Lakers Lounge

Anthony and Harrison haven't spoken on the pod since this series started, so they give their quick thoughts on what has impressed them most about the Lakers' performance thus far. More importantly than that, Harrison tells the story of his recent attempt at gambling that absolutely brought tears to Anthony's eyes.

Raj has been living out his dream this year, and is capping off that experience with covering playoff games in person. He and Anthony talk about the 2-0 lead the Lakers have earned, what's made it possible, where the Lakers might go from here and everything in-between.

Anthony talks to Raj about the various advantages the Lakers have built for themselves in this series, from leadership to physicality to even the crowd, this has been a fantastic start to the postseason.

The guys poke a little fun at Ime Udoka, discuss Deandre Ayton outplaying Alperen Sengun and celebrate Raj's shoutout from Brian Windhorst.

The Lakers did it again. They beat the Rockets, this time with Kevin Durant in the lineup. Anthony recaps the game, marvels at LeBron James' performance, celebrates the Marcus Smart/Luke Kennard combination and answers questions form the live audience -- who happened to provide the perfect Alperen Sengun comp.

The Lakers won this game and Anthony just can't help but marvel at what LeBron James is doing in this series at this age.

Anthony asked the live audience for Alperen Sengun comps and one listener absolutely took him out. This happened while Anthony was answering questions from the live audience and heaping praise on the Lakers' current starting backcourt.

The Lakers once again received zero final nominations for award season, so the guys discuss the actually nominees and why the Lakers continue to sit on the outside looking in on those conversations. The Lakers are, however, on the inside looking ahead in these playoffs. The guys discuss game one, the adjustments they're looking for and whether that first game changed how they feel about this team...

Anthony, Pete and Jovan give their thoughts on the Lakers unsurprisingly remaining on the outside looking in of award season.

The Lakers have things they can clear up, but on top of that, a series is often defined by the adjustments from game to game either team can make. Anthony asks Jovan and Pete what they're both looking for in game two.

At one point in the game, the Lakers threw all their athletes out there at the same time to try to attack Houston's athleticism. It definitely caught Anthony and Pete's attention in a good way, and Jovan's in a somewhat different way. Also tucked within this episode: A joke from Anthony that took Jovan out.

Loaded show as fans are back tuned in after the big game one win. Anthony reacts to no Lakers once again getting nominations as finalists for awards. He then looks ahead to next season and beyond to try to figure out what it would take for that trend to be snapped, including expanding the voting pool from the group who have established it in the first place. From there, he answers questions from t...

We talkin' nominations. Not awards. Not awards. We talkin' nominations. The Lakers are the marquee franchise, and we talkin' nominations.

A listener asked a question about Cade Cunningham's candidacy for MVP and it sent Anthony down another rant about the Spurs being the league and league voters' darlings.

Luke Kennard played really well in game one. Some fans have used that as an excuse to bring back the conversation of trading Austin Reaves. Anthony wonders what's going on there, then goes on a bit of a rant against player-centric agendas vs. what's best for the Lakers (his focus).

Anthony opens by explaining what makes rooting for sports teams on nights like last night special. Then, he dives into the individual performances that helped the Lakers pick up that win and wraps with questions from the youtube audience.

Anthony starts by explaining why nights like these should be enjoyed thoroughly. Then, he celebrates LeBron James and Luke Kennard's incredible nights.

Deandre Ayton just outplayed Alperen Sengun in a playoff game. Anthony discusses what got him going and how the Lakers can maintain that trend. He analyzes JJ Redick's first playoff game of his second year and then wraps by answering questions from the live audience.

Anthony explains why he and Jovan are talking about the offseason, then the guys dive in. What if the Lakers run it back? Can this front office build to the extent it needs to if LeBron walks? Whats at stake for the interested parties? Plus, a Q&A sessions to wrap things up.

Anthony proposes the easiest path forward for the Lakers: Running most of this core back with a couple additions on the margins. Would that be productive enough? Would it be productive enough considering the parameters the front office approached this season with?

Anthony offers up his main concern with running this core back. The guys discuss how the Lakers will need to address the top limitation across this roster this summer -- athleticism.

Anthony and Jovan turn their attention to the live audience's questions, whereupon a listener wanted to know how they felt about this year's national coverage from either current or new tv partners. The guys discuss this, as well as a couple other topics, to round out the episode.

This mailbag WANDERED. But it was also super fun and took Anthony all over the map.

A listener asked whether expanding the courts (NBA, to be clear) would impact the overall health and availability of the league. Anthony explains why he considered this at one point, but what other concerns would be raised as a result.

Anthony continues through the iTunes mailbag, where a listener asked whether the Lakers should have tanked if they were going to consider this a gap year. Nope. Not an option.