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With the Knicks seemingly calling everyone who may be happy with their head coach to see if they can pry said coach away from them, Anthony offers what he knows about the situation and explains how the Lakers may handle this situation should the Knicks come calling.

Absolutely loaded episode here as Anthony and Raj break down the Pacers' game two win over the Thunder, the series outlook from here on out and what Indiana has done to get to this point. From there, the guys talk a little about what the Lakers can learn from Indiana, then dive into a discussion about LeBron James' player option and whatever his contractual situation might be coming out of this summer. They wrap with a conversation about Dalton Knecht because Twitter is angry at Anthony.

For some reason, Raj only seems to be available to come on the show if the Pacers win. Well, they did last night, so the guys broke it down. Anthony also ranted again about the NBA's role in how poorly ESPN has handled these Finals and the sport in general.

Anthony wrote a lengthy piece about LeBron James' player option and the potential discount he could give the Lakers if he so chooses. After offering up what he can about the situation, he and Raj have a discussion about what James could do in this spot, what's fair to hope for as fans and the impact of James' decision, no matter what it might be.

Anthony pissed off Twitter by saying he is out on Dalton Knecht and wondered what Raj thought about that discussion. This led to a few other topics and before you know it, it became a whole extra half hour of Knecht/Lakers/JJ Redick talk.

In Anthony's latest piece, he took a closer look at what the Lakers will look to do with their taxpayer midlevel exception. He narrates that piece on today's Lowdown.

Anthony breaks down Rob Pelinka's performance last year, which was defined by inactivity heading into the season and quite possibly one of the best trades in Lakers history. Ironically, the former doomed the latter, and makes Anthony a lot less confident than he'd like to be in the Lakers' chances of maximizing their opportunity with Luka fro here on out.

Rob Pelinka is known for highs and lows and no other season exemplifies that existence more than last year, where his decisions heading into the season damned the beginning of the miraculous Luka Doncic era.

Using recent history, Anthony explains why he isn't super confident in the Lakers maximizing the Luka Doncic era under Rob Pelinka and the rest of the upper tier of management.

Ron Pelinka has been able to run out the string on the end of the AD-LeBron era, but now that he's landed Luka Doncic, the pressure is right back on him to turn this team around this summer. Anthony explains why and how Lakers fans should be happy about the timing of all of this.