Lakers Lounge

The guys discuss the Lakers' cap space plan featuring the loss of useful players for nothing and how it left the front office with very little margin for error. Also, Anthony tells a story from elementary school where some kid kept eating paper.

The Lakers find themselves bereft of trade assets because, once again, they let rotation players walk to teams happy to have them for nothing. Anthony and Harrison discuss this practice and the tough spot it's put the team.

Anthony has a couple more thoughts on Rui and Kuminga as that debate continues. He also noted a fun rumor over the weekend about Bronny that he thinks will help the Lakers fill their pantry. Then, he dives into a Q&A with the live audience.

The Lakers want to add the power forward we know they need. Who should it be?

Anthony keeps looking at the Lakers as a basketball fit for LeBron James, especially compared to Golden State, Miami or even Cleveland and gets sad because it makes so much sense but won't happen.

Anthony and Pete break down the Ayton trade, then dive into a conversation about the offseason so far. Anthony offers his foundational issues with how Rob Pelinka sees the sport, and he and Pete discuss whether the way Pelinka seems to see things can lead to a championship. The conversation wanders around a bit, then the guys wrap with a Q&A session with the live audience.

Right before the guys went live, we got some breaking news. Deandre Ayton is the center Anthony Davis has been asking Rob Pelinka for, for years.

The age-old cliche is that good offense beats good defense. Anthony pushes back just a bit, but that becomes another aspect of his and Pete debate about the roster makeup and the direction Rob Pelinka, JJ Redick and Luka Doncic clearly see the sport.

Listeners had several questions for the guys after their debate about the offseason so far. Anthony would feel a lot better about this roster if LeBron was somehow still on it. Could it ever have worked out that way?

As we await the Lakers' efforts to land a starting power forward, Anthony runs through this roster against last year's. He then debates Rui vs. Kuminga and explains why the debate is going on internally for the Lakers. He then dives into an incredibly active live chat after spending some time laughing at the Celtics.

Anthony discusses this roster as it is now and tries to figure out whether it's better or worse than last year's. Then, because the Lakers are still working on a position of glaring need, he debates Rui Hachimura or Jonathan Kuminga in a way only he would.

The Celtics screwed up. They just did. It shouldn't be hard to say it, and yet here we are. Anthony credits Bill Simmons of all people for actually knocking the Celtics for a very stupid series of events.

A listener asked about including some young talent to make whatever trades the Lakers still need happen. Anthony explained why doing so wouldn't make sense for the Lakers right now.

A LOT happened earlier today. The guys react to all of it, explain why they aren't thrilled about this summer haul, offer up some positives and remember the LeBron James era. Then, they dive into a Q&A with the live audience.

Both Anthony and Harrison wish they liked this Lakers offseason a lot more than they do. They explain their trepidation and why this all feels very desperate from Rob Pelinka.

After a half hour or so ripping the moves the Lakers made in part 1, the guys find some positives to latch onto.

With LeBron James officially no longer a Laker, Anthony and Harrison look back on the last eight years of LABron. Then, they dive into questions from the live audience -- including one about Jonathan Kuminga.

Anthony reacts to the news that LeBron James will continue his playing career, just not with the Lakers. He offers up the timeline as he knows it, gets you ready for the leak-off between the Lakers and Klutch that's already started, and outlines the Lakers' options from here. Pressure's on, Rob.

The reports and whispers about the Lakers' offseason so far aren't what Anthony would like them to be and he's getting nervous. Real nervous.

Anthony isn't exactly over the moon about the stuff he's hearing about the Lakers' offseason so far. He offers up what he knows about the LeBron-Warriors noise, then echoes the reports of Marcus Smart heading to Houston.

During a Q&A with the live audience, Anthony explains how the Lakers' pursuit of the A-list center Luka Doncic wants is affecting their level of communication with LeBron James.

Anthony is right there with you in wondering what the Lakers might be up to, following a quiet first week of the offsseason. He starts the show with a fun James Worthy story then dives into how the summer has kicked off.

The Lakers had a quiet weekend so Anthony starts with a story, then he dives into a rumor he doesn't quite buy into.

Look across the league at the real contenders. A commonality: Clean books. Anthony discusses why a top priority for this summer is cleaning up the books with more productivity than the Lakers are getting from Vando, Knecht and others.

Anthony said he was going to record a nice, quick chat seeing as it's a Saturday but the live audience wasn't having it. Between today's topics and the Q&A, it was an absolutely packed episode.