Lakers Lounge

Anthony runs through the various ways Lakers games are going to look and sound different, now that his reporting has been officially confirmed. He gives his thoughts on the changes, some of which he understands, others, less so.

Anthony offers up what he'll be watching for when JJ Redick and Rob Pelinka take the stage Thursday afternoon. He then discusses the funny series of events that had Lonzo Ball clarifying whether or not he's retired. He wraps with a quick Q&A.

Anthony and Harrison realize we're less than a week from Lakers media day. So, after running through a quick hypothetical on how else the Lakers could've handled the center position, they play one of their favorite annual games. From there, Harrison has a series of questions for Anthony he fielded from the SB Nation app.

Anthony asks Harrison a hypothetical question given how things have gone between the Pistons and Jalen Duren. Would the Lakers have been better off trying to play this situation to their own benefit? From there, the guys partake in one of their favorite annual traditions: Media Day Bingo.

Anthony and Harrison round out their predictions for stories coming from media day and then dive into a set of questions Harrison has for Anthony from the SB Nation app, including one about where JJ Redick already ranks among Lakers coaches all time.

Anthony responds to a particularly annoyed audience taking issue with his critique of the depth on the Lakers roster compared to last season. From there, he dives into the mailbag to answer a very wide assortment of questions.

After hearing all the complaints and criticism of his take that the Lakers aren't as deep now as they were last year, Anthony... says screw it and stands on business.

Anthony dives into the mailbag, where a listener has a very weird (and frankly impossible) request.

Poor Raj has had to talk about all kinds of things over the course of this summer that don't feature x's and o's, so Anthony, out of the goodness of his heart, gets out of the way and lets Raj run through all his nerdiest talking points about this Lakers team.

Anthony tells a story about music for him growing up. Then, he and Raj disagree about who they think should be the Lakers' fifth starter when training camp opens in a couple weeks.