LeBron's Injury In The All-Star Game, Plus We Open Up The Mailbag

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Making Moves: Lakers Talk With Allen Sliwa: Making Moves by Lakers Talk with Allen Sliwa

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HR 1: How Many More Years: Allen talks about LeBron's comments wanting to finish his career with the Lakers. by Lakers Talk with Allen Sliwa

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Are LeBron James (and Klutch) Feuding with Rob Pelinka and the Lakers?: All-Star weekend was quite eventual for LeBron James on a couple of fronts. First, he crushed the game itself, hitting a game-winner and putting on a show for his (sort of) hometown fans. But man alive, did he also spend those 72 hours making waves between him and the Lakers. Having already cultivated, through leaks and pointed social posts, a narrative of discontent over a dormant trade deadline, LeBron spent the weekend dropping hints that other franchises are better run or more appealing than his own. Execs like Sam Presti (OKC) and Koby Altman (Cleveland) were praised lavishly. The door for another return to Cleveland was presented as still open. The goal of playing with his son Bronny, WHEREVER he lands, was explicitly reiterated. All of this was clearly meant to make the Lakers nervous about a potential separation, either when his contract ends next season... or even earlier. Dude is not happy about the Laker by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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LOCKED ON LAKERS -- 1/17/19 -- A deep dive on LeBron James' injury: The Lakers received some somewhat predictable news regarding LeBron James' impending return from a groin injury suffered on Christmas. So, the focus of the show is on the many levels of the situation -- with the help of a very special guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Are LeBron and the Lakers Showing Signs? Plus, Trade Rumors Around Jerami Grant and Ben Simmons!: LeBron James won his eleventybillionth Conference Player of the Week award this week, to go along with other honoraries he's gained over the course of his career. Little things like Conference Player of the Month, MVP and Finals MVP. But while it's nice, and indicative of the way he's played of late, obviously LeBron doesn't care about that sort of thing. It is, however, one small sign that things are slowly turning around for L.A.. Or could be, at least. That's if LeBron can stay healthy, given his workload. And if Anthony Davis can recover quickly from his knee injury. And if Trevor Ariza returns quickly enough from his absence, and then contributes in the way the Lakers hope he can. So there are variables! Meanwhile, it's about time for some early season MVP predictions and straw polls, and what's notable for the Lakers isn't who is on the list, but that the people you'd expect to be on by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers WIN NBA In-Season Tournament!!: Chapmions! by Lakers Nation Podcast

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LeBron James and Lakers Freefall + Lil Wayne Friendship: Skip opens up the podcast looking at the state of LeBron's Lakers and whether or not they will even make the playoffs following their most recent struggles. by The Skip Bayless Show

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How long can LeBron James stay patient with the Lakers?: How long can LeBron James stay patient with the Lakers? by Lakers Lounge

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Lakers vs Nuggets Tonight!! LeBron Hints At Playing Longer, City Edition Leak & More: The season is here! by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Can the Lakers Really Lighten LeBron's Load? Plus, Horry says the Lakers Should Retire Coop's Jersey.: On Tuesday's show, we talked about Austin Reaves, his great run to this point with Team USA in the World Cup, and how he might be a catalyst for helping lighten the load on LeBron James this season, something the Lakers have been trying to do for a couple seasons now. One viewer of the show wondered if that's possible, saying in his mind, LeBron wouldn't let that happen. But is that really the issue? Dig into the numbers, and it's clear the team hasn't had any success lowering his burden, even last season after the deadline and the Lakers had a better roster. Why? Well, in part because on offense at least, deemphasizing LeBron is a questionable hoops choice. Is he old? Yes. But he's also still elite, and better at _____ offensively that pretty much anyone the Lakers are going to use (particularly in the role of an orchestrator). Plus, with superstars, it's often the teammates who do t by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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NBA GM Poll Reflects Anthony Davis's Reputation Dropping Around the NBA. (LeBron Still Respected!): Every year, NBA.com produces the GM poll, asking execs around the league all sorts of questions about players, teams, coaches and beyond. In most years, the Lakers and Lakers players are well represented, given their high profile, high expectations, star power and so on. This year, however, when it comes to the Lakers the results are notable mostly because the Lakers are an afterthought. LeBron James pops up in a couple of categories, Darvin Ham in another. The Lakers are expected to finish around 8th in the conference, which makes sense and certainly isn't unfair. Most notable, though, is the near-total absence of Anthony Davis, who doesn't get mentioned among the best defensive players, centers, power forwards, MVP candidates and so on and so on and so on. One place he does pop up? Breakout candidate, a place usually reserved for much younger players. In total, it shows the massive rep by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Anthony Davis Injury update, and should the Lakers Consider Trading Him This Summer?: The Lakers are in a pickle. Anthony Davis is on the shelf for, as reported by ESPN, "at least" two weeks. And given his history, the "at least" part of "at least" two weeks is likely doing a lot of heavy lifting. So let's say he misses three. How might that impact the playoff race? Because it would mean he'd be out for two games against the Clippers, the team the Lakers are chasing to try to reach the 8th seed in the West (a preferable placement for the play-in). Bigger picture, earlier this week ESPN's Stephen A. Smith made some waves by saying that the Lakers simply can't rely on Davis to be the cornerstone of the franchise when LeBron retires, based both on performance and availability. (And that was before this week's injury.) So with that in mind, they should trade him this summer. Is he right? What exactly would go into the Lakers trying to move him? What could they reasonably expect to get in r by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers vs Pelicans! Adjustments Being Made, Injury Update And More: Playoff spot on the line... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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How Will LeBron James' Return Impact a Red-Hot Anthony Davis? Plus, Patrick Beverley suspended!: The Lakers kick off a critical back-to-back Friday in San Antonio, and presumably LeBron James will be on the floor, hopefully for both ends. In his absence, the Lakers have found a little rhythm offensively (albeit against weaker competition) and Anthony Davis has gone bananas, in terms of his overall production. So the question for the team becomes figuring out ways to keep Davis in the space he's in with James back on the floor. Because the overall numbers for LeBron this year, offensively speaking, aren't great. His rating isn't high, relative to teammates. The team has performed better in his absence, with a lot more efficiency. Is that all on James? No, but his personal numbers speak to that type of inefficiency, as well. And overall, the all just seems to have been a lot less sticky over the last week-plus. Players are moving more, and are being rewarded for it. In a perfect world, a by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Is Anthony Davis Ready to be the Lakers' Best Player, Even When LeBron Return?: For the last two seasons, pundits, team officials and Lakers players alike have all agreed that the key to the team's success is Anthony Davis. He needs to be their most dominant player on a night in, night out basis. The difference between All Star AD and MVP caliber AD is the thing that can elevate the Lakers more than any other personnel move that's available to them. The last three games for the Lakers, all wins, have shown what that looks like, as Davis has thrashed the competition. But that's without LeBron James in the lineup, and against subpar competition. So what has to happen for this version of Davis to be the one the Lakers see even when James is back? When the schedule toughens up, and teams game play for even more heavily than they already do? Is it James that has to change? He's been the team's leading scorer in fourth quarters every year they've played together, including the 2020 title yea by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers Risks, Rondo Update, Rotation Discussion: The Lakers have taken plenty of risks since winning the NBA championship less than a year ago, but will the ones they took this offseason pay off? Plus, is Rajon Rondo on his way back to the Lakers, and what will the rotation look like? by Lakers Nation Podcast

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LeBron's Injury In The All-Star Game, Plus We Open Up The Mailbag

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