Jovan Buha welcomes Andy Kamenetzky from Locked On Lakers to examine where things stand with the Los Angeles Lakers as the summer winds down.

Jovan and Andy discuss LA’s offseason, patience vs. urgency in making a consolidation trade to improve the backend of the roster, the best way to build around LeBron James and Anthony Davis in 2024, why Jerami Grant is such an intriguing option, the potential cost and downside to a Grant trade, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:35 How good are the Lakers?
7:21 Patience vs. urgency with the roster
15:30 Why hasn’t LA made a consolidation trade?
35:40 The best way to build around LeBron and AD
38:40 Why Jerami Grant could make sense
48:07 The potential downside of a Grant trade
54:20 The tricky road forward
57:36 Outro

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