Lakers Lounge

The Rockets have center depth and need a guard. The Lakers have guard depth and need a center? With this FVV injury, will the teams link up to work something out?

Anthony details all the things we can look forward to over the next week, let alone afterward. You guys, we've wandered through the desert that is August/September long enough. Let's get back to it. He also answers your questions, and y'all brought it this week.

This is actually a rather big week, as we'll get our first appearance in a while from Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick. In one week, it's media day. Training camp opens shortly thereafter. Anthony preps you for all of it.

Anthony got a few more comments during the show about Austin Reaves and addressed what he thinks is actually going on there. He also talks about the transition of power with new ownership, the potential hold-up and what he'll be looking for from the new bosses.

This Clippers scandal has Anthony thinking about the intrinsic value of sports, which also leads to questions about what fans should expect to get out of them. He and Pete have a deep conversation about all that, Clippers-gate, the reasons sports are so important and everything in between. To wrap, Anthony answers some questions from the live audience.

Anthony offers up the premise, and Pete makes an important delineation between what sports owe us vs. what teams owe their own fans. This kicks off a deep conversation and features a good laugh at Steve Ballmer.

Anthony and Pete wrap their discussion by taking a look at the learning people do even subconsciously through sports. Through this prism, Anthony argues how important they are and how critical it is to think about the lessons they teach us. He wraps with a couple questions about the Clippers and Kawhi from the live audience.

Anthony welcomes Adam Mares back into The Lounge to talk Clippers stuff, with even more information coming out now about the efforts to keep Aspiration above water long enough to (allegedly) pay Kawhi Leonard. Next, the guys turn their attention to the Nuggets, who are both of their title favorites heading into the season. Finally, Anthony asks Adam about the summer of Skinny Luka.

Adam and Anthony go back and forth about the latest findings, which paint a pretty clear picture of what was going on between the Clippers and Aspiration. It's not looking good, folks.

Anthony thinks the Nuggets should be title favorites this year. Adam gives his thoughts on the matter, then the guys go into how people in Denver feel about the Lakers, the summer of Skinny Luka and the two teams heading into the season.