Lakers Lounge

Aaron asks an altogether fair question about Max Christie and Anthony explains why multiple things can be true at the same time. In this case, he really does believe in Max, but if Christie isn't ready, then the Lakers are going to be left scrambling with a thinner guard rotation than you may think.

Anthony still hasn't stopped thinking about Max Christie, so he throws out a truly wild take about him that Aaron can't help but push back against because he's a hatin' hater.

Anthony does not normally react like this to Lakers prospects but he could not possibly have been more impressed by what he saw from Christie on the court. He was so impressed that he got people sick of hearing him talk about Christie while he was in Vegas. Harrison is amazed at this reaction.

The Lakers will have LeBron James next season. What a relief. Anthony and Harrison (who broke the story) discuss that whole ordeal and what they actually took semi-seriously, even if neither ever thought he wouldn't be back. Then, Anthony talks about Max Christie.

Now that the Lakers have made their offseason mostly official, Anthony welcomed Pete Zayas back on the show to discuss the roster. Anthony starts by explaining why he thinks fans are annoyed with him. Both guys like the additions, but also recognize there's more work to be done.

Anthony welcomes friend of the show and friend of all Lakers fans everywhere Matt Moore on to discuss how they will be looking to bet the Lakers this year. They explain what goes into positions that Vegas takes on the Lakers compared to other teams. They wrap with a discussion about Damian Lillard that even features some fun at the expense of the Boston Celtics.

The Lakers need another center. The market still has a couple who fit pretty well. So, what's the holdup? Aaron explains that it has something to do with the couple stars waiting to be traded, so they guys use that as an example to get into those whole situations. Plus, Anthony tells a funny story from his experience at a cookout over the weekend.

Aaron heard the last episode with Harrison and thinks Anthony needs to answer for his crimes.

The Lakers are heading into the season close enough to the tax level that Anthony wonders if it was done on purpose. If so, how would you feel about a team that was just four wins from a championship series being tax conscious? Does it matter?

Friend of the show Jorge Sedano (ESPN) stops by to gives us his scouting report on Gabe Vincent, formerly of his Miami Heat. He and Anthony really like what Vincent brings to the table on and off the court. They also discuss how they think LeBron James has felt about this offseason. Finally, they get into some of this Damian Lillard-to-Miami stuff that feels like it has an inevitable endpoint.

Anthony goes through this Lakers offseason, signing by signing, to evaluate the roster as a whole. This one's a doozie.

Anthony is joined by Aaron and Raj to recap a really fun first day of free agency. Gabe Vincent and Taurean Prince are the big new additions. Rui Hachimura is back. Austin Reaves and D'Angelo Russell aren't, yet, but could be on their way.

Anthony went live on youtube to preview free agency. Any name that has kind of been linked to the Lakers was brought up. He also put forth a scenario where the Lakers can recoup some flexibility if they don't land Bruce Brown.

Looks like they're going the NTMLE route, which opens up their options this free agency. Anthony details what that would look like.

The Lakers have a couple HUGE decisions to make today, so Aaron and Anthony discuss what's at stake, what the decision they make might mean, and the various paths ahead of them they might be looking at.

Anthony and Aaron kick of the day with their typical nonsense but do arrive at a story that Anthony thinks might finally get people to care about journalism, as the lack of integrity might have cost a lot of people a lot of money.

After weeks and weeks of wandering through the desert of Runitback, the Lakers finally gave Anthony something to talk about and, boy, is it a fun subject. The Lakers are reportedly interested in Bruce Brown, have some confidence they could land him, and have a pathway to doing so. But, because Anthony is who he is, he had to ask if this is worth all it could cost.

Jovan Buha of The Athletic joins the show again to offer up the latest on what he's heard about this Lakers offseason. Sounds like they're still focused on running last year's team back, but it's also fair to ask if they should. He and Anthony discuss the futures of D'Angelo Russell, Lonnie Walker IV, Mo Bamba and Malik Beasley. They wrap with a conversation about how much sense it makes to run ba...

Jason Timpf of The Volume finally makes his Lounge debut to discuss the wide open west. He and Anthony put together a series of tiers they think the conference can fall in to eventually arrive at whether they think Denver can be caught this summer. In crazier news, both guys might actually like the offseason the Lakers are having.

Anthony welcomes Sean Highkin (Rose Garden Report) to discuss everything going on with Damian Lillard. Everything. All of it.

John Collins was finally traded. The return... woof. Anthony extrapolates that out to a pretty dull role player trade market thus far and explains why he doesn't think this is the beginning of some larger fire sale from Atlanta. He quickly gives some Damian Lillard thoughts because there aren't enough of those out there.

Dan Woike of the L.A. Times stops by the show to discuss the offseason the Lakers have had thus far and them continuing to signal publicly and privately that they're likely running most of last year's roster back. What would that look like? What tweaks could be made? And what is the biggest lie a source has ever told him?

It's a mailbag Monday and Anthony had a ton of questions to get to, including some on the NBA at-large and whether the league would be in a better place had more markets won than to this point, D'Angelo Russell's market, the Lakers' young core and more.

The Lakers drafted a player who has a ton of room to grow and call help immediately given his skillset. Jalen Hood-Schifino is a super exciting prospect and there was no one better to talk about him with than Jacob Rude of SSR, who watched closely and covered JHS at Indiana for Locked on Hoosiers.

For weeks, Anthony had been hearing about how crazy draft night was going to get. And then... nothing. He runs a theory on why that was the case by Aaron, then the guys discuss the night the Lakers had, specifically. Not only did they not trade No. 17 for immediate help, but they took a project with that pick. What does it all mean?