Lakers Lounge

Adam Silver gave his annual press conference at All Star Weekend, where the subject du jour was tanking. The conversation on that subject was so loud that it made Anthony wonder whether it had become a distraction from more pressing issues.

Anthony continues his dive through the iTunes mailbag, where a listener wanted some clarity on the Kobe Bufkin decision. Anthony explains what went into it, based on what he knows, then continues on into questions from the live audience.

Loaded show to send you off into the weekend.

Anthony and Pete look back on Chris Paul's career and how the Clippers did him and their other stars wrong. Anthony makes the point that this is something the Lakers have done so well it's helped land stars over the years... which means they have to send LeBron James off gracefully, too.

Anthony is still pretty skeptical that the front office will be built out in ways Lakers fans are hoping. Pete believes it could really happen. Both make their cases, then explain how they'd like to see it come together.

Anthony is joined by Pete and Jovan to look back quickly on the season to this point, then dish out grades to all the key contributors to it.

The guys open with a brief conversation on the season as a whole to this point, then direct their attention to the guys at the top of the roster.

LeBron gets the lowest grades of the Lakers' three stars, then the guys have a lengthy conversation about Rob Pelinka and a Lakers front office that has a critical offseason ahead of them.

The guys wrap up their conversation about Rob Pelinka, then turn their attention to JJ Redick and the role players up and down the roster.

Anthony and Harrison talk about how tanking has escalated and the role Adam Silver has played in the problem getting worse. Then, they discuss Rob Pelinka once again seemingly sliding on by for wasting another prime season of a great player. They debate whether LeBron publicly shared his own Rob-related frustration, then they wrap up with some questions from the live audience.