Lakers Trade Possibilities, Free Agents & More To Kick Off Draft Week

Lakers Draft- Trade Or Keep The Pick?, Anthony Davis' True Role, Offseason Rumors & More: It's gong to be a busy summer.... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Should a Rising Salary Cap for the 2023-24 Season Change How the Lakers Approach 2022-23?: For much of the summer, the Lakers have been looking at the choice of making trades to resurrect (or try to at least) this season, with the idea that cap space to rebuild after the year would be available, but not necessarily large enough to be truly impactful. That changed last week when the NBA announced that the new projections for the 2023-24 season could see an $10-11 million jump, leaving the Lakers with (potentially) $30, maybe even $40 million to work with. Granted, they've have very, very few players on the roster were they to max it out (perhaps just LeBron James and Anthony Davis) and A LOT of holes to fill, but that amount of space could buy one or two good players for sure, or let the Lakers acquire players via trade into that cap space, and they'd still be able to trade the first round pics they've held on to. So is that a better path forward than the presumptive Utah or Indiana dea by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers Only Winless Team, Placing Blame & Is A Fix Available Via Trade?: The Lakers hit a new low... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Best Things About The Lakers' Roster, New Resting Rules & More: The Lakers have a lot to be optimistic about.... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Can Lakers Keep This Roster Together?, Plus New-Look Team Impresses: Can the Lakers keep this team together? by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Rob Pelinka Raises Expectations for Anthony Davis. Plus, Is the Supporting Cast Ready to Make Sacrifices?: The Lakers are just about ready to open training camp. It's coming on Tuesday! But before it does, we take a look at a couple lingering, and extremely important, questions from last week's press conference with General Manager/VP of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka. (Along with some housekeeping news about that 14th roster spot...) First, Pelinka laid out some lofty goals for Anthony Davis this season. Nothing short of him finishing as the best two way player in the NBA, with a second championship thrown in to boot. Is that a fair expectation? Yes, given his talent and the need for him to elevate his play over last season for the Lakers to get where they want to go. Is Davis up to the task? Second, the Lakers have more players capable of contributing to the rotation than minutes available for them to do it. Pelinka spoke at length Thursday about shared sacrifice and mindset, es by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Who Can The Lakers Look To Add, Who Could Be On The Trade Block?: There's a lot of work for the Lakers to do in the offseason, but who can they realistically add for next season? Is there a workable deal to bring in a 3rd piece to take over when LeBron is off the floor? by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Let's Talk Trades, Free Agency & More: The Lakers have some decisions to make by Lakers Nation Podcast

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41: Episode 80 | End of an Era by The Follow Through

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Lakers Banking On Organic Growth, Vanderbilt's Role In Rotation & More: Lakers hoping consistency will rule the day.... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Lakers' Trade Market, Movable Pieces, Q & A: When will the Lakers make a move? by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Lakers vs Bucks! West Outcomes Break Lakers' Way, Defensive Challenge & More: Game day! Lakers vs Bucks! by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Short-Handed Lakers Fall To Bucks After Busy Trade Deadline: Lakers losing streak continues but reinforcements are on the way... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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3 Most Overrated Players in Sports by The Skip Bayless Show

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How a Lack of Young Talent Clouds the Present and Future for the Lakers. Plus, Misunderstanding Their Own History!: The Lakers are in a precarious spot right now. For the time being, even with LeBron James and Anthony Davis as a foundation, they don't look particularly built to win now. But in the meantime, any future without those two seems equally problematic, and to illustrate the the latter issue, the Kamenetzkys dug into ESPN's new list of Top 25 players under 25, based on future potential (Insider account required). Seventeen of the 30 NBA teams had at one player on that list. Of the remaining 13 teams without one, another six were currently in the playoffs. And that leaves seven teams, including the Lakers, in neither category. And when you look at the company they're keeping, it'll likely give fans serious pause. Talen Horton-Tucker and Austin Reaves have shown some promise, but neither have come close to belonging on this type of list. And while the Lakers have excelled at fin by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers Offseason- Trades, NBA Draft, Free Agents And More: The Lakers have plenty of decisions to make this offseason so we discuss their prospects on the free-agent market, trades, as well as the upcoming NBA Draft. Plus, with the NBA Finals here, who should Lakers fans support? by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Lakers Lose to Raptors, fall 10 Games Under .500, Is LeBron James now just "stat padding?": Sunday, the Lakers played one of their worst opening quarters of the season, giving up 48 points to the Suns in Phoenix. Monday, they followed that up with arguably their worst offensive quarter, scoring only 12 points at home vs. Toronto. Not surprisingly, the Lakers lost both games. But it's a reminder that for all the attention given the team's flagging, sagging defense, the offense is statistically worse. And that was the side of the ball they were aiming to fix last summer. A quick glance at the lineups for each team shows the problem. The Lakers face a huge talent gap against virtually every team they play while Anthony Davis is in street clothes. Meanwhile, not only does Toronto have more good players than L.A., they have more athletes. Even the Lakers' younger legs don't have the hop and length of the Raps. How they fix, or don't, problems with the roster could have a big impact on the w by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Talking Lakers Trades, Free Agent Targets, And The Current State Of The Playoffs: The Lakers have plenty of work to do in an offseason that is sure to feature plenty of trades. Who can they realistically target? Is there a free agent that might be willing to play at a discount? Plus, the current state of the NBA Playoffs. by Lakers Nation Podcast

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The Lakers' Schedule Is Here! We Break It All Down: A new season... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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LOCKED ON SUNS 4/26/19: Ranking the NBA coaching vacancies: We look ahead over the coming weeks to power rank the open head coach positions around the NBA. As Robert Sarver loves to say, there are only 30 of these jobs, but where do the Suns actually sit among the other teams looking for a head coach? We contrast Phoenix’s roster, ownership and market with Chicago, Washington, Sacramento, Memphis, Cleveland and the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Suns - Daily Podcast On The Phoenix Suns

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Can the Lakers Be Contenders if They Trade for Kyrie Irving? (Guest, Trevor Lane, Part II): In Part I of our interview with Trevor Lane of Lakers Nation, we talked a lot about what the Lakers are now. In Part II, we focus on what they might become, if the team can swing one of the rumored deals on the table for Russell Westbrook. First and foremost, which deal does Trevor think is best for the Lakers? He's a believer in the Kyrie Irving swap, based on the upside, especially if the Lakers can get a couple other players back in the deal. First, Kyrie is still a transcendent talent, all the weirdness aside. Second, acquiring him with someone like Joe Harris would sort out the current rotation in a more coherent way, while making the spacing around Anthony Davis and LeBron James significantly better. Yes, there are risks - significant ones, at that - So how much better would the Lakers be, if they managed to pull this off? Would they become contenders in a crowded Western Conference? High by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Trade Deadline Preview: It's Deadline Day: The trade deadline is HERE! by Lakers Nation Podcast

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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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What Have We Learned About The Lakers So Far? Can The Season Be Saved With A Trade?: The Lakers haven't started the season the way they hoped... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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The Lakers pickup Antetokounmpo, not Giannis but his younger brother Kostas, igniting the Greek Freak to LA in 2021 rumors, what NBA free agency means for small market teams and did Kawhi give the Lakers a fair chance? with Trevor Lane of Lakers Nation by Lakers Lounge

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The Lakers Will Open The Season Against the Warriors, then the Clippers. (Guest: Trevor Lane): It's Part 1 of a two-part show with Trevor Lane of LakersNation.com! We start with the weekend's news - that the Lakers will open with a pair of very tough games, October 18 against the Warriors in San Francisco to open the NBA season, then October 20 at the Crypt vs. the Clippers. For a team that needs to get off to a good start, that's a tough early slate. So is that good for them? Bad? What happens if they win? How much angst if they're blown out? Do the Lakers, who had a soft schedule early last year and struggled against it, benefit from a tougher early season slate? How good are the Lakers, right now? ESPN projected them at 42 wins. Fair? Unfair? How many things have to go right for the Lakers to get to their ceiling? How many of those things are likely? What does Trevor feel like they did well this offseason? What are the strengths, what are the places that are going to be more problem by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers Sign Lonnie Walker, Damian Jones, Juan Toscano-Anderson and Troy Brown, Plus New Kyrie Irving Rumors!: NBA free agency kicked off Thursday afternoon, and the Lakers didn't let limited resources keep them on the sidelines. They signed a center (Damian Jones) and two forwards (Juan Toscano-Anderson and Troy Brown Jr.) to veteran's minimum contracts, and used their taxpayer midlevel exception, worth about $6.5 million, on former Spurs guard Lonnie Walker IV. On the one hand, the Lakers broke from last year's free agent trends in significant ways. First, they went much, much younger. The oldest of the quartet is Toscano-Anderson, at 29. On the other, the Lakers didn't pick up any of the shooting they banked last season. Or at least they thought they banked, in hindsight. All told, it reminds Lakers fans of the bind the team is in, trying to make impactful improvements to the roster. (It also reminds Lakers fans of who put the Lakers in this box to begin with... namely, the Lakers.) by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers Draft Rumors, Pick Options & More: The Draft is nearly here... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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How confident are you in the Lions future? QB LISTCAST of hot takes: The NFL season is nearly upon us, so one last bout of ranking, one last bout of consideration. by Pride of Detroit: for Detroit Lions fans

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Lakers Lose LeBron, Now What Do They Do?: Well that's not good.... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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