Lakers Lounge

The Lakers picked up their first win of the preseason as Austin Reaves outdueled Brandin Podziemski. Anthony recaps the game, then reacts to Luka Doncic and Marcus Smart being held out again.

After yet another set of comments asking about trading Austin Reaves, Anthony says one key detail always seems to be missing from those ideas. This team would be a lot worse without Austin. It's time people accepted that.

The Lakers won't have LeBron at the beginning of the season and they're once again playing catchup. Anthony discusses the ambiguity surrounding James' injury, the rotation with him out, Marcus Smart's preseason availability and does so while celebrating that insane Dodgers win.

LeBron James will miss the start of the season with sciatica. So there's that. Anthony reacts to the news, then dives into the rotation without James. He then wonders why the Giannis rumors didn't register on the radar for anyone covering the Lakers. He wraps with a Q&A with the live audience.

With LeBron out for roughly a month (at least), Anthony breaks down the rotation without, starting with, well, the starters.

After wrapping up the conversation about Giannis' situation and how it impacts the Lakers, Anthony is asked about Lauri Markannen. He answers that question before mentally preparing himself for the Dodgers game.

The way this training camp has gone, and the seemingly inevitable slow start, all comes down to leadership. Anthony sums up this thoughts about that, then offers up a summary of the Dalton Knecht situation.

With yet another set of quotes and updates from practice about who isn't practicing, Anthony is officially annoyed. He let's it rip. Then, he reacts to an Athletic report about Dalton Knecht's trade value and offers up what he's heard on that front. He wraps up with a quick Q&A.

Anthony asks a question we might not like the answer to.

Dalton Knecht's trade value is in the dumps. It could get a little lower but not by much without injury. Anthony offers up what he's heard about how the league feels about Knecht and where things will have to go from here if he's going to reclaim some of that stature he had coming out of college.