Lakers Lounge

FULL: Lakers - Kings recap; Walker, Austin impress; Luka isn't 'insufferable'; Q&A

Anthony and Harrison get together for a rare postgame episode in which they get to make a little fun of the Kings. They recap the game, break down Walker Kessler and Aust

PART 1: Lakers beat Kings in a very different way

The Lakers are wrapping up a stretch of five games in seven nights. They won... ugly? With defense? Really?

PART 2: Walker Kessler's underrated skill

Anthony noticed something from the Kings all over the court last night: Walker Kessler wore them down. He and Harrison discuss that, Austin's under-the-radar production a

PART 3: Bill Simmons' Luka take shows he isn't watching

Bill Simmons called Luka Doncic insufferable. Anthony and Harrison greatly appreciate Simmons for making their points for them.

FULL: Why isn't anyone giving Luka Doncic his due? Is it time to push all the chips in?

Anthony has noticed a weird silence on Luka Doncic so far that he runs by Harrison to see if he's noticed the same. The guys talk about how an MVP run would change how la

PART 1: The goal posts are already moving on Luka Doncic

Anthony has noticed an interesting way Luka Doncic's incredible start to the season is being covered... in that it ISN'T being covered. He talks to Harrison about the ins

PART 2: How would a Luka MVP season recalibrate expectations on the Lakers this year?

Anthony has noticed a pretty collective decision by several larger national platforms to essentially ignore what Luka Doncic has done to start this season on both sides o

PART 3: Is JJ Redick learning how to use Mamu?

After wrapping up the conversation of what going all in on this season could potentially look like, Anthony and Harrison discuss some rotation and usage tweaks JJ Redick

FULL: So... why *ISN'T* Luka Doncic MVP so far?

Luka Doncic is off to one of the best starts in NBA history. Anthony marvels at it, enjoys that win over Miami, offers up what he saw that helped Austin Reaves turn thing

PART 1: Lakers-Heat recap; Luka's special start; Austin bounces back

Anthony starts by breaking down the Lakers' win over Miami, segues to Luka Doncic's early-season MVP campaign and wraps this part by talking about what helped Austi Reave

PART 2: Miami reminds us of the "Now This Is Going To Be Fun" Lakers; Q&A

Anthony explains why the Heat seem like a fairly miserable experience right now and compare them to one of his least favorite Lakers seasons ever. He wraps with a Q&A ses

FULL: Luka dominates Raptors; Kessler bounces back; Bench fixes; Grimes... Q&A

The Lakers beat the Raptors behind Luka Doncic's historically impressive stat line and Walker Kessler bouncing back. The bench made the game a lot closer than it needed t

PART 1: Lakers top Raptors; Luka Doncic is SPECIAL

Anthony marvels at what Luka Doncic is doing on a night by night basis. Against the Raptors, he finished with a stat line literally no one else has ever had. He compares

PART 2: The Lakers need to simplify the game for Quentin Grimes

Anthony is getting increasingly worried about Quentin Grimes, so he offers up a couple potential solutions to what has made Grimes so ineffective this year. From there, h

FULL: Raj nerds out; Can the Lakers get a two seed?

The Lakers haven't opened strong. Things are rolling in the right direction. Injuries just keep stacking up for other teams. So long as those things continue? The guys ta

PART 1: Let's nerd out, one week or so in

Anthony steps aside and lets Raj get as nerdy as he wants about the early returns on this Lakers group.

PART 2: How does the rotation change with Jarred Vanderbilt now in it?

Anthony and Raj both hope Jarred Vanderbilt is now a cemented part of the Lakers' rotation. How does that change the rest of the pieces around him?

PART 3: Q&A - Have you seen enough to ask the Lakers to go "all-in" on this season?

The west is now wide open with a few tough injuries to key figures. The Lakers look good. There's a clear hole in the roster they NEED to address. They only have so much

FULL: Lakers bounce back behind... Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton and... Jarred Vanderbilt????

Luka Doncic and Ziaire Williams got the night off. Austin Reaves didn't really have it. The Clippers sold out to stop Walker Kessler. This means other guys would have to

PART 1: Redemption, thy names are Quentin and Collin

Collin Sexton and Quentin Grimes caught plenty of criticism from the loss to Portland only a day ago. Well, they responded with two very solid performances when the Laker