Lakers Lounge

A listener asked about all the players who have walked the hallways of Lakers facilities and eventually walked for nothing. The list is painfully long. Anthony explains what's gone into that unfortunate trend, then explains why he'd rather the Lakers trade the pick they can use this summer as the Lakers organization is currently constructed.

After the Lakers beat the Knicks, Anthony offered what he thought the lesson from that win was, in terms of how the Lakers need to play moving forward. Now, another huge win later playing a similar style, that lesson from the other day is getting pretty loud. He and Harrison enjoy the win, discuss this identity moving forward and then try not to sound too salty about Bam Adebayo's night. They wrap with questions from the live audience.

Anthony and Harrison recap that great win over the Wolves and start the conversation on how the Lakers can build on this moving forward (preferably with LeBron James).

The Lakers have found the identity they need to roll with moving forward. They've done so while LeBron James hasn't been playing. Whenever he comes back, they'll need him to adopt that approach or else they have no chance. Can fans realistically hope to see that happen?

The midrange game opens everything up for Austin. It's becoming that simple. Anthony and Harrison discuss that, then quickly talk about why Bam's night was more annoying than anything and wrap with questions from the live audience.

Anthony and Raj heard all the noise over the last 24 hours about the Lakers potentially not needing LeBron James and they just don't get it. They discuss Anthony's solution, why the Lakers can't afford to just cast off one of their top-three players, stan culture and more.

For basically two straight decades, LeBron could pace himself and still be/fit better than any teammate who'd play instead. That isn't necessarily the case any longer.

Anthony thinks LeBron should play a fewer minutes so that he can play harder while he's out there. Raj explains why he doesn't think it'd make a difference. What do you think?

Anthony isn't exactly Mr. Positive all the time but he isn't often pretty surprised by the way the Lakers are talked about compared to their competition, both nationally and within their own fan base.

The Lakers finally passed on of their tests. It happened. We all got to watch it. Also, they did so without LeBron James. So what do we make of that? Anthony breaks it down, his favorite performances from the game and the lessons the Lakers need to learn so they can add LeBron to this identity rather than take a step back whenever he returns.