Lakers Lounge

FULL: Truuuuuuuu

Anthony and Mike Trudell talk Vikings, then some Lakers, then some Vikings again, but mostly Lakers.

PART 1: What would be a successful Lakers season this year?

Bill Simmons didn't sound exactly thrilled in his pod about the Lakers exceeding their over/under for wins this year so he asked a different question -- which has bounced

PART 2: Can the Lakers' infinite turbo button wing approach work?

Anthony and Mike discuss the Lakers' approach to a position they knew they had to enlist a committee for. Also, Vikings talk. Yes. Vikings talk.

FULL: Anthony and Raj talk... baseball? Preseason grades; Rotation combinations; Q&A

The Dodgers' season is on the brink. Anthony and Raj talk about the similarities to injury information between the two franchises and how no one actually benefits from th

PART 1: Anthony is forever doomed to shady injury information

Anthony made the mistake of recording during the Dodgers game. This led to a(nother) rant about injury information/management as it may have ended the Dodgers' attempt at

PART 2: No, Twitter, Anthony doesn't want to hand the offense to Austin even while Luka is out there

Twitter jumped to conclusion about one of Anthony's tweets that has made him question humanity. He and Raj talk about what he actually meant. We know the Lakers are going

PART 3: Poor Wizards fans; Grimes preseason grade, ideal role; Q&A

Raj makes the case for the Wizards as a play-in team. Anthony outlines how deep the east is. A listener asks about Quentin Grimes' IQ, which leads to a fun conversation a

FULL: Walker Kessler debuts; Austin impresses; Lakers bungle injury info; Q&A

Anthony and Harrison really enjoyed what they saw from Walker Kessler. That's far and away the biggest story of the night. They do talk about Austin's best game of the pr

PART 1: So... Walker Kessler!

The Lakers have a lot riding on Walker Kessler looking exactly like he looked last night. The guys talked about his impressive debut.

PART 2: Anthony completely bungles his Austin point but kinda/sorta arrives there anyway

The Lakers need A LOT out of Austin. They got a glimpse of it tonight. Anthony wants to know if we can see this Austin consistently enough to make the contract feel worth

PART 3: A listener actually wrote a haiku about that game

After Anthony and Harrison had a little chuckle about the haiku a Shogun would write about that game, a viewer actually dropped one. The guys then talked about Ghost of T

FULL: MAILBAG - Kessler, Sexton injury concerns; Roster trimming; Guard depth; Knicks (?) extensions

Anthony asked for questions and, as promised answer basically every question he got. He only got super frustrated once!

PART 1: Walker Kessler, Collin Sexton injury updates

Walker Kessler is the Lakers' second-most important player this year, which makes it more than a little concerning/frustrated that we haven't seen him yet. When will that

PART 2: Anthony's prefered rule change - Town down the reputation stuff

A listener asked what rule changes Anthony would start with and he gave an example, but then also discussed a zoomed-out approach concern he has with NBA refereeing.

PART 3: How else can the Lakers add another big?

Anthony explains why it makes sense for the Lakers to try to land a big via one of their two-way contracts but also gives context on what that is trickier now than it was

HOOK: Likes, dislikes, surprises and lessons

Anthony does this thing with content that he likes, where he asks himself to find things he likes, dislikes, is surprised by and learns over the course of that content. H

PART 1: There's plenty to like so far

Anthony and Pete start this exercise by talking about what they've liked about preseason to this point.

PART 2: How is ball-handling STILL an issue?

Collin Sexton has yet to play and Anthony has noticed his absence a little too much. The guys discuss the ball control from players not named Austin or Luka and how criti

PART 3: Are fans falling for the fallacy of novelty?

The Lakers have started off preseason in fairly impressive fashion, all things considered. A listener still was curious whether some of the new additions are getting a li

FULL: Is Lakers' win total o/u too low? Early preseason lessons; What we want to know ASAP

Anthony and Harrison laugh at how annoyed Philly media already is with some of the extra stuff that comes with LeBron. They segue back to the Lakers by discussing how Veg