Lakers Lounge

There are four Lakers players who belong on Mt. Lakemore. If Luka Doncic is going to make that exclusive list, he's going to have to knock one of them off. So, it's worth asking: Can anyone currently etched into that mountain actually be knocked off?

A live viewer wanted to know what Anthony and Harrison could say about the rumors currently swirling about what the Lakers could've done with Jarred Vanderbilt or Gabe Vincent, among others. Yes, technically, they could have traded those guys, but you wouldn't have liked the cost of doing so.

Coming off the conversation Anthony and Pete had Friday, listeners wanted more media/reporting talk. Anthony explains his method of reporting, the potential pitfalls and why he covers the team the way he does. On the basketball side, he discusses the offensive and defensive ceiling -- and how he thinks the team will fare on both sides.

Anthony admits to the one story he was outright duped on this summer. Damn you, Brook Lopez. He explains why he reports the way he does but also understands why people may not like it if they see that reporting out of context.

OG listeners remember the original version of The Hook, which featured Aaron Larsuel. One of the questions today was about him, so Anthony offered up some good news. He also details a kind of transaction he thinks we'll see more of in this new CBA.

Anthony listened to an LFR pod in which Pete and Darius discussed NBA coverage and specifically with the Lakers. Given the summer he's had, Anthony wanted to pick up on that conversation too. So they wander around the topic. How did we get here? Can this be fixed? Where is it going?

Anthony and Pete look back at this summer and how they've taken it all in given the information they had in front of them. LeBron James was almost certainly not going anywhere. That didn't stop a weeks-long news cycle!

Anthony and Pete discuss the way the NBA's tv partners have covered the league and why it wanted something other than what Turner was providing.

Anthony opened up his notebook on his way out to California last week and finally got around to narrating the piece. You won't find more detail on this summer than right here.

Anthony welcomes a friend of the show to talk Lakers and Clippers. Mirjam Swanson (SCNG) stops by to talk about the sale and compare the two teams' summers.