The Lakers Exceptionalism Podcast

Tim digs into the Lakers most recent coaching hire: lead assistant Chris Jent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball briefly discuss the Rasheed Wallace hire & social media outrage about AD not shooting yet this Summer before discussing the Finals matchup between the Warriors and the Celtics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...

The Lakers are reportedly looking into hiring Rasheed Wallace to join Darvin Ham's staff. Tim digs into Wallace's coaching background and where he'd fit in with the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use o...

Tim digs into the Darvin Ham signing, runs through a report card on Ham, what we should expect to translate to LA, and what the next steps are with assistants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal da...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball recorded this podcast before the news that Coach Darvin Ham was named the Lakers Head Coach, but their conversation is still relevant in how to approach finding the right assistant coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.co...

The Lakers have requested to interview Kenny Atkinson (GSW) and Charles Lee (MIL) for their head coach vacancy, so Tim digs into the film and data on both candidates to share how they'd fit into LA's coaching needs and tiers and how they fit into tiers of candidates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Sim...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers' core decision makers from Jeanie to Phil Jackson and everyone in between. Who should be part of the process and how can the Lakers get back to success with so many decision makers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the encouraging rumors surrounding potential Russell Westbrook trades, including varying deals with Charlotte & Indiana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball return to discuss the Lakers Head Coaching vacancy in a unique way -- by drafting potential candidates to their "team" and discussing the merits & drawbacks of each person. It's Coach Draft Time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss a handful of recent news items, including Wenyen Gabriel's contract, Mac McClung, and all the leaks that have come out over the last few days. Later, we revisit our early season Bold Predictions and unpack what we got right & what we (mostly) got wrong. Congratulations, Laker fans, we never have to talk about this team again. We did it! Learn more about you...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball get together and bury this 2022 Lakers team once and for all, discussing the puzzling lineups throughout the Jazz/Pelicans games, Russell Westbrook's combativeness, and how the team can find something to take into next year, R.I.P. the 2022 Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here!...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball catch up on the last few weeks of Lakers basketball, including some promising signs offensively, how Russ has looked, the change in rotation with much less THT & Carmelo, what Quin Snyder could look like as the Lakers coach, and a preliminary "who should we keep next year" discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out th...

Tim goes solo to dive into his process evaluating college basketball teams for March Madness and explains a few big game and upset picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tom Zayas & Nic Jehle hop on to discuss Adam McKay's new HBO show "Winning Time" and break down the first episode from a fan & filmmaking perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for ad...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball are once again joined by Austin Reaves as they chat about what it's like to develop skills in the middle of a season, how Austin's role has changed, how he's able to withstand so much on-court punishment on defense, what really happened in that LeBron clip where Austin became a meme, and much, much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the LA's comeback vs the Jazz, another injury to AD, how the team has managed lineups w/ LeBron & Russ, and what's happening in the buyout market for the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball hop on to discuss the Lakers standing pat at the trade deadline, what they thought of the rumored trades that didn't happen, who will even available on the buyout market, and give an update on the new developments and content in the Laker Sex Mafia Discord. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Disc...

Tim reacts to the Lakers dropping a key game (for the standings) to the Clippers Thursday, then a Clippers trade today that sets them up to succeed more in the playoffs and puts some onus on the Lakers to act and make a trade to help keep pace for the 8 seed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast,...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the end of the Lakers 6-game road trip, including two bad crunch-time losses in ATL & CHA, talk what to expect and hope for in the next stretch of games without LeBron, and try to figure out what the hell Marc Gasol is doing rn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by S...

Tim answers questions on our minds about where this Lakers team can go, how LA matches up with Phoenix and Golden State, if Bazemore should get a second chance, Tim's favorite Lakers, trade targets, what happened with Reaves supposed to start earlier in the year, and more! Get in on the Discord action by checking out: https://bit.ly/SupportLakerSexPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball talk about the quality win over Utah, recent reports of Frank Vogel's job security, a more realistic Myles Turner situation, and how the Lakers have a chance to rattle off a win streak on the upcoming Grammy road trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsW...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the first half of the Lakers season, some recent positives from Stanley Johnson & Malik Monk, how LA can maintain those positive changes when AD comes back, and how Tim remains optimistic about this team's ability to utilize RWB effectively in the playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptional...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss several developments over the last few weeks including Stanley Johnson's performance, the LeBron at the 5 minutes, some puzzling Lakers roster moves, and why Tim is excited about how the offense is trending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...

Tim digs into 3 quick hitters on today's pod. LA's COVID situation heading into the game against Dallas, the most recent Backstage Lakers episode, and Ben Simmons apparently being someone the Lakers had interest in trading for Russell Westbrook. If that did happen (it won't), what would the fit look like for LA? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lak...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball dive into a Discord mailbag. Topics include: Why has the offense started looking better? What's up with THT? How does Ariza fit in to this team? Who can the Lakers realistically target in the trade market? Plus more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWiz...