Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the return of the Opening Night Lakers starters, how the Lakers have been unlucky on defense, and how their organized offense has looked over the last few weeks.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the up-and-down week from the Lakers, first breaking down how the Suns game got away from them, discussing the pros/cons of a trade for Dejounte Murray, and offer some hopeful context for how the team can still put things together this season.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers post In-Season Tournament struggles, including how most players on the team have a right to feel frustrated by their role & usage, why the new lineup is struggling on Offense, and later check in with some Bulls writers to get a better sense of what Chicago is expecting back if the Lakers were to engage them in a trade.

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Tom Zayas and Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers pivoting to a new starting lineup vs the Thunder, including how the team over-performed their expectation offensively, where the strength in that lineup lies, and whether or not it's sustainable long-term. Later, they discuss the recent reports of the Lakers-Bulls trade discussions around Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and Alex Caruso and which package Tim and Tom would prefer.

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Tom Zayas and Cranjis McBasketball discuss how the Lakers have looked since Jarred Vanderbilt has returned from injury, including how he's fit in on offense and defense and where his strengths were missed the most. Later, they discuss the matchup with the Indiana Pacers in the In-Season Tournament Final and how LA can hope to slow down Tyrese Haliburton.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball hop on to discuss the Lakers season so far, including how the team has navigated through the injuries (and how many players they've missed each game), why the Lakers schedule has been quietly tougher than we first imagined, and what to take away from the Lakers being ranked as the 29th best 3PT shooting team (at the time of recording this pod).

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers 4-1 record in their last 5 games, including how Cam has become a new player in the starting lineup, where some of the frustration with the Lakers Defensive Rebounding should be directed, and how the Lakers can fix their transition defense.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers tough loss in Miami and how they battled despite being short-handed, how Austin Reaves has broken through his opening struggles, doing a scheme check-in, how the team has done in improving their Def Rebounding, and what to do to break through the slow starts.

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Tom Zayas & Cranjis McBasketball discuss the Lakers rotations in the 1st 4 games (recorded before the Clips game), including why we need to see LeBron and D'Lo staggered, what to think of Cam getting the backup wing minutes over Max, how Christian Wood has performed and how going big is only a situational advantage, and briefly discuss LA's scheme so far.

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