Lakers Lounge

In this episode, Christian Rivas and Jas Kang recap the Lakers' close-loss to the Miami Heat, discuss Andrew Drummond's return and go over when the Lakers will unveil their 2019-20 NBA championship banner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sabreena and Christian dive into the ever-spinning roulette wheel that is the Lakers center position, starting with the news -- courtesy of Kyle Kuzma -- that Marc Gasol considered accepting a buyout from the team. Thankfully, Gasol did not follow through on that impulse, but Sabreena and Christian discuss how the Lakers got to this point via the signing of Andre Drummond. The two of them discuss...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the Lakers first win over the Raptors since 2014. Plus what the the addition of Ben McLemore could do for the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Has this latest stretch changed how comfortable the Lakers should feel offering Dennis Schröder a max extension? On the latest episode of "Lakers, Explained," co-hosts Harrison Faigen discussed that, if this brutal slump the Lakers have been in affects their opinion of Schröder's value -- or the value of any other members of the team -- as well as Paul Pierce getting fired from ESPN and Andre Drum...

In this episode, Sabreena and Jas kick things off by discussing Woj's report that some NBA executives want changes made to how the league's buyout market works. Do teams like the Lakers and Clippers have an unfair advantage? Sabreena and Jas share their thoughts on why Adam Silver shouldn't make any changes to the current system. Following that, they get into Frank Vogel's plan to play Marc Gasol...

On today's postgame show, Christian and Anthony discuss Andre Drummond's debut for the Lakers, which ended with a toe injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Padilla and Alex Padilla and Alex Regla are joined by SI Senior Writer Chris Herring, who broke down the signing of Andre Drummond and what Laker fans can expect from the 27 year old Center. Plus Dennis Schröder turns down $84 M extension from the Lakers. And is Marc Gasol about to be bought out? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No, but that didn't stop some people from acting like it! On today's podcast, Harrison and Anthony reacted to Andre Drummond saying all the right things at his introductory press conference, and then after the break, they discussed why all the anger about good teams signing buyout guys is a little misplaced and/or misguided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode of "Can U Dig It?", Christian and Jacob talk about the Lakers' acquisition of Andre Drummond and how the areas they think he can help the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lakers played the Sixers Thursday and made the game more competitive than would have been expected, but after a brief Danny Green interlude, Sabreena and Christian are more interested in talking about the passage of the NBA trade deadline, and the team's general activity. They talk through the potential Kyle Lowry trade that wasn't and the Lakers' valuation of Talen Horton-Tucker. They then mo...

In this episode, Anthony and Jas discuss what the Lakers could do at the deadline, the Kyle Lowry rumors and where the Lakers will be in the standings when LeBron James and Anthony Davis return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the Lakers 128-111 loss to the Pelicans. They discuss possible trades before Thursday's deadline. How long LeBron James will be out? If Andre Drummond will be a Laker. And how the Lakers can win games if they don't make moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s episode of “Lakers, Explained,” co-hosts Harrison Faigen and Christian Rivas dove into the latest trade rumors surrounding the Lakers. Would the team really move Montrezl Harrell? What guard might they be looking at, and who could they trade? Will any deals get done?  Christian and Harrison got into all that and more before wrapping up the show by remembering the late Elgin Baylor, a le...

Following LeBron James' injury on Saturday afternoon, the Los Angeles Lakers began life without their top two stars on Sunday night on the road against the Phoenix Suns. While the undermanned Lakers fought to the finish, the Suns came away with a double-digit win in what was likely a precursor for the weeks to come for L.A. Having taken the rough weekend for fans, Anthony and Jacob sit down to dis...

The Lakers beat the Hornets Thursday, and LeBron James seized the moment to make a statement for his MVP candidacy. Sabreena and Christian talk about why this particular game seemingly meant so much to LeBron and try to come up with words to describe his performance, specifically defensively as he closed the game at center. They then spend some time on LeBron's MVP case before addressing the conti...

In this episode, Jas is joined by Brian and Andy Kamentzky to talk all things Lakers. L.A. is 6-6 without Anthony Davis, the guys kick things off by discussing what has been the biggest issue without AD in the lineup. Brian and Andy then share their thoughts on why Montrezl Harrell and Kyle Kuzma have turned the corner recently. Following that, they get into which players the Lakers should target...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the Lakers 137-121 victory over the Wolves. LeBron James recorded a triple double for the 2nd straight game. Montrezl Harrell has been a monster since the All Star break. Should the Lakers rest LeBron with a busy 2nd half schedule? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors on Monday night, and we’re ready to break it down. On the latest episode of “Lakers, Explained” — a podcast by Silver Screen and Roll — co-hosts Harrison Faigen and Anthony Irwin dove into the game. First, both hosts wanted to apologize to Montrezl Harrell for underrating what he brings at times. He showed his value against the Warriors, and has made progr...

On today's podcast, Christian and Jacob react to Jared Dudley's injury and explain why the Lakers can't sign a player to replace him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Jas Kang and Christian recap the first 37 games of the Lakers' season, breakdown what has went wrong without Anthony Davis in the lineup and preview the second half of the schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lakers played their final game of the first half of the season Wednesday and were down all three frontcourt starters plus Alex Caruso. It wasn't altogether surprising that the Lakers lost to the Kings in their absence, but Sabreena and Anthony still found reasons to enjoy the performance, both in the moment and for what it could mean going forward. After spending some time on the game itself,...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla discuss the Lakers 114-104 loss to the Suns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Dennis Schröder was out, the Lakers went 0-4. Since he’s returned, they’ve won two games in a row. While that isn’t grounds to campaign for him to win MVP, it does mean it’s time to appreciate how much he helps this team and how important he is, especially with Anthony Davis set to miss at least five more games. So on today’s episode of “Lakers, Explained," that’s exactly what co-hosts Harri...

The Lakers were off today and haven't done anything newsworthy since releasing Quinn Cook, so Sabreena and Christian went a little off-book for today's episode. LeBron James is once again GM of Team LeBron for this year's All-Star Game, and the draft for the teams will be held on March 4. In anticipation of that event, Sabreena and Christian did a mock draft of this year's teams and give their bes...

The Lakers have lost four games in a row, with their 114-89 embarrassment against the Utah Jazz basically being two and a half quarters of garbage time following a mostly competitive first frame. Yes, Anthony Davis and Dennis Schröder have missed time, but this team shouldn’t be this bad, should it? That’s the question we tried to answer on our latest episode of the Silver Screen and Roll postgame...