The Lakers Exceptionalism Podcast

Tim digs into some recent happenings and takeaways in a 3-2-1 format for this pod. 3 - Lakers topics 2 - General NBA topics 1 - Lakers data trend 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 adverti...

Tim goes solo to dig into the recent conversation about AD and what's missing from that talk. How much of what we're seeing from him is truly underperformance, and how much of that can be chalked up to reasons explained by context? All of that, and more, answered on this pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Host...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball hop on Twitter Spaces to discuss the Lakers lackluster loss at Memphis and catch up after a 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 discuss THT's small-sample leap and whether or not it's for real, how he's been on Defense, and what his role could look like when the team is fully healthy. 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 co...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers recent struggles to adjust at halftime and how it's creating problems for the offense, how THT's return will help, and how the team can try & start fresh once LeBron returns. 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.adsw...

Tim compares Dwight and DeAndre's pay thus far, digs into the Lakers recent performances as a team, shares results from manual tracking on defense, & vents about the offense. Lyrics for song at the end of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dV48KeeWL-l1MAJN3J21_lMtKHy4JdefcKiYdX5KU4w/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the La...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball hop on to discuss the Lakers winning despite looking disinterested, which lineups have/haven't been working, and why Tom isn't happy with what he's seeing. 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 coll...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball hop on a quick pod to discuss all things Anthony Davis. How has he looked so far, how can the Lakers set him up for success, and are the AD at C minutes working? 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 ou...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball are joined by Silver Screen & Roll's Editor-in-Chief, Harrison Faigen, to discuss the embarrassing loss to the Thunder and other thoughts on the start of the season. 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 abou...

Tim discusses the Lakers' upcoming matchup with the San Antonio Spurs with Noah Magaro-George, Writer & Editor at Pounding The Rock and host of the Alamo City Limits Podcast. 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...

Tom & Tim are joined by Austin Reaves in a conversation ranging from what he'll do in his hotel room on the road to how the Lakers have approached implementing a new offensive scheme. You won't want to miss this episode! 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...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball are joined by Alex Regla to discuss a slew of opening night overreactions: Is Baze *too* important? Is DAJ *too* bad? Should Reaves be playing over Rondo? Will Russ be a disaster? 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 in...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss their level of worry about the THT & Ariza injuries, Russ' preseason, LAL signing Doumbouya, and other notable things from the first 5 preseason games. 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...

Tim is joined by Jovan Buha of The Athletic to discuss if the Lakers offensive revolution is legit, how the team may pivot internally or externally to the THT & Ariza injuries, Jovan's takeaways from being around the team so far and storylines he's keen to follow as the year plays out, the Lakers' path to top tier title contention, what would have to go wrong for another R1 playoff exit, his time...

Tim digs into the game of Michigan product Chaundee Brown, and makes a case for him to receive the Lakers 2nd 2-way contract for this season. Strengths, weaknesses, offense, defense, film, data, chicanery. It's all there. Enjoy! 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...

Tim digs into the Lakers defense through the first two preseason games. What concerns are real and which will be fine with better personnel availability and position slotting? Doing a rundown of each individual defender, Tim highlights their defensive performance so far and at the team level discusses where this group can get to and how they can do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

On this episode, Tim recaps what we've learned from the Lakers 2nd preseason game agains the Suns. Vogel has some insightful comments hinting at the future of the offensive scheme, we see some "automatics" take form, smart sets continue, and a whole lot of sloppy execution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted...

Tim answers Discord and Twitter questions on the Lakers first preseason game. Sliding Bron & Russ into the sets LA ran in game 1 Impact of DAJ off-court and AD at the 5 for spacing How did the drop coverage work? Is it a sustainable long-term strategy vs dynamic P&R ball handlers? How can LA use Ellington's gravity as a decoy for Bron/Russ to attack? Where the heck are these scheme concepts coming...

Tim goes solo on this pod to break down what he saw from the Lakers in their preseason game 1 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Creative new offensive sets, perfect utilization of both shooters and non-shooters, the exact defensive screen coverages he'd been hoping for, and crosses his fingers that it isn't all a mirage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the L...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball briefly discuss comments/ideas from the Lakers' Media Day and make 3 bold predictions each about the upcoming season. 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...

Tim digs into what we learned from the Lakers media day, as well as Frank Vogel's comments following the team's first practice of the new basketball year. 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 fo...

Evergreen content! Tim digs into what impact metrics do and don't do, the ones available and what the data experts had to say about them, and more about BBall Index's LEBRON stat and how it fits into that landscape of improving accuracy evaluating player impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Check out the Lakers Exceptionalism Discord here! Hosted by Simpleca...

Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball touch briefly on Marc Gasol's exit from the team. Later, they discuss some "what if?" scenarios that could help define the team's success this season. 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 collectio...

Tim again digs into your questions on the Lakers offense for this upcoming season! 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.

Tim digs into your questions on the Lakers offense this upcoming season! 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.