Lakers Detailed

raj and vinay discuss rethinking how we analyze the Lakers backcourt and how balancing out the other starting roles in a smarter manner can go a long way

raj and vinay discuss the idea of adding giannis to the lakers roster

raj and vinay comb through the different priorities for the Lakers offseason

raj and vinay dissect the Game 4 loss and what it would take for the Lakers to force a Game 7 back in LA

vinay breaks down all the key themes from the Lakers win over the Wolves in Game 2

raj and vinay discuss what went wrong in G1 and what has to be better in G2

raj and vinay get TACTICAL and preview some of the core themes in the Lakers first round matchup against the Wolves that the Lakers have to win

vinay and raj detail the monster win over the thunder and how much of the what we see with the lakers translates to the playoffs

raj and vinay discuss the results of the Lakers most recent road trip, the third option debate, and more with special guest Eddie Gonzalez

raj and vinay discuss the results of the perilous 6 games in 8 nights stretch for the Lakers, LeBron & Rui's returns, and the final stretch of regular season basketball

vinay covers the lakers snapping their losing streak against the Suns, Jaxson' return, and getting back reinforcements

raj and vinay reflect on the playoff readiness of the Lakers after having their 8 game win streak broken in Boston and what the true issues with the offense are

vinay and raj discuss lebron and luka alternating stellar performances that led to back to back wins against our local rivals

vinay and raj discuss the recent injury adversity to hit the lakers and the excellent play from the lakers two stars and two unlikely heroes

vinay and raj break down the new layers to the offense and the approach to team defense the lakers have been running with

vinay chats with laker fans about how they feel about their lakers after a huge win in denver

vinay and raj riff on different laker topics before Coach Rome from Coaches Den joins us to chat about his thoughts on the team

vinay and raj discuss the first impressions of luka, adding alex len, the lakers changing defense, and then hit questions from the chat!

vinay dives into the data during the current 5 game win streak without anthony davis to help figure out what the lakers need to target on the buyout market

vinay cuts the tape and breaks down mark williams game

vinay offers 3 trades post Luka Doncic to help round out the edges for this years roster

vinay speculates how coach jj will re-integrate rui back into the rotation to the benefit of the team

vinay breaks down how Vando's return positively impacts the Lakers rotation even beyond counting stats

vinay breaks down how of all the rumored options the Lakers might be targeting, Nikola Vucevic might be the best compliment to Anthony Davis

we did a quick breakdown of the trey jemison' strengths weaknesses and how he fits with the lakers if deployed

we discussed the merits of swapping dfs for rui with the starters, transition defense, stupid switching, and whether its worth trading picks for situational use players

we discussed the lakers stretch post dfs trade

we discussed our observations and the monster defensive improvement from the lakers over their 3-0 week

we discussed brons return, the memphis game, and other topics

we follow up on the topics we didnt have enough time for on the last pod including urgency

we hit on how the lakers have looked since the orlando loss and dove deep into the defense, lebron, AD, and rob pelinka

we discuss some consistent themes from these ugly laker wins and brandon ingram's fit with the team

we discuss the lakers defensive issues over these last two games

we discussed the trends on this extended win streak then dove deep on max, dalton, and how to handle the starting group

we caught up on the starting lineup change and the trends we've seen through 10 games of the season so far

we discussed the lakers recent 1-3 slide and argued the merits of the lakers "developing" players and their most recent rotation change

we covered all of the different themes and things we saw from the lakers hot start to the season

we send our congrats to the dodgers, discuss a controversial end to Lynx/Liberty, and dive deep into the Lakers

we discuss the lakers/bucks game, bringing back dwight, bron and bronny's moment, and then hit a bunch of listener questions

we talked about the chatter from media

we covered the wood and vando injury news and speculated on how the front office is thinking right now

we covered some team usa observations and if its possible to optimize around lebron and AD

we broke down the individual performances from our summer league roster

we discuss losing out on the klay sweepstakes and theorize about what is going on behind the scenes with the lakers inactivity

we discussed a bunch of different things about JJ and speculated on what the next steps might be

we covered the increasing certainty behind jj's hiring, the firestorm over caitlin clark, and 3 trade ideas

we discussed the latest rounds of laker updates

we covered the news that jj redick is a leading candidate for the new laker head coach position and the potential of trading for donovan mitchell

we talked about the recent laker transactions, JJ Redick, and how Atlanta winning the draft might affect LA revisiting a deadline trade

we talked about the different themes as we wait on the first step

we talked about the slate of games today and the dove into the game 4 wrinkles that led to us finally winning