Two views of Caris LeVert as he enters ‘bubble play’

Caris LeVert isn’t just the last man standing with Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Jordan, Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, Nicolas Claxton and Wilson Chandler all unavailable. (Whew!) He’s also the Nets first option because he stepped up big time before the NBA suspended play on March 11.

In the last few weeks of the aborted season, the 25-year-old was on a tear. In the last five games (4-1), he went for 27 points, six rebounds and six assists on a 50/44/70 shooting split. Of course, he also had his first 50 point game and first triple-double within four days of each other. Going back further, as Steve Lichtenstein notes, the numbers are almost as good: a 9-7 record in a 16-game…