Lakers Lounge

PART TWO: The guys pick back up on what they were talking about with Anthony Edwards not wanting to be the face of the league with the help of LeBron James, who had thoughts about it after the game.

LOWDOWN: Anthony had to get something off his chest about all these leaks about Luka Doncic after the fact that only make the Mavericks look small and petty on top of already being stupid enough to trade Luka Doncic.

FULL: Anthony welcomes old friend Adam Mares back into The Lounge to talk about the Lakers-Nuggets rivalry now with Anthony Davis swapped out for Luka Doncic. The Lakers have never looked as confident during the LeBron James era against the Nuggets as they did last Saturday. Was that a one-off, or are people in Denver actually nervous about this matchup moving forward.

From there, they dip back into their old national show days to play an old game: "Whoa! or Whoa..."

PART ONE: Anthony and Adam discuss that game from last weekend in which the Lakers swarmed the Nuggets defensively and really threw them off their game. Was that the blueprint to change how those games have gone over the last few years, or was that a one-off result the Nuggets can adjust from?

PART TWO: After wrapping up the Lakers-Nuggets portion of the conversation, Anthony and Adam bring back a game they used to play on their old national show: Whoa! or Whoa...

FULL: Anthony and Raj break down an ugly win that highlighted some flaws, hammered home some strengths and featured all kinds of storylines as Luka Doncic took on his former team.

PART ONE: Anthony and Raj recap a game that highlighted a little bit of everything for a Lakers team clearly still figuring it out.

PART TWO: Anthony and Raj give it up for Austin Reaves, who somehow has figured out how to fit in the offense as either a primary, secondary or tertiary weapon. Anthony makes an insane comp that actually makes a lot of sense if you hear out the take.

PART THREE: Anthony and Raj wrapped up the show by taking questions from the live audience, who was somewhat rightfully correct in their concern for what happens to the Lakers offense when their role players aren't knocking down shots.

FULL: Anthony and Raj relive that win from Saturday and start by talking about how much both teams seem to really care about these matchups. From there, they get into the basketball aspects of this matchup to figure out what swung it from an endless string of losses to the blowout win we saw Saturday. Then, they discuss whether that approach can work against other teams as well.