without LeBroM JaVPmes. [LAUGHS]

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