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Anthony Irwin takes a daily look at the Los Angeles Lakers in his own unique way, with the help of any number of guests from throughout NBA coverage, and beyond.
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Anthony recaps a fun, confident win against the Bulls that featured a whole bunch of Luka Doncic, LeBron James returning, Deandre Ayton playing well again and Austin cementing himself as option number two.
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JJ Redick called attention to the way Luka Doncic has been talked about for most of this season and, honestly, he makes a good point. Anthony builds on that point and celebrates everything Doncic did in that win. He also discusses LeBron's performance as he finds a way to fit into this new Lakers hierarchy.
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Anthony gives props to Deandre Ayton's continued solid play, which has become all the more crucial with Jaxson Hayes potentially sidelined a bit. Then, he wraps by answering questions from the live youtube chat.
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Anthony has seen all the takes about Bam Adebayo's big night and is sick of NBA Twitter telling Lakers fans how they should feel about everything, especially as that pertains to Kobe Bryant. He follows that up by discussing Deandre Ayton's interesting presser after last night's game, then he dives into the mailbag and live Q&A.
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Anthony shares his final thoughts on Bam Adebayo passing Kobe Bryant the other night and the response to it. Essentially, NBA Twitter needs to stop telling Lakers fans how to feel about stuff. It's an ugly habit.
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A listener asked about all the players who have walked the hallways of Lakers facilities and eventually walked for nothing. The list is painfully long. Anthony explains what's gone into that unfortunate trend, then explains why he'd rather the Lakers trade the pick they can use this summer as the Lakers organization is currently constructed.
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After the Lakers beat the Knicks, Anthony offered what he thought the lesson from that win was, in terms of how the Lakers need to play moving forward. Now, another huge win later playing a similar style, that lesson from the other day is getting pretty loud. He and Harrison enjoy the win, discuss this identity moving forward and then try not to sound too salty about Bam Adebayo's night. They wrap with questions from the live audience.
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Anthony and Harrison recap that great win over the Wolves and start the conversation on how the Lakers can build on this moving forward (preferably with LeBron James).
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The Lakers have found the identity they need to roll with moving forward. They've done so while LeBron James hasn't been playing. Whenever he comes back, they'll need him to adopt that approach or else they have no chance. Can fans realistically hope to see that happen?
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The midrange game opens everything up for Austin. It's becoming that simple. Anthony and Harrison discuss that, then quickly talk about why Bam's night was more annoying than anything and wrap with questions from the live audience.
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Anthony and Raj heard all the noise over the last 24 hours about the Lakers potentially not needing LeBron James and they just don't get it. They discuss Anthony's solution, why the Lakers can't afford to just cast off one of their top-three players, stan culture and more.
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For basically two straight decades, LeBron could pace himself and still be/fit better than any teammate who'd play instead. That isn't necessarily the case any longer.
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Anthony thinks LeBron should play a fewer minutes so that he can play harder while he's out there. Raj explains why he doesn't think it'd make a difference. What do you think?
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Anthony isn't exactly Mr. Positive all the time but he isn't often pretty surprised by the way the Lakers are talked about compared to their competition, both nationally and within their own fan base.
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The Lakers finally passed on of their tests. It happened. We all got to watch it. Also, they did so without LeBron James. So what do we make of that? Anthony breaks it down, his favorite performances from the game and the lessons the Lakers need to learn so they can add LeBron to this identity rather than take a step back whenever he returns.
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The Lakers competed against the Nuggets, which was a step in the right direction. They followed that up by beating the crap out of the Knicks, which sure felt great.
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Anthony pushes back on the take he knows is coming, that somehow a basketball team could possibly be worse off by having LeBron James available. That said, the Lakers might need less of LeBron to get more from him.
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Anthony and Pete discuss this offseason and what the Lakers' main focus should be. Anthony says centers. Pete says wings. The guys debate and land somewhere in the middle. Anthony has noticed a shift in the offensive usage, where LeBron is more involved than he thought. He asks Pete about this, and whether he thinks that's a good idea. They discuss the Lakers' incessant whining to referees and wrap with a Q&A.
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Anthony is of the mindset that the Lakers need to upgrade their center spot in a big way this summer. He explains why and how he'd go about doing that. Pete gives his take on whether centers or wings should be the Lakers' focus. They arrive at the a conclusion somewhere in the middle. #Optionality
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The Lakers have a huge offseason ahead of them and it's almost certainly going to feature Austin Reaves heavily. But, depending on where he'll fit in the offense, the Lakers will have to adjust their needs. So, the guys discuss Austin compared to other second options around the league. They wrap with a Q&A with the audience.
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I enjoyed this episode. I usually enjoy AI episodes but this one was interesting.
Rivas is one of the worst Lakers podcasters out there! Condescending prick!
where are the uploads
OMG! Rivas is AWFUL! Lakers are 6th in the West? Dude, you don't know hoops!
wow I wasn't aware he could leave next year. you guys better hope that doesnt happen. I'd have required at least a 2 year commitment sheesh.
More BS pessimism! So sick of it!
Grant Goldberg with the worst takes! What a moron!
she doesn't help the case for women in mens sports very much by ending every sentence with a question mark raise of the voice.
oh my God why does this girls voice raise at the end of every sentence as if shes asking a question out of every sentence? what's wrong with her? it's got to be one of the most annoying voices ice ever heard.
I hate that porker Irwin! POS!