Lakers Lounge

On this week's episode of the Anthony Irwin Show, Anthony welcomed Howard Beck of Sports Illustrated to look back on the season that was. Where did it go wrong? Is there anything they would've done differently last offseason? How hilariously wrong was Anthony about the caliber of team the Lakers could've been compared to years past? All that, plus a wider landscape view of the NBA after this grueling season and that time Taj Gibson checked in on Beck because of the giant knee brace he was wearing at the time and how it got there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Now that the Lakers' exit interviews are complete, Anthony Irwin takes you through some quotes from guys who have free agency decisions to make in the coming months. Some guys (Wes Matthews, Dennis Schröder) sound like they really want to be back. Others (Andre Drummond) sounded less stoked. To wrap things up, Anthony discusses the basketball still being played and what the Lakers need to learn from it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla discuss Jason Kidd's claim that he turned down the Blazers coaching job because of Damian Lillard's endorsement. Magic Johnson says Dennis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On today's podcast, Christian and Jacob recap the last few days for the Lakers, from their disappointing loss in Game 6 to their exit interviews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

With a full weekend now between him and the end of the Lakers season, Anthony Irwin gives his take on what will define this team when he looks back on this season. Then, it was a weird weekend for coaching rumors. Anthony tries to recap that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Harrison Faigen and Sabreena Merchant recap last night's loss, then this season in its entirety, as the Lakers organization prepares for the latest most important offseason in recent memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin spends today's episode recapping the Lakers' series-clinching loss to the Phoenix Suns, then turns his attention to this season as a whole. There's plenty of time to look ahead to the offseason, but the focus now should be how things got here in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin spends today's episode of Lakers Lowdown preparing you for this evening's season-defining game six at home against a rolling Phoenix Suns team. Will the Lakers ditch their promises in order to extend their season? Will it matter? Will Anthony Davis even be available? Let's get through this together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this episode, Anthony Irwin and Jas Kang preview Thursday's Game 6 between the Lakers and Suns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 were dominated in game five and now find their backs completely up against the wall. The time to ignore promises is upon us, so it'll be interesting to see how they handle this situation and might even give us some insight into their offseason priorities, as Anthony Irwin explains on today's episode of Lakers Lowdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the Lakers brutal loss to the Suns 115-85. They talk about injuries to Anthony Davis and KCP. And if the Lakers can win tow in a row to win the series and avoid LeBron James first ever 1st round loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Following the long weekend, Anthony Irwin had quite a lot to update everyone on. First and foremost, Anthony brought on the much more intelligent doctor in his family to discuss Anthony Davis' groin strain and whether this might be something he'll just have to deal with moving forward. From there, he discussed a report regarding Andre Drummond that made him a little nervous, but also gave reasons as to why Lakers fans and the Lakers, themselves, are still confident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin welcomed Aaron Larsuel to discuss the current state of the Lakers now that reports are surfacing that Anthony Davis might miss some time with a strained groin. Despite things not exactly looking great, the Lakers still have a ton of confidence in their ability to win this series, so if you're looking for reasons to be optimistic, this is the show for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin recaps a fairly comfortable win from the Lakers despite continuing to struggle borderline hilariously from deep. Should they ever recapture their shooting strokes, the games might become embarrassing. Speaking of embarrassing, Devin Booker and Jae Crowder. That it's. That's the tweet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On this week’s episode of “The Lakers Lounge,” Harrison Faigen and Anthony Irwin first laughed at the fact that they named a show most people are listening to in the morning after a bar. Whoops. From there, they jumped into the chippiness exhibited by both Devin Booker and Jae Crowder late in the Lakers' Game 3 win that led to both their ejections. While neither Harrison or Anthony think they will or should be suspended, they do both believe this is going to have an impact on the next game as the referees assigned will likely go out of their way to control any such stupidity right from the tip. Given Crowder’s (and Chris Paul’s if we’re being honest) proclivity for dirty play, this is probably a good thing, even though it might cost the Lakers a couple fouls early. Once they turned their attention back to the game, they had some fun with how much Andre Drummond seems to love being a Laker, and how he feels like our look into what it would be like if a fan had access to the insane acts of athleticism LeBron James and Anthony Davis are capable of on that kind of regular basis. Listen to all that and more on this latest episode, and have a great weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin recaps the day's stories, which included Jae Crowder throwing shade via Twitter likes, but the closer you look at it, the dumber it gets. From there, he looks ahead to the huge game three between the Lakers and Suns and finds places where the Lakers can build on the success they had in game two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this episode, Sabreena Merchant and Jas Kang preview Game 3 between the Lakers and Suns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin sits back and enjoys one of the better nights in L.A. sports recent history. First, the Celtics lost. Then, the Dodgers beat the Astros, followed shortly by the Lakers beating the Phoenix Suns and the Clippers taking an L to a team they tanked to face. He recaps the game itself and specifically a major adjustment from Frank Vogel. From there, he looks at what this series might look like moving forward. Things are looking pretty good for the Lakers if they want to close this series out as quickly as possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the Lakers 109-102 win vs the Suns that tied the series 1-1. They discuss the differences in AD and LeBron's games compared to game 1. Plus the huge nights from Drummond and Schröder. They also talk about what they want to see the Lakers improve on the rest of the series. And a little trash talk about the Clippers going down 0-2 to the Mavs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On today's episode of Lakers Lowdown, Anthony Irwin reacts to Frank Vogel's responses to questions about the Lakers' rotational decisions, lineup choices, and overall health. The most telling and honesty moment of all came after the questions were even asked, though, as the Lakers are forced to recognize how tough this series might be both on and off the court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On this week's episode of the Anthony Irwin Show, Anthony welcomes Nekias Duncan (BasketballNews.com, "The Dunker Spot" Podcast) to break down what they saw in game one. What was up with Anthony Davis? Where was Marc Gasol? Is LeBron James healthy? All that plus why Lakers fans should still feel confident with this team in this series and Nekias' most embarrassing sports moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin recaps a frustrating loss to the Phoenix Suns in game one of the first round series, and while much of the focus might be on who plays next to Anthony Davis, if he plays like that for the rest of the series, we might be heading to the offseason a lot sooner than originally planned. Irwin discusses those two points, as well as how they might've taken your attention away from how slow LeBron James looked. There is reason for optimism, though, so he ends the show with that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On this week's episode of "Can U Dig It?", Christian and Jacob recap the Lakers' 99-90 loss to the Suns in the Game 1 of their playoff series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin gets you ready for your last day of work by ... laughing at the Jazz. Before that, he discusses Anthony Davis' comments on the Lakers matching up with other teams and not the other way around, LeBron James almost losing an eye and the reaction to it, and the Lakers getting shut out on individual awards nominees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In the debut episode of "Lakers Lounge," Anthony Irwin and Harrison Faigen discuss, you guessed it, Lakers centers. Before they get to that, though, they discuss the play-in game as currently constructed and how the NBA is counting those games. They wrap the show up by previewing the series against the Phoenix Suns, a matchup both Irwin and Faigen are pretty confident about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin recaps last night's incredible play-in game between the Lakers and Warriors. The first and second halves were night and day for very clear and obvious reasons just about everyone could've foreseen. He explains why the adjustments played out the way they did and wonders how long they're going to keep banging their head up against that wall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this episode, Sabreena Merchant and Jas break down the Lakers' big win over the Warriors, plus they give their early thoughts on how the Lakers matchup against the Phoenix Suns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin gets you ready for the biggest day of this Lakers season thus far by updating you on Anthony Davis' willingness to play center. He's saying all the right things, so it might just be a matter of how quickly they go to it. Frank Vogel also added to the good news of the day by informing everyone that LeBron James has looked good and is ready for this play-in matchup. Irwin also had a couple notes from last night's play-in games and especially one trend that would really help the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla preview the Lakers play in game vs the Golden State Warriors. Plus they are joined by Brady Klopfer from GoldenStateofMind.com to dive deeper into the Warriors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Irwin debuts "Lakers Lowdown" by explaining what this show entails as well as everything else to expect from this podcast feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this debut episode of The Anthony Irwin show, Anthony welcomed Jorge Sedano of ESPN to try to recap the slog that this season has been and get you ready for the postseason and then Sam Esfandiari joined to preview the Lakers-Warriors play-in game that might cause NBA Twitter World War III. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On today's podcast, Christian and Jacob discuss the road ahead for the Lakers, which will start with a play-in game against the Warriors on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On today's podcast, Christian and Jacob talk about where the Lakers are with two games left in the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this episode, Sabreena Merchant and Jas Kang discuss the Lakers' win over the Rockets, the Western Conference play-in race and breakdown the Western Conference playoff teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talka bout the Lakers 101-99 victory over the Knicks. Plus they discuss how Anthony Davis seems to be getting back to normal, THT rollercoaster of a game, Andre Drummond's monster performance and the latest on all the Lakers injury. And they also give their predictions on where the Lakers will finish the season in the playoff standings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

LeBron James is set to return soon, possibly as soon as Tuesday, according to the latest reports. When framed in conjunction with the Lakers destroying the Phoenix Suns — their potential first-round playoff opponent — without him on Sunday, things appear to be looking up for the purple and gold, even if it looks increasingly likely that they’re headed for the play-in tournament. The team itself has continuously maintained that they don’t want to end up in the potential double-elimination scenario, but it also could result in an easier side of the playoff bracket, if the Lakers take care of business. On today’s episode of “Lakers, Explained” — a podcast by Silver Screen and Roll — co-hosts Harrison Faigen and Anthony Irwin dove into the format, and why it could be a double-edged sword for Los Angeles. Then, after discussing all that, Harrison and Anthony wrapped the show by briefly discussing LeBron's return, and listing the names they most want to see interviewed for the upcoming Hulu docuseries about the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On today's postgame show, Christian and Jacob talk about Anthony Davis' dominant performance against the Suns and what it could mean for a potential playoff series between the two teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 shorthanded Los Angeles Lakers fell against the LA Clippers on Thursday night as they continue to barely hold on to their spot in the standings, and on the latest episode of the Silver Screen and Roll postgame show, hosts Anthony Irwin and Harrison Faigen broke down the blowout loss, and what their biggest takeaways are from such a resounding defeat. While the Lakers may not have been at full strength for this one, there still may be some things to think about following this matchup, maybe most of all that it might be seriously time to worry if this team has enough time to get healthy. Then, with the Lakers as close to a play-in game as they’ve been all season, Harrison and Anthony discussed which possible play-in opponent they’d see as the biggest threat to the purple and gold if they do end up in the potential elimination games. Because if they lose against the Trail Blazers in Portland on Friday, that’s where they’re headed. Finally, Harrison and Anthony wrapped up the show with a headwear-related attempt to try and break the curse that’s been following the Lakers all year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this episode, Anthony and Jas kick things off by discussing the news that LeBron James will be out for at least the next two games while he deals with some ankle soreness. The Lakers are hanging on to the sixth-seed by a thread, but is it more important to avoid the play-in tournament? or get into the postseason as healthy as can be? With the unprecedented changes to the schedule this season, could the Lakers actually benefit from LeBron and Anthony Davis missing so much time? Anthony and Jas share their thoughts on those questions and talk about why the Lakers are still in a great position going into the playoffs. Following the break, the guys get into which of the play-in teams poses the biggest threat for the Lakers if they wind up finishing as the No. 7 seed. After that, Anthony and Jas discuss head coach Frank Vogel's dilemma on what to do at center and why Marc Gasol might be the best option playing the 5 next to Davis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 finally put together an energetic performance against the Nuggets Monday, but one lively effort wasn't enough for Sabreena and Anthony to forget the malaise that the team has been in for much of the regular season. The two hosts discuss how the team's approach to these 72 games has differed so significantly from last year's, and why it's hard to care about this group when they don't seem to care about the games either. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the Lakers snapping their 3 game losing streak by beating the Nuggets 93-89. They also discuss how good Marc Gasol performed, Anthony Davis starting to look like his normal self and how the Lakers playing with energy can make them win games. Plus a look ahead at the brutal stretch of games coming up for L.A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Jacob and Christian record LIVE from the panic room on today's episode of "Can U Dig It?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this episode, Jas Kang and Christian Rivas discuss LeBron James' impending return, Frank Vogel's options with the rotations and which Western Conference team the Lakers want to avoid in the playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Sabreena is joined by Ben Golliver of The Washington Post to discuss his new book Bubbleball, which chronicles the NBA bubble of 2020. Ben shares some of his favorite stories from the bubble, including some brand-new details about the Lakers in the lead-up to their 17th championship that could only come from being in the building. They also get into some comparisons between this year's Lakers and last year's team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Andre Drummond has played 10 games so far with the Los Angeles Lakers since joining them as a midseason buyout free agent. And with just 11 games to go in the regular season, the team has now seen just about half of the sample size they’re going to get on “The Big Penguin” before the playoffs begin, so it’s probably about time for us to discuss what we’ve seen so far, and what we feel like we (and the Lakers) can expect from Drummond in the postseason at this point. To do that, I could think of no one better to join me than Sopan Deb of the New York Times, also known as “the man who once argued on Twitter that Drummond will be a Hall of Famer one day.” After briefly discussing that whole episode, we dove in to Drummond’s play with the Lakers so far, and tried to make the cases both for and against him as a meaningful playoff contributor, as well as talking about how we see this addition going for the Lakers. Finally, to wrap up the show, we debated if we’re all giving this too much thought, and if the addition of Drummond will actually matter all that much one way or the other when the postseason rolls around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the Lakers 114-103 victory over the Orlando Magic. They also discuss how Anthony Davis has played since his return, Montrezl Harrell & Dennis Schröder's huge game and the latest injury to Alex Caruso. Plus will the Lakers be able to hang on until LeBron James returns? The guys think they have winnable games on their upcoming schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On today's episode, the "Can U Dig It?" crew is joined by seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

On a special crossover episode, Harrison Faigen was joined by Kirk Henderson of our sister site, Mavs Moneyball, to discuss the Lakers' loss to the Mavericks, and why they think these two teams' battle for seeding down the stretch will be especially compelling. Saturday's game could be must-win for both sides, even as Andre Drummond and Anthony Davis still are getting used to playing together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

In this episode, Anthony and Jas kick things off by discussing the big news that Anthony Davis will return for the game against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. AD has been out for 29 games, and head coach Frank Vogel says Davis will be on a 15-minute restriction on a game-to-game basis once he returns. The guys break down what this means for the Lakers rotation and how it impacts Andre Drummond and Marc Gasol. Then, Anthony and Jas share their thoughts on Davis and Drummond will co-exist on the court and how Vogel will distribute the minutes at center during the postseason. Following that, the guys get into why it's concerning that LeBron James is reportedly weeks away from returning. With only a little more than three weeks left until the end of the regular season, how will the long layoff affect LeBron's conditioning? To wrap things up, Anthony and Jas look at the playoff picture and give their thoughts on where they hope the Lakers finish in the Western Conference standings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the possible return of Anthony Davis on Thursday vs the Mavericks. They also discuss how his return could impact other players on the team. Plus they ask if the Western Conference is more difficult this season compared to last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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