Lakers Lounge

Anthony rolls through some options further down the list as well as some draft prospects the Lakers could land if their primary targets aren't available.

For ages, the discussion of hometown discounts in the NBA were always owner propaganda. Now, with the owners having succeeded in putting essentially a hard cap into place, the discussion has come back up again. Jalen Brunson taking less objectively helped the Knicks. Is it fair to hope your team's superstar does the same? Anthony and Harrison hash this subject out.

Anthony and Harrison begin their discussion on pay cuts by outlining the various ways this is different now than it was under previous CBAs and economic situations.

If Adam Silver doesn't come down hard on the Clippers for their alleged cap circumvention, pay days may become a mainstay in NBA economics. The guys discuss this and the notion of what fans and athletes owe each other (with Tom Brady as the example).

Packed episode as Anthony reacts to the Knicks once again walking down the Spurs. He offers up a couple lessons from that win and the history the Knicks made. From there, he officially kicks off the Lakers' offseason and centers it around Giannis trade noise. He updates the situations surround LeBron and Austin, then dives into a Q&A with the live audience.

Anthony gives his thoughts on the Knicks winning it all and then dives into some of the conversations about the Lakers offseason he had with people around the league over the weekend.

Jalen Brunson is making less than he could be on the Knicks. That has allowed them to build a better roster around him. It also applies inherent pressure to players of his caliber and better to take a similar deal, or else compete at a disadvantage. Anthony discusses this, then dives into a Q&A with the live audience.

Anthony welcomes Cranjis back into The Lounge to break down JJ Redick's second season.

The Lakers need JJ Redick to continue growing on the job. Did he do enough of that in his second year?

The funny thing about that whole experience, according to Cranjis? He mostly agreed with what JJ said about organized offense! The guys talk about that, those processes that go into charting that information and how to balance organized offense with Luka's own creativity.