Lakers Lounge

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla discuss the Lakers beginning the process to head to Orlando. A few NBA players test positive for Coronavirus. And who would you rather have in the bubble Dwight Howard or Boogie Cousins? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Normal host Harrison Faigen was joined by former co-host Anthony Irwin to talk over whether they think the Lakers will lose Jason Kidd to the Knicks, how that would affect the team if they did, what impact they think he’s had this year, and how well prepared the team would be to replace him if they needed to do so. They also talked about the Lakers' secret workouts. All that and more on today's sh...

In this episode, Jas is joined by Los Angeles Lakers forward Devontae Cacok. To kick things off, Devontae and Jas discuss the impacts of the Black Live Matter movement, and pandemic, and how it will affect the NBA's restart in Orlando. Following that, Devontae gets into his thoughts on the drawbacks of being in the bubble for an extended period of time, and the challenges facing the players if the...

With the possibility of someone from the Lakers sitting out looming, we take a look at how the Lakers might adapt to not having Avery Bradley and Dwight Howard with both internal and external options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NBA will have a unique platform, if and when the league restarts, with millions of people starved for sports. Sabreena and Anthony discuss what the league should try to do with this unprecedented stage. They start by going over the reforms proposed by Avery Bradley, Dwight Howard, and the rest of the players coalition to address systemic racism and then move on to how the NBA can reimagine its...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about Avery Bradley and Dwight Howard possibly sitting out during the NBA's return in Orlando. How that might affect their chances to win the title. They also discuss the players involvement in the player led coalition for change in the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As of Monday, Anthony Davis has officially been a Laker for a calendar year, so Christian and Harrison talked about the year that was. How does what the Lakers gave up for Davis look now? Do they think he'll re-sign? They got into all that and more (after starting the show with a quick celebration of the big addition the Lakers made on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

In this episode, Jas and Anthony discuss the Black Lives Matter movement that is sweeping the nation, and the impact is having. The guys discuss racism in America, and how this may be the tipping point to have some meaningful reform, and chances take place. Then, Jas and Anthony get into how the coronavirus pandemic, and the protesting. against systemic racism are being handled by the NBA and its...

Before the NBA restarts its season, teams will have the opportunity to make a few tweaks to their roster. Should the Lakers do anything, or stand pat? That and more on today's episode of "Can U Dig It?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As sports remain on pause, NBA athletes are taking advantage of their platform off the court while also securing their interests within the league. Sabreena and Anthony discuss how Kyle Kuzma and LeBron James have each made voting their new passion project, and the methods by which each hopes to inspire underrepresented communities to vote. They then discuss the new hitch in the NBA's restart plan...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla discuss the NBA's plant to return to action and how it benefits or hurts the Lakers chances of winning the title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After getting approval from the players' association on Friday, the NBA has basically everything they need to restart the season in Orlando. While there are still details that need to be ironed out, here's everything we know so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NBA will officially announce its return Thursday, as 22 teams will head to Orlando in July to complete the 2019-20 regular season. And yet, many of the NBA's athletes are otherwise occupied at the moment, taking part in the protests against police brutality throughout the country. Sabreena and Anthony discuss how the Lakers players, and others around the league, have risen to the moment, and a...

NBA general managers are reportedly in favor of a play-in playoff tournament once the season resumes. What does that change for the Lakers, if anything? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the NBA moves closer towards resuming its season, so too do other pro sports leagues in the U.S. Sabreena and Anthony discuss how the NBA's path towards a restart has compared to other leagues, specifically the NHL, NFL, and MLB. They go over why the relationship between the players and the league office in the NBA is so much more harmonious than in other leagues and identify what concerns the...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla dissect all the proposed plans for the NBA's return. And which plan would benefit the Lakers the most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jacob and Christian ranked the players who have the most potential to swing a playoff game or series for the Lakers in today's episode of "Can U Dig It?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NBA, more specifically Jared Dudley, released some interesting news Wednesday about how the league will potentially resume its season. The "bubble" plan that has been floated for the past few weeks isn't as impenetrable of a bubble as we once thought, and that means Sabreena and Anthony have questions about the NBA's plans moving forward. They also have loads of questions about what in the wor...

Kobe Bryant is expected to get a documentary in the style of "The Last Dance" somewhere down the line. What might that look like? Harrison and Christian try to piece it together on today's episode of "Lakers, Explained." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Anthony and Jas kick things off by discussing what the NBA will look like if the league decides to finish the 2019-20 season. Then, the guys get into how the Lakers will have an advantage over other teams if the league returns from the coronavrius hiatus. Following the break, Anthony and Jas get into ESPN's documentary, "The Last Dance," and share their opinions on what made the s...

Almost everything went wrong for the Lakers in the 2012-13 season, and the offseason that followed, but what if everything — or just one thing — went right? Would the Lakers have 17 championships? Would Dwight Howard still leave for the Houston Rockets in free agency? We talk about that and more in this week's episode of "Can U Dig It?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the news of the NBA Players Union polling players to see whether or not they want to return. Plus they talk about LeBron James & Anthony Davis being a handful of players that have expressed their desire to play again this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Yesterday, as part of SB Nation’s “Marvel Week,” Anthony Irwin and Sabreena Merchant compared various members of the Lakers to their Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) counterparts. On Friday’s episode of “Can U Dig It?”, a podcast by Silver Screen and Roll, Christian Rivas and his normal co-host Jacob Rude continued the fun by finding which Marvel villains best match up with the Lakers’ own extensiv...

In honor of Marvel Theme Week at SB Nation, Sabreena and Anthony assign Marvel superhero analogs to Lakers on the current roster. They consider personality, character arcs, and physical build, among other factors, to determine which Marvel characters match best with each Laker. Sabreena and Anthony each came at this exercise independently, so they have some varied answers and have to make their ca...