Loaded show, considering it's a Sunday without basketball. Anthony opens with a response to listeners not exactly thrilled about the all-time Lakers rotation draft from Friday. In it, he explains that building a rotation is a lot more complicated than just listing the best players in Lakers history. He then tells a story about why he thought James Worthy thought his actual name was podcast. He wraps by diving into all the Lounge mailbags, which had some excellent questions.

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So, a lot of y'all were NOT happy about the results of Anthony and Pete's rotation draft from Friday. Honestly, we get it. Some truly great players went way later than they should've in the draft. However, as Anthony explains, when you're putting together a rotation that actually has to play together, you have to factor in fit. He explains all that, then follows up that segment with a story about meeting James Worthy, who thought his name was Podcast.

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A listener asked Anthony about the Lakers uniforms and whether it might be time to redesign them as the organization heads into the Luka Doncic era. It's honestly a pretty good idea, though Anthony has a specific kind of rebrand in mind.

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Anthony is, frankly, sick of the same old conversation about this summer so he's going to reframe it. In this episode, he and Pete Zayas (LFR) participate in a snake draft to build out their ideal 10-man rotations using only former Lakers. From there, they discuss some lessons they learned from the draft and extend them to this offseason and beyond. They wrap with questions from the audience but not until after Pete shocks the world with a couple revelations.

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In a wildly entertaining exercise, the guys snake draft 10-man rotations of any players who've ever worn a Lakers uniform. They explain the parameters of the draft, then get into it. Also, Anthony commits a truly earth-shattering gaffe.

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After drafting their all-time 10-man rotations, the guys offer up some observations about the exercise and extend them to some key factors the Lakers will have to take into account this summer. More importantly, Pete has two revelations that are absolutely incredible. They wrap with questions from the live audience.

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Anthony and Harrison have one of *those* episodes, where they start with one subject and just kind of wander around. These tend to be their best shows. In this one, they start with LeBron and Luka and the notion of two timelines, but wind up touching on all the trade stuff, Jayson Tatum's injury, the upcoming finals series and The Last of Us.

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Anthony is coming to realize that LeBron and Luka can obviously fit at least fairly well, but it's inherently short-term because of where LeBron is in his career. So, with that in mind, the guys set the table for a really tricky conversation about how the Lakers can do right by LeBron while also giving Luka his best chances at a championship asap.

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The year is 2078. The podcast has been taken over by AI, and by that we mean Anthony Irwin IV despite Anthony's rants against nepotism. Somehow, some way, the guys are still debating the notion of individual talent vs overall fit.

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We know, we know, but stick with us. If you enjoyed that show, you'll like this conversation. If not, well, it's the third part of a really long conversation that was mostly about the Lakers.

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