Lakers Lounge

Anthony recaps a loss that felt right there for the taking, then wishes the Lakers had a starting caliber center. He gives an Alex Caruso history lesson, then answers some 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

Anthony walks away from that game feeling ok about the Lakers-Thunder matchup. He explains why, and how the Lakers need to further those advantages just in case these two teams meet 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

While Anthony was recapping the game, so was LeBron James. He (LeBron) was asked about the difference between where the Lakers are now and where the OKC Thunder are and he gave an answer that Anthony agreed with, with a couple notes; 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

That Lakers win over the Warriors was fun. Luka Kennard fits like a glove. Then the Lakers added another guard for some reason. Rob Pelinka gave a presser that drove Anthony to madness. Then, Anthony answers 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

Anthony recaps that fun game from Saturday night, then explains why he didn't love the how the Lakers chose to fill their final roster spot. 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

Rob Pelinka spoke to a select few reporters following the trade deadline and let's just saw Anthony wasn't very impressed. 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 and Harrison have a game to recap, a Luka injury to discuss, Austin's reminder to everyone to enjoy, a deadline to break down, Giannis nonsense to laugh at and everything in-between. Strap in. This is a good one. 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 and Harrison recap an actually important Lakers win. They discuss a Luka injury's impact, Austin's shotmaking and Maxi Kleber's Laker moment. 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 is officially out on Giannis Antetokounmpo as a Lakers target. He explains why to Harrison, who may or may not share that stance. 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 and Harrison discuss the path forward for the Lakers and how concerned they are about Lakers leadership from here on out. This also detoured into a conversation about Luka's conditioning but they steer it back to the parts of the franchise they're actually worried about. He's not one of those things. 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

The Lakers made a move. Giannis didn't. Anthony breaks it all down and looks ahead to what's still to come. 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 rolls through a few scenarios in which the Lakers would either facilitate or benefit from a Giannis trade. (Right as he was editing and posting this episode, the Kuminga trade happened, which changes everything, but still). Then, he dives into a Q&A with an audience that is running out of patience with Rob Pelinka. 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

NOTE: This was recorded before future hall of famer Jonathan Kuminga was traded for Kristaps Porzingis. If Giannis is moved before the deadline, it almost certainly has to be in a three-team trade. If that's how things go, the Lakers have place some calls on how to benefit from such a deal. Anthony rolls through some scenarios to outline what that might look like. 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

Fans have made it known they're nervous the Luka Doncic era will go the same way as the end of the LeBron James/Anthony Davis era. Anthony understands the concern and even shares some of it, but offers up some differences to hopefully make you feel better. 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 and Raj start the show by discussing the Lakers' win over the Nets, which featured the return of one Austin Reaves. Boy, missed him. JJ Redick may have kinda/sorta tipped his hand on how he's leaning on the starting group, so they debate that potential decision. Then Yossi Gozlan (Third Apron) joins the show to help break down some moves across the league, the Lakers' deadline plan and their cap-space-driven hopes. 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 and Raj break down that win over the lowly Nets and the immediate impact Austin Reaves brought in his return. Everyone seemed a little extra spry, no? The guys talk about the lineup to start the second half, JJ Redick playing coy and start to discuss some of the moves around the league over the last 24 hours or so. 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 and Raj welcome Yossi Gozlan into The Lounge to discuss the moves made earlier in the day and explain their impact on the Lakers. They also start to touch on the Lakers' cap space plan and how confident they are in 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

We keep hearing about this grand plan with cap space, so Anthony asks a cap guru what it actually entails, and what the Lakers' best option might be in they can't execute Plan A. What would a Giannis trade even look like for the Lakers? Anthony explains what his biggest fear on this front is, then they wrap with a couple 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

At one point in this show, Anthony recalls a Chris Haynes tweet that could be copied and pasted from a couple years ago. So, yeah, Lakers fans are (rightly) sick of this movie. 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

It's been years of this same approach to team building and all Rob Pelinka has done is waste prime years of some of the league's bigger stars. Lakers fans have had enough, and we get 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

If the plan is indeed to kick this can down the road and hope for Giannis, then it's time to actually commit to that plan and acquire something for Rui rather than let him walk for nothing. 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 continues to make the case for Portland to rescue everyone from the Giannis story extending into the summer. 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

It's been a while since Anthony and Raj spoke. These episodes are some of their best. This one hits on A LOT. 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 and Raj recap an annoying loss to the Knicks, then discuss Austin Reaves' injury status and the ambiguity surrounding it. Anthony makes a joke that made Raj try to jump off screen. 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

If you've been paying attention, the Lakers have kinda/sorta told you what they're likely to do over the next few days. What you be comfortable with a quiet trade deadline if it means a chance at Giannis this summer? 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 rifts on the Warriors' proposed package for Giannis and pokes holes in each asset. Then, the guys dive into the questions from the live audience, including about the zone the Lakers run and why neither Raj or Anthony love it all that much -- as well as a few others. 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 opens The Lounge on a Friday afternoon for a good friend of his: Justin Rowan of "The Chase Down Podcast." The guys talk about the game the other night, the potential Rui Hachimura-De'Andre Hunter swap, the Cavs' season and the impact it has on their trade priorities and LeBron James' future. 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 situation as he sees it regarding these De'Andre Hunter-Rui Hachimura rumors. This would be a pretty underwhelming return for Rui, so Anthony explains why this isn't what the final deal will look like. He discusses the entirety of the trade market and then answers 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

Anthony and Harrison have A TON to catch up on. They start with Anthony reporting on Austin Reaves, who is on trach to hopefully play Friday in DC. They discuss who they think should be the fifth starter and what the rotation could look like from there. They touch on LeBron's future and the choice he's basically forced into. De'Andre Hunter's name is coming up too often not to discuss him, so they do that, as well as the rest of the deadline. They wrap with some 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

Anthony's sources told him earlier yesterday that Austin was on track to return to action today. Then, the Lakers' injury report listed Austin as questionable, an upgrade from before. Things are heading in the right direction, so Anthony and Harrison discuss what they'd like to see from Austin, Luka and LeBron. 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 and Harrison debate JJ Redick's choices for fifth starter between Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia. Again. 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

The guys discuss the scene in Cleveland, where LeBron was visibly moved by a thank-you video. Does it mean anything? Then, Anthony has heard De'Andre Hunter's name far too often not to discuss the possibilities and how his game would fit. They wrap by answering 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

What a weird night. 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

The Lakers folded in spectacular fashion on a night where both their available stars had weird games for different reasons. 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

Presented an opportunity to grift to his heart's extent, Anthony gives about as boring an answer has he possibly can. For journalism. 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

As implied by the title of the pod, it's a loaded one that wanders everywhere from injury details, to the ethics of reporting, to the desire to retell history and the problems caused by that, to parenthood and everywhere in-betwee. 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 noticed along with everyone how Shams tweeted that Austin was making his return today only to delete that tweet and never issue any kind of correction. Journalism! Anthony offers up what he's heard about the situation and then dives into some of the choices Austin's return leads to. 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 laughs at a report that Bronny James wasn't drafted at LeBron's request and uses it to talk about how the media does a disservice to everyone. From there, he dives into the chat to answer a couple questions about the trade deadline. Get ready for some Nic Claxton talk. 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 weird but mostly fun Lakers win over the Bulls. Luka was incredible. Ayton was the opposite of that. Rui has been really bleepin good since he went to the bench. Austin might be back soon and the offense is clicking in a way that he can only help. Listeners still want to know about incoming trades. 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 explains what he loved about Luka's game last night, what he's sick of watching from Ayton and why he's so impressed by Rui. 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

After recapping the game and talking about the recent developments surrounding the Lakers, Anthony opens things up to the rest of the live audience, who is still pretty focused on the trade deadline, which is still a little more than a week away. 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

Fun episode today. Anthony's buddy was invited to the Lakers-Mavs game Saturday by Luka Doncic (really), so he talks about that experience and where both teams stand a year or so after the trade. Then, Anthony dives into the mailbag and live chat for some great topics. 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

The Lakers and Mavs played in Dallas over the weekend and Luka Doncic hosted a select few fans and content creators for the game in a suite. One such fan was Anthony's buddy, Kirk (Pod Maverick). So the guys talk about that experience, the game itself, Luka shunning Jason Kidd 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

Listeners are still laser focused on the trade deadline, where they're hoping the Lakers will address some of the glaring holes on the roster. Anthony explains why the entire market is held up and why he wishes the Lakers would zag while the rest of the league zigs. 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 and Pete catch up following an interesting couple of weeks. They discuss this ESPN story about the Buss family and Jeanie's relationship with LeBron James. They react to James' quotes from last night about all this. Then, in terms of actual basketball, they discuss the team going bigger with the help of Drew Timme and the tweaks they'd like to see from this trade deadline. 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 and Pete discuss the reporting from ESPN about the Buss siblings and Jeanie's relationship with LeBron James. They also discuss James' response from last night to said reporting. This launches a conversation about sports media that this whole ordeal gave us some insight into. 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 and Pete turn their attention to the basketball the Lakers have been playing lately. They both loves what he's seen from Drew Timme and hopes the Lakers lean fully into this bigger/stronger identity he's been a part of when Austin Reaves comes back. Seeing as this is the last time they will talk before the trade deadline, they preview that as well. 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

The Lakers lost to the Clippers. They climbed back and gave themselves chances, but that was annoying. Anthony recaps the game, answers some questions and calls it a night. Because that was annoying. 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 this game, gives his thoughts on the Lakers' zone and Gabe Vincent continuing to get minutes despite not really helping in any particular way and everything else from a weird night at the Aspiration Dome. 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

A listener showed their concern about Luka Doncic continuing to shoot as many threes as he does at such a poor rate, so Anthony explains why this is such a tough subject to navigate. 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