Lakers Lounge

PART ONE: The Lakers are still set at the top of the roster. LeBron James, Anthony David and Austin Reaves are having great seasons in their own ways.

PART TWO: Anthony celebrates the season Max Christie has had and explains what his college self and Rob Pelinka have in common. Also, it looks like the Celtics won't have a cakewalk to the finals again.

Anthony briefly recaps the Lakers' worst loss of the season so far and particularly worries about one thing the Mavericks did other teams will almost definitely replicate. He updates the Vando situation and discusses his role when he gets back. To start things off, though, he offers some support to those suffering from the Palisades fires.

FULL: Anthony reacts to what will probably be one of the worst losses of the season, as the Lakers fell in Dallas to the Mavericks, who were playing without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. He also offers a little more context on his reporting on Jarred Vanderbilt and the role he'll play whenever he returns. He does have questions about the small-ball approach. To wrap, he takes questions from the li...

PART ONE: Anthony recaps one of the uglier games of the season and discusses the various angles that stem from the loss.

PART TWO: Anthony saw a bunch of comments on this team not being worth investing in and this game summarizing that argument, but Anthony isn't here to hear that defeatist approach.

Anthony discusses some optimistic news on the Jarred Vanderbilt front, then narrates his latest piece for ClutchPoints, which covers how Vando returning impacts the Lakers' approach to the backup center spot. To wrap things up, he previews tonight's game against the shorthanded Mavericks.

FULL: Given JJ Redick's recent rotation and an update Anthony has on Jarred Vanderbilt, he and Harrison discuss the Lakers' approach to the backup center position. Does a wing-centric approach make sense? Then, the guys talk about the kinds of moves they'd prefer the Lakers make if they aren't pursuing a center. To wrap things up, they look back on the first half or so of the season.

PART ONE: Anthony and Harrison discuss what happens when a source gives information that they're skeptical about. In this case, it's Jarred Vanderbilt's return and the approach to backup center the Lakers are taking.

PART TWO: Anthony and Harrison won't pod again until after the Lakers play their 41st game, so they take a look back at the season to this point and evaluate how things have gone.

After a few days of talk about how much the Lakers feel like they might not need another move, they lost to the Houston Rockets in a perfectly analogous game to the rest of the season to this point. Anthony talks about the sports gods, and how quickly they can humble you.

FULL: Following a weird loss to the Rockets, Raj and Anthony discuss how it was a perfect summary of this Lakers team. They're capable of high highs, and low lows. They need another more or two. They need a tweak in the starting lineup.

PART ONE: Anthony and Raj discuss that loss in Houston, and how each half showed who the Lakers either are, or could be.

PART TWO: Anthony and Raj take questions from the live audience, who were curious about what the Lakers might do with their remaining trade assets. Should the Lakers go after a big, even if there's no guarantee he'll play?

FULL: Anthony and Raj rant about refs, then break down the Lakers' win over the Blazers without Anthony Davis. Max Christie went off. LeBron is still pretty good. Austin Reaves was impactful despite not shooting well. Then, to wrap things up, the guys talk about the Dorian Finney-Smith trade.

PART ONE: Before getting to the rest of the game, Anthony and Raj have both had enough of reviews in basketball. They just take up time and they're still missing calls.

PART TWO: Austin and Max are growing into impact players right in front of us and it's been a thrill to watch.

PART THREE: Raj wants the focus to be on basketball, especially after the Lakers finally just made a trade.

PART ONE: After Jaxson Hayes caught a DNP-CD against the Cavs, Anthony had an educated theory he was wondering about pretty much confirmed.

PART TWO: Anthony rants about the reactions to Russell Westbrook playing relatively well in Denver and the people trying to make that about the Lakers somehow. It's going to happen with D'Angelo Russell, too.

Anthony recaps Lakers-Cavs, then discusses a factor in the Lakers not adding another big. He takes questions, and offers a take about the analysis stemming from Russell Westbrook playing well in Denver.

Anthony offers up some updates on guys currently out or getting ready to play tonight. Then, he narrates the article he wrote about what comes next for the Lakers after trading for Dorian Finney-Smith.

FULL: Anthony and Harrison break down what the Lakers look like on the other side of the Dorian Finney-Smith trade. How much better are they? What comes next? They also look back on D'Angelo Russell, the Laker.

PART ONE: Anthony and Harrison analyze the DFS trade. Anthony explains a popular cliche that he's pretty sick of.

PART TWO: Anthony offers up an aspect of the negotiations between the Lakers and Jazz that Harrison is skeptical about. They wrap with some questions from the live audience.