Lakers Lounge

Anthony once again makes the case for Giannis, this time to Raj -- who is against the idea. Anthony says he's gonna keep receipts on this one.

Anthony and Raj wrap up the episode with some questions from the live audience, who all agreed Spurs-Thunder feels like the finals. Are we ever going to see the west properly represented in the playoffs by way of 1-16 seeding? (no, is the answer -- and it sucks)

Anthony and Harrison's annoyance with Giannis' will-he, won't-he ask for a trade has come full circle because of the caliber of basketball the Lakers would have to play to compete with the likes of OKC and San Antonio. Anthony makes the case for trading for Giannis on several levels, including as a means to convince LeBron to take a little less.

Anthony has watched these playoffs and walked away from them so far wondering how the Lakers can bring in the kind of upper tier talent that would bring them closer to the classes of the league. He can't believe he's making this case either, but what about Giannis?

Anthony makes the case for Giannis with an additional benefit being value contracts the Lakers would sign if free agents look to latch onto a contending Lakers team.

More often than not, owners don't let their front offices go straight into a rebuild after trading a superstar. If that trend continues, the Lakers don't have much of a chance at Giannis. If Milwaukee does accept their new reality, then a Lakers package makes some sense.

Anthony explains why there was a bit of a break between episodes, then discusses Luke Doncic finishing so far behind the top three in MVP voting results. From there, he offers up some macro-level thoughts on the teams left heading into the conference finals. Finally, he opens the iTunes mailbag and answers some questions and comments from the live chat.

Anthony uses Luka finishing so far behind in the MVP voting results to explain why he's so fed up with this process on the whole.

Anthony explains why he'd be shocked to see Austin Reaves anywhere other than back with the Lakers and then segues from there to a discussion about how the Lakers will need to build around he and Luka Doncic.

Anthony has seen the comments since the season ended and explains why just letting guys walk isn't in the Lakers' best interests heading into the summer. No, they don't need to run it back either, but a good offseason will need to feature more nuance.