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LeBron James has been on quite the tear lately.

In the 16 games he's played since serving a one-game suspension, James is averaging 30.4points, 8.9 rebounds, 6.3a sists, 1.6 steals and 1.4 blocks per contest. He's been incredibly efficient, posting those numbers on .544/.390/.782shooting splits.

James has 1130-point games during that stretch, giving him on the season, which is more than anyone else in the NBA. He's not far removed from going off for 43 Devin Funchess Jersey points and 14 rebounds in a win over the Trail Blazers, making him the to post a 40-10 game.

Father Time is undefeated, but you wouldn't know it based on the level James continues to play.

The kicker is the Lakers won only eight of those 16games, but they may have found something in playing James more at center.

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The playBreakdown

Malik Monk rebounds a mi sed 3-pointer from Norman Powell and gives the ball up to James immediately. James returns the favor shortly after he cro ses halfcourt, giving the ball back to Monk to run a pick-and-roll from the top of the 3-point line.

The other Lakers on the court are Ru sell Westbrook, Avery Bradley and Stanley Johnson. Westbrook parks himself in the right corner while Bradley and Johnson overload the opposite side.

Westbrook and Johnson aren't exactly 3-point threats, but the Lakers still have decent spacing by surrounding James with four perimeter players.

James is quick to screen and roll, but he makes enough contact with Monk's defender, Tony Snell, to help Monk get downhill. That forces Larry Nance Jr., who is playing center for Portland and has the task of defendingJames, to slide over to protect the basket.

With Nance stepping up, Powell helps off ofWestbrook in the corner to prevent James from getting an easy bucket. (You can see James motioning for an alley-oop.)

This is where things get interesting.

Unable to get a layup or sneak a pa s to James underneath the basket, Jaaron Simmons Jersey Monk moves the ball along to Westbrook in the right corner. Westbrook has an open look at a 3-pointer, but he turns it down, choosing to instead give the ball to Chris Wormley Jersey James, who is now being defended by Snell in the post.

Meanwhile, both Johnson and Bradley move over a touch to make space for Monk in the corner. That's important because it forces Nance, who is now defending Monk, to make a tough decision leave Monk in the corner to provide help at the rim or stick to Monk in the corner so that he doesn't get a clean look at a 3 if James kicks it out to him.

Nance goes with option No. 2, leading to a layup for James once he gets around Snell.

Why it matters

James is giving off some strong Magic Johnson vibes right now.

Two years ago, James logged the bulk of his minutes at point guard and led the league with 10.2 a sists per game. Now, he's playing mostly center for a Lakers team that continues to be withoutAnthony Davis for an extended period of time because of an MCL sprain.

This isn't the first time in his career that James has played center, but we've never seen him do it to this degree. , James has logged over a third (35.0 percent) of his minutes at center to this point of the season. His previous career-high? in 2018-19.

James isn't even a guard or forward masquerading as a center. As Todd Whitehead of Synergy Basketball pointed out, the way in Mario Manningham Jersey which he's generating his offense when Westbrook is on the court and Davis, Dwight Howard and DeAndre Jordan are on the bench is very center-like, with him posting up, cutting, rolling and attacking the offensive gla s much, much more when he moves to the five.

Was intrigued by 's note that LeBron was playing center without AD this weekend "cutting and rolling to the rim far more often than he typically would" so I looked up his play type mix in different lineup combinations so far this season:

Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper)

It speaks to how incredibly talented James is that he can not only tailor his game to whatever positions he's playing but that he can do it at a high level.

For example, only five players Joel Embiid (9.1), Nikola Jokic (5.1), Jonas Valanciunas (4.5), Kristaps Porzingis (4.2) and Davis (3.9) are currently averaging more points per game than James (3.5) in the post. He's been more efficient than those five players ahead of him, averaging to rank in the 91st percentile.

, James isstrong enough to battle with other bigs around the basket.

That size makes him an impo sible cover for guards,making every switch a potential mismatch that he will try to exploit. (This is your reminder that no onequite like James.)

He's been money from midrange this season, canning of his looks from that distance, many of which have been of a high degree of difficulty.

And, of course, Jamesremains an otherworldly pa ser.

Additionally, Charles Woodson Jersey James makes for a dynamic screen-setter.(He doesn't do it allthat much, but he ranks in the 93rdpercentile with as the roll man this season.) He's also a smart and punishing cutter.

Westbrook's fit is still far from perfect, but he and Jameshave had some nice two-man moments recently, both with James being the cutter...

...and Westbrook being the cutter.

Again, wins have still been hard to come by for the Lakers during this stretch despite James going supernova, but the numbers with him at center have been quite encouraging.

, the Lakers are outscoring opponents by 7.2 points per 100 po se sions with James on the court and all three of Howard, Jordan and Davis on the bench. Only one other combination (James with Howard without Davis and Jordan) has been as dominant.

The Lakers have performed at a below-average level defensively when James has been on the court without another big, but they've been practically unstoppable offensively, scoring at a rate of 118.1points per 100 po se sions, which Ben Braden Jersey would be in the league.

Lakers lineup combinations ()On courtOff courtMinutesOffensive RatingDefensive RatingNet RatingLeBron JamesAnthony Davis, Dwight Howard, DeAndre Jordan345118.1110.97.2LeBron James, Anthony DavisDwight Howard, DeAndre Jordan284113.2108.64.4LeBron James, Dwight HowardAnthony Davis, DeAndre Jordan164126.4118.57.9LeBron James, DeAndre Jordan, Anthony DavisDwight Howard92106.3109.7-3.4LeBron James, DeAndre JordanAnthony Davis, Dwight Howard83104.6114.0-9.4LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Anthony DavisDeAndre Jordan3098.4128.3-29.9

The Lakers need to be better in the minutes James and Davi