Lakers Lounge

PART ONE: Anthony heard all the noise about Jerami Grant and did some asking around about that situation. He offers up what he heard. From there, he discusses Tyus Jones signing in Phoenix for the minimum and how not doing their homework earlier in the offseason has cost the Lakers some interesting opportunities. This part wraps with a quick recap of Team USA's win over Serbia.

PART TWO: Anthony dives into the iTunes, Twitter and Youtube mailbags to let you have your voice heard on the show. Have LeBron James and Anthony Davis' performances in the Olympics changed your stance on building around them this year? Have the Olympics convinced teams to go even more all-in for stars? What does Anthony mean when he says the Lakers lack creativity?

FULL EP.: Anthony did some asking around on the Jerami Grant noise and offers up what he heard. He then reacts to Tyus Jones signing for the minimum and how the Lakers missed another opportunity by not taking care of business earlier in the offseason. He recapped the Team USA win against Serbia, then dives into your questions.

PART ONE: Anthony explains why the season LeBron James just had may be one of the most impressive things he's ever seen in his almost 40 years as a sports fan. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

PART TWO: After discussing the season LeBron is coming off of, Anthony looks ahead to try to set fair expectations for a 40-year-old superstar. Part of the equation is going to have to be supplementing the roster with players who make up for places where James' game has slipped. Rob Pelinka hasn't been able to do it yet. Can he ever figure this out? Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumo...

FULL EPISODE: Anthony kicks off the season re/preview series with LeBron James. He's coming off of one of the most spectacular individual seasons Anthony has ever seen across any sport. The question facing him and the Lakers is: Can he keep it up? If so, how can the Lakers make life easier on him? Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

PART ONE: After a quick series of thoughts on Jeanie Buss discussing parity, Anthony dives into the mailbag, where listeners want to know if this is indeed the roster for next season and, if so, what it's capable of. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

PART TWO: Listeners had some great questions but none lit up Anthony's face the way it did when someone asked about LeBron and Steph seeming to enjoy every second of getting to play together. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

Jeanie Buss was asked about the issues the Lakers keep running into and, while it's altogether fair to point out how different the league is now compared to when her father was building dynasties, that doesn't excuse the Lakers ignoring margins in a way that inhibits their growth. Anthony discusses that, then dives into a fun mailbag. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis an...

Anthony has spent his vacation ranting about the Lakers not being able to do anything this summer. So, in order to improve his and your mood, he tried to stay positive for the whole show. You can find out whether he was able to. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

Anthony unleashes yet another series of rants after the Lakers miss out on another starting-caliber talent. Gary Trent Jr. chose Milwaukee over the Lakers on a minimum contract. Anthony has some details on the matter, too.

FULL EPISODE: Anthony offers up the latest that he heard from Vegas, where most people seem resigned to the Lakers running it back next season. He did outline a couple moves on the margins the Lakers could make, if they cared about such things. He also briefly touches on the Lakers fumbling a real asset for no practical or sentimental reason. He wraps up with questions from the mailbags. Subscribe...

Anthony heard enough noise about these things that he figured he'd record a quick episode before he made the trip out to Las Vegas. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

PART ONE: Anthony and Raj break down Team USA comfortably handling Team Canada. Anthony Davis should probably start from here on out. Oh, and boy, it sure seems like LeBron and Steph like playing together. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

PART TWO: Rob Pelinka said back when they hired JJ Redick their focus would be developing the team's youth. Well, it isn't off to the greatest start. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

PART THREE: With word starting to come out that this is likely the Lakers' roster heading into next season, Anthony has had enough with Rob Pelinka. To end on a positive note, Raj talks about Dalton Knecht. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

FULL EP.: Anthony and Raj enjoyed watching Anthony Davis look as great as he did with actual defenders on his team. Things were going great. LeBron and Steph are tampering. Embiid looks like a joke. Things were all going great until Raj wanted to talk about the summer league Lakers and it sent Anthony to a dark, dark place. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlight...

Anthony has spent countless hours chasing who the Lakers might be targeting only to be sitting here with you, waiting for them to do *something*. In that time, he's realized he hasn't really analyzed who makes the most sense for the team right now, price included. So, using what he knows about the state of talks for these targets, he ranks who he has the most-to-least interest in. Subscribe to the...

PART ONE: After discussing why he is seriously concerned about this roster moving forward, Anthony wonders why Dan Hurley signed a contract that was so unimpressive to remain at UConn. He then takes a couple questions from the live YouTube audience. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

PART TWO: Anthony dives into the Twitter mailbag where people are wondering about the ownership situation and whether that will ever change. Anthony's answer might surprise you *EXTREME RADIO VOICE* Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

FULL EP.: Anthony breaks down why he thinks the Lakers are worse and why he isn't comfortable with the gambles the Lakers are making. From there, he discusses Dan Hurley's extension with UConn. He also realized he didn't hear from the Twitter audience in yesterday's mailbag so he took some questions from there, including one about Jeanie Buss selling the team. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for re...

PART ONE: Anthony wondered aloud last week about Zach LaVine and whether he made sense if Chicago was willing to attach draft capital to move him. He asked around and, based on what he heard, it doesn't seem like the Lakers are all that interested. From there, he discusses what he thinks is fair and unfair criticism of this front office as it struggles once again to improve the roster. Subscribe t...

PART TWO: Anthony dives into the mailbags to answer questions about Zach LaVine, the lack of trades dating back to last year, and other topics. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

FULL EPISODE: Anthony understands why Lakers fans are restless, so tries to figure out what is fair criticism of the front office this summer and what isn't. From there, he takes questions from the iTunes mailbag and the live youtube audience. Subscribe to the Lakers Lounge for reports, rumors, analysis and highlights. https://t.co/dsuEHpPLDA

The Lakers are still trying to make moves, but it's starting to feel how last year's deadline felt. Anthony talks about the trade market and why he understands the Lakers not wanting to pay as much as they're being asked to by everyone who is trying to move their guys. He then explains why he thinks people have a little too low on Zach LaVine and why the Lakers should be seriously considering trad...