Lakers Lounge

The guys discuss the scene in Cleveland, where LeBron was visibly moved by a thank-you video. Does it mean anything? Then, Anthony has heard De'Andre Hunter's name far too often not to discuss the possibilities and how his game would fit. They wrap by answering a couple questions from the live audience.

What a weird night.

The Lakers folded in spectacular fashion on a night where both their available stars had weird games for different reasons.

Presented an opportunity to grift to his heart's extent, Anthony gives about as boring an answer has he possibly can. For journalism.

As implied by the title of the pod, it's a loaded one that wanders everywhere from injury details, to the ethics of reporting, to the desire to retell history and the problems caused by that, to parenthood and everywhere in-betwee.

Anthony noticed along with everyone how Shams tweeted that Austin was making his return today only to delete that tweet and never issue any kind of correction. Journalism! Anthony offers up what he's heard about the situation and then dives into some of the choices Austin's return leads to.

Anthony laughs at a report that Bronny James wasn't drafted at LeBron's request and uses it to talk about how the media does a disservice to everyone. From there, he dives into the chat to answer a couple questions about the trade deadline. Get ready for some Nic Claxton talk.

Anthony recaps a weird but mostly fun Lakers win over the Bulls. Luka was incredible. Ayton was the opposite of that. Rui has been really bleepin good since he went to the bench. Austin might be back soon and the offense is clicking in a way that he can only help. Listeners still want to know about incoming trades.

Anthony explains what he loved about Luka's game last night, what he's sick of watching from Ayton and why he's so impressed by Rui.

After recapping the game and talking about the recent developments surrounding the Lakers, Anthony opens things up to the rest of the live audience, who is still pretty focused on the trade deadline, which is still a little more than a week away.