The Lakers have requested to interview Kenny Atkinson (GSW) and Charles Lee (MIL) for their head coach vacancy, so Tim digs into the film and data on both candidates to share how they'd fit into LA's coaching needs and tiers and how they fit into tiers of candidates.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers' core decision makers from Jeanie to Phil Jackson and everyone in between. Who should be part of the process and how can the Lakers get back to success with so many decision makers?

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the encouraging rumors surrounding potential Russell Westbrook trades, including varying deals with Charlotte & Indiana.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball return to discuss the Lakers Head Coaching vacancy in a unique way -- by drafting potential candidates to their "team" and discussing the merits & drawbacks of each person. It's Coach Draft Time!

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss a handful of recent news items, including Wenyen Gabriel's contract, Mac McClung, and all the leaks that have come out over the last few days. Later, we revisit our early season Bold Predictions and unpack what we got right & what we (mostly) got wrong. Congratulations, Laker fans, we never have to talk about this team again. We did it!

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball get together and bury this 2022 Lakers team once and for all, discussing the puzzling lineups throughout the Jazz/Pelicans games, Russell Westbrook's combativeness, and how the team can find something to take into next year, R.I.P. the 2022 Lakers.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball catch up on the last few weeks of Lakers basketball, including some promising signs offensively, how Russ has looked, the change in rotation with much less THT & Carmelo, what Quin Snyder could look like as the Lakers coach, and a preliminary "who should we keep next year" discussion.

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Tim goes solo to dive into his process evaluating college basketball teams for March Madness and explains a few big game and upset picks.

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Tom Zayas & Nic Jehle hop on to discuss Adam McKay's new HBO show "Winning Time" and break down the first episode from a fan & filmmaking perspective.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball are once again joined by Austin Reaves as they chat about what it's like to develop skills in the middle of a season, how Austin's role has changed, how he's able to withstand so much on-court punishment on defense, what really happened in that LeBron clip where Austin became a meme, and much, much more!

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