Lakers Lounge

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

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

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....

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 ha...

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

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...

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, c...

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 see...

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 podcastchoi...

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

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

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...

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...

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 you...

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

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. Lea...

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...

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

On today's postgame show, Christian and Anthony recap the Lakers' loss to the Jazz and talk about Andre Drummond's role in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christian and Jacob discuss the likelihood of the Lakers falling into a play-in spot on this week's episode of "Can U Dig It?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lakers returned home (to fans!) from their seven-game road trip and unfortunately lost to the Boston Celtics despite the best efforts of Talen Horton-Tucker, Marc Gasol, and the deep bench in the fourth quarter. Sabreena and Christian delight in the exploits of those Lakers while placing the loss in some broader context about the team's place in the standings and their general fatigue factor....

In this episode, Anthony and Jas kick things off by discussing Andre Drummond's offensive struggles and if it is a sign of things to come.. The guys then get into why Drummond has to alter his game when LeBron James and Antony Davis return to the lineup. Anthony and Jas then talk about why having Drummond and Gasol on the roster is a good problem to have for the coaching staff. Following that, Ant...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla recap the Lakers win over the Hornets that wrapped their 7 game road trip. They also talk about how the team has played since both LeBron and AD have been out. Plus why is Marc Gasol not playing? And the Lakers welcoming back fans to Staples on Thursday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After briefly arguing about Andre Drummond's value to the Lakers (0:00-18:40), hosts Harrison Faigen and Anthony Irwin threw to a more interesting conversation they recorded earlier in the day with South Bay Lakers head coach and former Laker Coby Karl (19:09-58:42), who is hosting a new podcast called “The Curious Leader with Coby Karl,” featuring guests like legendary Lakers coach Phil Jackson,...

On today's episode of "Can U Dig It?" Christian and Jacob discuss the Lakers' win over the Nets and where they stand with LeBron and AD still weeks away from returning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices