Lakers Lounge

LOWDOWN: Anthony marvels at some of the circumstances surrounding this team and how different this situation would've played out before the Luka Doncic trade. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: The Lakers didn't mess around too much and handled their business against a shorthanded Spurs team. It was a nice outcome for a team that has historically played with its food. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Austin Reaves had been working his way back following that calf strain but he's been incredible of late. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: The Lakers are slowly getting their rotation back. It couldn't possibly happen with much less time to figure everything out heading into the postseason. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthony breaks down the Lakers' win over Phoenix and what it means for the standings right now. He gives his thoughts on his favorite performances from over the weekend and then quickly discusses how cool the Lakers' response to JJ Redick calling them out has been. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony explains why he never thought the sky was falling, even after the Brooklyn loss. JJ Redick sent a message to his team after that game and they've responded really well. Anthony breaks down the win over Phoenix, Luka Doncic's performances, Austin Reaves looking more like himself and Jaxson Hayes' triumphant return. We also got an injury update that Anthony details and then he wraps the show with some questions and an update on Raj. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Anthony opens with an explanation on why he was never all that worried even after the Brooklyn loss. The last few games show why he seems to have been right. From there, he just dives into a nice, comfortable win to snap the four-game losing streak. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony dives into the questions from the live audience and absolutely loves one asked about Austin Reaves in comparison to Jamal Murray. There were other questions and they were all good but this one stopped him in his tracks. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthony recaps a blowout loss in Milwaukee, makes the case that the game in L.A. against the Bucks should look a little different, offers some silver linings from within the game and then makes the case for sitting everyone tonight in Denver. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony recapped a blowout loss in Milwaukee that was pretty easy to see coming. He updates the situations on LeBron, Rui and Hayes, then wonders whether the Lakers will essentially close up show against Denver tonight. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Anthony recaps the game (while it was still going), then dives into why he can't get all that angry right now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony offers up the latest on LeBron, Rui and Hayes as they are now back in Los Angeles, then explains why he isn't as bothered by this current state of things compared to how he handled these situations the last couple years. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony and Raj stop and take a temperature check given the state of things and you know we're in weird times when Anthony is saying people need to calm down a bit. They talk about the injuries and daunting slate ahead of the Lakers, as well as Stephen A. Smith milking his moment with LeBron for all he can. They wrap the show with questions and comments from the live audience. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: The Lakers have sustained injuries to all their bigger players and it's made people start to lose their minds. Anthony first apologizes for getting so optimistic, then, with the help of Raj, explains why the sky isn't actually falling. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: The Thunder profile as a tremendous postseason threat but for a few reasons, Anthony just can't get behind them. He and Raj talk about that, then Raj calls Jayson Tatum the Thunder of NBA stars and that launches its own rabbit hole. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART THREE: Larry David was sitting right there for all of LeBron James confronting Stephen A. Smith and we haven't heard from him at all on the matter. Brutal missed opportunity there. The guys have some fun with that, then move on to live questions and comments. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony welcomes Eric Pincus (Bleacher Report/Sports Business Classroom) into The Lounge to break down the Lakers' options if they want to make a couple of their two-way players eligible for the playoffs. The guys also talk about commonly held misnomers about this new CBA and how the Lakers have been able to navigate that CBA so far. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Eric Pincus walks you through the Lakers' options as they round out the roster in the final month leading up to the playoffs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony and Eric have a fascinating conversation about the CBA and some of the widely held beliefs that aren't necessarily based in fact. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LOWDOWN: It was a rough night for the Lakers and, while JJ Redick was rightly frustrated with how they played, this one felt like a loss based on who wasn't available and the choices of players who played, too. Anthony offers up an explanation for why Christian Koloko didn't play, even if he disagrees with the logic behind it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony thought JJ Redick's comments about the Lakers' loss to the Nets were insightful, so he played them to open things up. Even granting Redick's premise, it felt like the Lakers were just too small in this game and the margins were too thin to overcome given the other problems the Lakers created for themselves. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Anthony found JJ Redick's postgame presser interesting so he plays it in its entirety. While Redick made fair points about shortcuts, the Lakers were also super short in this game by his choice. That should probably also be pointed out. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony wraps up the show with comments from the live audience, which was wondering about the officiating. It was objectively bad, but the Lakers also let it get to them. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthony offers up the latest on all the Lakers' injuries (which is now far too long a list) and wonders whether the Lakers shifted their focus from the second seed to just getting everyone as healthy as they can before the playoffs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony welcomes Dr. Evans back into The Lounge to talk about the Lakers' lengthening injury reports, starting with LeBron James. Looks like he won't be back for a couple weeks at the soonest. They also talk about Rui Hachimura's knee and Luka Doncic's back. From there, Anthony quickly recaps the loss to the Celtics and some bad habits that caught up to the Lakers. He wraps with some questions from the various mailbags. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Anthony welcomes Dr. Evans back into The Lounge to break down the latest reporting on LeBron's injury status, as well as Rui Hachimura's knee and Luka Doncic's back. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: The Lakers need to use that loss in Boston as a learning opportunity. Anthony breaks that down, then answers questions from the audience. People are wondering when the Lakers will make their final tweaks to the roster. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony and Raj take you through that game blow-by-blow and marvel at the floor Luka Doncic and LeBron James give the Lakers, to where, yes, they struggled for most of the game, but it doesn't matter because they're going to keep them close. They talk about the issues the Knicks gave them, then have discussions about Luka making Nico Harrison looks worse by the game, Draymond Green sound a whole lot like old media and finish with some live audience questions. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: The Lakers won a game they had no business winning and yet, Anthony and Raj had a ton of confidence the longer the fourth went on and the Lakers were within striking distance. That's a pretty crazy thing to say about a team that is so clearly still ironing out some wrinkles. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony and Raj discuss what goes into the amount of confidence they had in the Lakers in this game even when things weren't going well and how the offense can still reach a borderline incomprehensible level. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART THREE: Anthony has some thoughts on Draymond Green's "apology" to Karl-Anthony Towns for making up a story about him avoiding Jimmy Butler when, in reality, Towns missed that game because of a death in his inner circle of friends. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthony offers up the latest on Austin Reaves, Jordan Goodwin and Rui Hachimura, as well as Karl-Anthony Towns of the Knicks ahead of tonight's game. He then gives his thoughts on the matchup, something he'll be doing more of on Lowdowns from here on out. Games are going to get more important so we may as well treat them as such. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony welcomes Jovan back into The Lounge to talk about the Lakers as legitimate championship contenders. Statistically, the Lakers have been more impressive on defense. What's incredible to think about is what they're capable of on offense. They talk about all this, what the last month as been like, the Lakers' injury situations and how the rest of the league feels about the Luka Doncic trade (spoiler: not great). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Anthony and Jovan get a kick out of the fact that they finally get to be optimistic on a sow together because the Lakers are just legit. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony and Jovan discuss LeBron's approach since the Luka trade and how cool it's been to watch him become a super three-and-d wing. They also talk about what has been the key to JJ Redick's success this season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LOWDOWN: Anthony recaps the Lakers' seventh-straight win, marvels at LeBron James and Luka Doncic, laughs at Shake Milton's incredible plus-minus and celebrates other role players who helped make that win happen. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony and Raj marvel at the amount of margin of error the Lakers now get to work with because of Luka Doncic and LeBron James. In this case, the Lakers beat the Pelicans handily without two starters. They recap the game, discuss Jeanie Buss' not-so-great comments about Anthony Davis and the trade and wrap with a few questions from the live audience. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Anthony and Raj recap the Lakers' seventh-straight win but mostly giggling like idiots about what LeBron James and Luka Doncic can do together. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony and Raj enjoy the fact that Luka and LeBron offer such a high floor that the Lakers can basically take case of business almost no matter who is available. Then, they dive into a conversation about Jeanie Buss' unfortunate comments about Anthony Davis and the trade. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART THREE: The guys pick up the conversation about Jeanie Buss' comments and Anthony issues a warning. Don't take too long a victory lap right now, with so much work left to do. They wrap with a couple questions from the live audience. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LOWDOWN: Anthony rolls through the Lakers' injury situations, then explains (with some help from Eric Pincus) how the Lakers actually can sign Jordan Goodwin and Trey Jemison. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony offers updates on Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura ahead of the Lakers' matchup Tuesday against the Pelicans. From there, he dives into the various mailbags to answer as many questions as he could. Listeners wanted to know about the ways teams might be able to defend the Lakers, what the Lakers' options are in terms of converting Jordan Goodwin and Trey Jemison and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Anthony opens with an explainer on the Lakers' injuries, then dives into the mailbag, where listeners are wondering about the team's options with Trey Jemison and Jordan Goodwin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: Anthony breaks down the optimal bracket to get the Lakers to the finals. It's starting to feel like the Lakers might have a date with the Celtics in June... To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LOWDOWN: Anthony recaps the Lakers' latest win over the Clippers, discusses a couple individual performances, and marvels at the fact that the Lakers can still clearly get quite a bit better in short order. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FULL: Anthony rides solo for this one with Raj covering the South Bay Lakers. For the second time in three days, the Lakers beat the Clippers and held them to 102 points. Anthony talks about the game, the defense and all of that stuff but spends some extra time on how happy Luka Doncic is starting to look when asked about being a Laker. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE: Before analyzing the game, Anthony offers up what he thinks is the biggest story coming out of this game. Luka Doncic appears to love being a Laker. Given everything riding on the rest of this season and this summer, that's a HUGE development. From there, he dives into the Lakers' latest big win. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART TWO: The Lakers picked up another great win, this time shorthanded against a Clippers team that REALLY wanted to win this one and it has Anthony feeling a certain way about their chances in the playoffs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthon recaps the Lakers picking up a big win over the Clippers, even if it seems to have cost Austin Reaves. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LOWDOWN: The Lakers are clearly still figuring things out on offense and, in the meantime, are defending about as well as anyone can hope. Anthony discusses the process of winning ugly and watching LeBron James and Austin Reaves continue to carry things as Luka Doncic gets comfortable. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices