Lakers Lounge

You know what? Let's all enjoy whooping on the Warriors. Let's enjoy a throwback LeBron performance. Let's wonder what the hell was going on as people wanted to fire JJ the last couple days. Then, let's celebrate point Luke and then answer some questions. Cool? Cool.

We know this situation sucks and that this season isn't ending how we'd like, but in these moments where we get to watch LeBron dominate the Warriors, there's value in just taking it in.

Luke Kennard has shown a lot more creative chops than anyone (including the teams that traded him) thought he had and Anthony thinks there something to this moving forward. He wraps with questions from the live audience.

We can pretend the Lakers' season isn't over if we want but it honestly doesn't do anyone any good. So, Anthony and Harrison have a meandering conversation to try to bring some light and levity to the situation.

This episode starts in a place literally no one could possibly predict. It goes places that would surprise even the people who may have guessed the starting point correctly.

Anthony and Harrison continue their wide-ranging conversation about where things stand with the Lakers by poking fun at the Rockets, Kevin Durant and Doc Rivers. They wrap with questions from the live audience.

The Lakers got blown out. Things aren't exactly turning in the right direction. The season is mercifully coming to a close. All of this sucks. Eat Arby's.

That game went as we all thought it would and it just really sucks to arrive here.

It's become pretty obvious where this season is heading, so listeners are turning their attention to the offseason.

Anthony and Raj walk you through how they've felt all weekend and only one word comes to mind: This all felt cruel. They compare it to another brutal moment in Lakers history, break down the game against Dallas and discuss where things stand from here on out.

The Lakers are heading into the postseason without two of their best players. The tendency in times like these is to try to find people to blame. Anthony and Raj explain why that's a waste of time.

Anthony and Raj discuss the Lakers' lack of production from two-way spots this year and how JJ Redick needs to address a couple blindspots as he continues to learn on the job.

Anthony and Raj try to figure out a way to productively talk about the most disappointing and, frankly, disastrous outcome of the season.

The Lakers were steamrolled by the Thunder. The guys try to figure out what they just watched.

March was incredible. It was fun. It showed real promise. April............ not so much. So, for the whatever-how-many-th time, who are the Lakers? Is this a core they can really build around?

Anthony and Raj discuss whether the month the Lakers came off of before getting boatraced by the Thunder was real. Raj uses an ages-old cliche that Anthony find super duper dark. They wrap with questions from the live audience.

Anthony and Harrison dive into the online debates about MVP and how they can be impacted by voter/analyst biases. From there, they outline what has to happen for Luka to win the award. Both guys have also seen all the speculation about LeBron's future and they both think the answer to all that is pretty simple. They wrap with some questions from the live audience.

It's no longer enough to say a fan wants their guy to win MVP. Now, it's become crucial that every other candidate also sucks. The guys discuss this through the lens of how people are talking about Luka Doncic.

Anthony and Harrison wrap up the Luka MVP discussion and then wind up on the same page about what LeBron's options are after this season. Neither Anthony nor Harrison see a better option than just return to the Lakers after this season.

The Lakers have everything going for them right now which means it's time for Rob Pelinka to start making appearances again wearing jackets with way too many zippers.

Cleveland presented another test that this Lakers team has been passing with flying colors recently. Last night's game was no different. Anthony breaks down the game, what it meant, some individual performances and then answers questions from the live audience.

Luka was spectacular. Again. At some point, hopefully, people will stop focusing as much on the things he doesn't do to their expectations and spend a little more energy on the incredible things he does on the court.

Luka obviously led the way but the Lakers got some pretty great performances from their role players. Anthony gives them some shine.

Even before last night's blowout win over one of the teams LeBron James has been linked to, Anthony thought the chances that he'd be back with the Lakers next year were increasing. After that win? Sure feels like that's how things should end up.