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Anthony has noticed a trend in the hires made thus far and has some fairly straightforward follow-ups on the hiring process so far. Concerns aside, this doesn't matter right now because it's mostly business stuff. Here's hoping the approach changes once we get to basketball hires.

The Lakers are covered like they're some disappointing farce but then you look around and... well, we guess there are a bunch of disappointing farces out there.

Anthony breaks down this game using his precap, then dives into the lessons the Lakers should take from this win. He discusses Austin's recent struggles and the Lakers' turnover problems. Then, he addresses JJ Redick's back-and-forth with reporters about organized offense and finishes by answering a question about the Luka-JJ confrontation.

Anthony started doing precaps as part of his work with Offside and he wants to bring them into these games he rides solo for. Sometimes, we'll laugh at a bad prediction. Others (as is the case tonight), we'll laugh at how close he got.

A listener asked Anthony about the viral moment where Luka Doncic and JJ Redick appeared to disagree about something and Anthony explained why he loved that moment.

Listeners had plenty of questions in all the show's mailbags and this week, the focus in the Lakers' organizational culture. How can it be set in a productive way before we roster improvements?

Before addressing the multitude of hole this roster has now and will have more of this summer, the Lakers have to set some type of culture, where expectations are set and, ideally met. Where accountability is finally something more than empty catch phrases. Where leadership has a vision and carries it ou-... you get the gist of it. Can this be built? What are Rob Pelinka's strengths? Anthony answers questions about all of it.

Anthony lays out everything the Lakers are saying they're trying to accomplish this summer and... man, doesn't it sound like they have a lot of dip on that chip?

The Lakers beat two teams we don't particularly like very handily. Let's enjoy that, then dive into the lessons learned from their wins over the Warriors and Kings. Anthony wraps with a few questions from the live audience, too.

The Lakers are only going to go as far as they figure out a way to remain balanced on offense. This weekend, competition notwithstanding, proved that point.