Lakers Lounge

A listener wants to know how the Lakers can still get the most out of Austin Reaves whenever Luka Doncic and LeBron James come back. Anthony uses a recent example to try to explain what getting all three into sets might look like, then continues to answer questions from this week's mailbags.

Anthony compares and contrasts that Lakers loss last night, in which they barely fielded an NBA team to a Dodgers win in the World Series highlighted by organizational successes like Emmet Sheehan and Will Klein.

The Lakers got some tough news over the weekend, as they learned they will be without Luka Doncic AND LeBron James for at least the next week. Then, Austin Reaves went off and the Lakers beat the Kings.

Anthony and Raj break down Austin Reaves' performance and what to take from this game moving forward either with or without Luka Doncic, LeBron James and whoever else is in and other of the lineup.

The Lakers desperately needed Austin Reaves to be special and boy did he. At a time when many Lakers fans have called for trading Reaves, he reminded everyone why he's worth keeping around a while.

Luka, LeBron, Gabe and Maxi are all out. Marcus Smart tweaked his knee last night. Jaxson Hayes also missed the game. Depth wasn't a strength coming into this season. How will the Lakers handle all these absences?

Anthony details the allegations against Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and others, then explains how the charges against Damon Jones implicate (however loosely) LeBron and the Lakers. He discusses how legalization has helped in a specific way, even while societal concerns remain.

The Lakers also practiced yesterday and JJ Redick gave more quotes that Anthony likened to another recent Lakers head coach.

Alright. Let's talk this out.

Anthony has noticed a recent trend with JJ Redick and it has way too much in common with his predecessor.

Anthony welcomes Yaron Weitzman, who wrote a book about this LeBron-Lakers era called "Hollywood Ending: The Dreams And Drama of The LeBron Lakers." The guys talk about this wild chapter of the franchise and the Lakers' own response to Yaron's reporting.

In the second half of the show, Anthony talks about his opinion on the Lakers' loss to the Warriors now 24 hours later, including his thoughts on LeBron's approach to the game.