Lakers' Summer Moves, Jarred Vanderbilt's Upside, Christian Wood vs Bismack Biyombo

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Kyrie the Culture Killer, Time to Put KD to a Decision & a Juicy Packers Trade Rumor by Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre

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Outside the Box Russell Westbrook Trade Ideas (How About Kyle Lowry?) ... and Kyrie to the Lakers?: The Lakers have a Russell Westbrook Problem, and Betonline.ag has the newest odds out for where he might end up should he end up moved. (Kyrie Irving, too, and the Lakers are high on that list.) It's filled with the usual suspects: Indiana, New York, Oklahoma City, Houston... but one team that's not there? Miami. And, prompted by a comment from a listener, maybe it's time to think about the Heat as a potential trade partner? How about Westbrook for Kyle Lowry and Duncan Robinson? Why that could work for Miami, and why it might even be a bigger risk for L.A.... Oh, and what about the idea of Kyrie on the Lakers? The odds put it at 7/1 if he leaves Brooklyn. Under what circumstances would Irving-to-LA look good? Finally, Austin Reaves got some love in the All-Rookie voting, one of the only positive stories to come from this dumpster fire of a season. What his success says about the strateg by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Lakers Injury Update, Bringing Jarred Vanderbilt Back Into Rotation, Lakers vs Grizzlies & More: Lakers taking on the Grizzlies... by Lakers Nation Podcast

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Why Russell Westbrook's New Agent Matters, Plus Jeanie Buss: Hacked! and the Best Trade Options: Andy's still out, but that's ok! Jacob Rude, the fantastic writer for Silver Screen and Roll joins the show. We start with Thomas Bryant, returning to the Lakers after a few years in Washington. As a former Indiana Hoosier, Jacob (who also hosts Locked On Hoosiers), Bryant has been a player he's followed closely. What exactly can the Lakers expect from the guy in his return? What's different about Bryant now vs. the guy the Lakers drafted. Is he going to start? From there, it's on to Russell Westbrook. He has a new agent, Jeff Schwartz, who certainly represents a host of big players across the NBA, and has also negotiated a ton of buyouts. That, no question, got people's attention. Will that be relevant before the season starts? Does Jacob think the Lakers should give it a try, or just cut bait? What about the potential trades? Is Kyrie worth waiting for, or should the Lakers pull the trigg by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Locked on Bucks, 7/11/18: Summer League Observations, plus Jabari Parker thoughts (Ep #435): The Bucks have finished up their first three Summer League games. What have we learned thus far? Has Sterling Brown proven himself ready for his second season? Can Christian Wood contribute? Has D.J. Wilson quelled any of the concerns created during his rookie season? Outside of Las Vegas, what are some other possibilities for Jabari Parker? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Bucks – Daily Podcast On The Milwaukee Bucks

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Scouting Report: Is Gabe Vincent Ready to Take a Leap with the Lakers?: One of the more significant signings of the offseason for the Lakers - some might say the most significant - was Miami guard Gabe Vincent. At the very least, he was their biggest investment, at three years and $33 million dollars. He slots into the role held by Dennis Schröder, and is set to play a really big role in the team's rotation. He had a very impressive playoffs, including some particularly important moments in the Eastern Conference Finals against Boston. Particularly notable was his outside shooting, which went well above his career norms. So who exactly are the Lakers getting? Wes Goldberg, host of Locked On Heat, joins to break it down in a very in-depth scouting report. What are his strengths? How much has Heat Culture influenced Vincent's growth? What will his game look like moving into a group like the Lakers? How will Vincent, the person, fit into a team with LeBron James and the expectations of th by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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NFL Schedule Release: Bryce Young faces Desmond Ridder to kick off the 2023 season: The NFL Schedule release has come and gone. DP and Keith looked over the schedules to find key matchups for newly drafted rookies. Bryce Young opens his career on the road versus Desmond Ridder and the Atlanta Falcons. The Detroit Lions rookie class will be under the bright lights opening night of the 2023 season facing the Kansas City Chiefs. Will the lights be too bright for Jack Campbell, Jahmyr Gibbs, and Brian Branch? CJ Stroud faces Lamar Jackson and the Ravens to start his career on the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On NFL Draft - Daily Podcast On The NFL Draft, College Football & The NFL

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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

33 min listen

How the 2019 Vikings draft class will shape the 2020 season: Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Conin go player by player from the 2019 draft class and look into how they might fit in to the depth chart in 2020. by Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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Scouting Juan Toscano-Anderson, Plus an Outsider's View of the Lakers and Their Best Trade Path: Andy's on vacation, but the show doesn't stop! Cyrus Saatsaz, host of Locked On Warriors, stops by the show. We start with a scouting report on Juan Toscano-Anderson. What is a reasonable expectation, and how many minutes are too many for JTA? It's been a while since the Lakers had a real, live wing, but while Toscano-Anderson should be a fan favorite, just how big a role could/should he play for the Lakers this year? We talk trades. The Lakers efforts to trade Russell Westbrook and get Kyrie Irving are tied to the Nets moving Kevin Durant. Is Golden State still a live possibility? Are the Lakers a contender if they can swing a one of these big trades? That leads to a conversation about how long these Warriors could play at a championship level, obviously a question of importance to Lakers fans given GSW's status as one of the teams LA would have to chase down. Spoiler alert: With vets who by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

39 min listen

Previewing the Lakers' strengths and weaknesses, Plus NBA Fantasy Talk. Guest: Josh Lloyd: With the season fast approaching, the Kamenetzkys decided to get a perspective from outside Los Angeles about where the Lakers stand. How outside? Try Melbourne, Australia, with Josh Lloyd, the host of Locked on NBA and Locked on NBA Fantasy, They broke down the Lakers on both sides of the ball, along with how things could shake out with so many new faces. Will the Big Three come together? Is Russell Westbrook an easier fit in certain respects than credited? Is a bounce back season coming for Anthony Davis? Plus, how do the Lakers shake out from a fantasy perspective, and a look around the NBA? What will become Kyrie Irving's uncertain status with the Nets, and does a destination for Ben Simmons actually exist? Hosts: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: How much defense did the Lakers lose from last season, especially with Trevor Ariza out for at least two months? Will Ariza's absence shift by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

36 min listen

Francisco Lindor is a Legend, the Subway Series was Awesome, the Yankees Love to Whistle, and the Mets are Back: <p>Massive series this weekend. One of the most fun this season, no doubt about it. We break down all three games including Friday's wire-to-wire domination, Saturday's chaos, and Sunday's drama. James offers some reasons for optimism regarding Carlos Carrasco while Marc throws hate on the Yankees every chance he gets. Later, we gush over Francisco Lindor and hope everyone FINALLY realizes the type of player we have here. If you don't James' Bad Mets Take of the week revisits a June article from the Washington Post explaining why Francisco Lindor is worse than Chris Davis. No, really. The show ends with our Cardinals Preview and heaps of positivity. Lets go!</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/metsdup/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/metsdup/support</a> by Mets'd Up

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Projecting the Trail Blazers future: Trendon Watford's growth + The Damian Lillard-Anfernee Simons duo: Mark Schindler of BasketballNews.com and other places on the basketball internet joins the program to talk about the Trail Blazers future. We discuss Trendon Watford's growth, where Mark was wrong about Watford coming out of LSU and how he's development in the NBA with a massive late season role with the Blazers. Then we discuss how to assess the Blazers during a tankathon with players playing roles that wouldn't under normal circumstances and the team constantly getting blown out. Mark shares his thoughts on Greg Brown III and some excitement over the play of two-way point guard Brandon Williams. Finally, we close the show talking about the Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons pairing. Is this Dame-CJ 2.0 or a completely different experiment. Mark offers his concerns about the backcourt and some praise for Simons' growth during his breakout fourth season. Learn more about your ad choi by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

27 min listen

How Does Anthony Davis' Injury Impact The Lakers Moving Forward? Will Rob Pelinka Make a Trade?: Monday night in Phoenix, the Lakers were without Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Austin Reaves and Russell Westbrook. Sure, Patrick Beverley and Wenyen Gabriel were back in the lineup, but that wasn't nearly enough and predictably, the Lakers lost big to the Suns. It was in many ways a scheduled loss, and it seems Darvin Ham might have had his eye on keeping James healty heading into Wednesday's game against Sacramento, and then Friday's very winnable game against the Hornets. Why does all of this matter? Because the Lakers can justify thinking that they're too far behind to make real noise in the West, especially with Davis set to miss a lot of time. But they can also justify thinking that, based on recent results, if they can hang in there long enough while Davis is hurt, the Lakers can play with anyone. So do they make a trade? Do they hold off until the offseason, and try to build then? Wh by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

33 min listen

SF Giants hit 5 HR, beat LA, have fun doing it: Lewis Brinson (twice), J.D. Davis, David Villar, and Thairo Estrada went deep in support of a strong performance by Logan Webb and the 'pen. by Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

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Should the Lakers Trade Jarred Vanderbilt for Christian Wood? Plus... Austin Reaves, Future All-Star?: Do not kill the messenger. Sunday, Sam Quinn at CBS noted on Twitter that (relaying a report from Marc Stein) the Mavericks would be willing/happy to flip Christian Wood in a sign-and-trade deal. For obvious reasons, since they could get something in return for him. Wood would clearly love that outcome, because it would mean he's getting something more than a minimum deal. And the Lakers are part of the conversation because they're one of the teams linked to Wood as a possible free agent destination. Quinn noted, for that reason, that while he doesn't think this will happen and it's currently not a live scenario, one way—and really the only way—the Lakers could engage in a S/T with Dallas for Wood would be by trading Jarred Vanderbilt. To say the least, that sparked a big online conversation among fans online. So would you do it? Trade Vanderbilt for Wood? The consensus among fans was by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

30 min listen

Latest draft intel heading into trade deadline week; Bad news on Jarred Vanderbilt front: Anthony has A TON of new information as week head into the busiest week of the year. by Lakers Lounge

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Locked On Browns 438 5/11/19 Mailbag edition Defining LB play and the roles each have who's here in 2020 who's the 5th WR and more with Pete Smith: Jeff Lloyd and Pete Smith break down a ton of listener questions in the latest episode. Defining the differences between the Mike, Sam, and Will linebqcker positions in regards to the Browns 4-3 base defense. We had a great list forwarded from a listener about guys who are on the 2020 roster bubble. Who is Cleveland's 5th WR in 2019? Also how are the Browns going to handle the QB position beyond backer? Is it one guy? or two? @Browns #BakerMayfield #NickChubb #OdellBeckham #MylesGarrett #joeSchobert #DenzelWard #GreedyWilliams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Browns - Daily Podcast On The Cleveland Browns

48 min listen

Trail Blazers free agent targets with the mid-level exception: The Clippers signed Robert Covington to a contract extension, a remind of the 3-and-D forward the Trail Blazers decided to trade away at the deadline. With RoCo gone and now inked to stay in LA, who might the Blazers pursue in free agency to fill the role vacated by the veteran forward. We're talking free agents targets with the Trail Blazers mid-level exception money specifically eying Bobby Portis and Kyle Anderson. How realistic and how useful would either of these signs be for Portland? We close the show with stupid jokes about who the Blazers should send to represent the team at the NBA draft lottery. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

30 min listen

Haliburton's Heist, Quarterfinals Day 2 Preview: Haliburton's Heist, Quarterfinals Day 2 Preview by NBA Today

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Vanderbilt's worse than you thought and Bowden the basketball player: The numbers on Vanderbilt's offense and defense are some of the worst we've seen. Our predictions on rushing yards for the Commodores, rushing yards for Lynn Bowden, sacks by Kentucky and final score of Saturday's 3:30 ET game between UK and Vanderbilt. Bowden is among four finalist for the Hornung Award. Is he the leader for that award? Bowden tweets at Calipari about missing basketball. What does it mean!? UK adds three signees to its 2020 basketball class. And the James Wiseman situation takes a turn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Kentucky - Daily Podcast On Kentucky Wildcats Football & Basketball

35 min listen

The Miz joins the show: Durant rumors, MVP projections, and WWE superstar The Miz! by NBA Today

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Should Trading Damian Lillard be on the Table? by Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

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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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What If... The NBA Season Returns But Media Access is Never the Same?: Wes Goldberg is joined by the San Francisco Chronicle's Connor Letourneau and the Mercury News' Dieter Kurtenbach to discuss how the NBA season could return, if media access will ever be the same after COVID-19 and why Alameda is better than San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Warriors – Daily Podcast On The Golden State Warriors

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Risks and Rewards of the Lakers Roster. Plus, are the Mavs Real Contenders? And What Becomes of Ben Simmons (Guest, Nick Angstadt): It's been a busy week around the NBA as camps are set to open next week. Nick Angstadt (Locked on Mavs, Locked on NBA) joins to break down the Lakers offseason (and this week's appearance for Dwight Howard on The Masked Singer), look at the range of possible outcomes for the Mavericks, who have seen more change in the last 10 months than the last 10 years, and figure out what happens in the Ben Simmons saga, which is potentially tied to the saga in Minnesota around their now-fired GM. So lots to talk about! HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky (Guest, Nick Angstadt) SEGMENT 1: Dwight Howard is a singing octopus, a headline that would have caused Lakers fans to riot in 2012 but is just something fun to enjoy in 2021 on Howard's third tour with Los Angeles. That's a good thing. Meanwhile, is he, like most of the roster, a little too long in the tooth? Where d by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Have the Lakers Closed the Door on Myles Turner and Buddy Hield? Plus... More on LeBron and BaldGate!: Wednesday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that the Indiana Pacers expect to open the season with Myles Turner as their starting center. Which means, definitionally, that he will not be acquired before then by the Lakers with Buddy Hield in exchange for Russell Westbrook and two first round picks. Nor is it expected that the Lakers will trade for anyone on the Utah Jazz as they look to rebuild after trading Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. So what are they going to do? Does Rob Pelinka just plan on punting the season? Does passing up an opportunity now mean the Lakers won't have a better one later? Are any of the options available to them today better than what might be behind doors as the season proceeds? Could Turner and Hield be an option closer to the deadline? Are any of these trade options better than simply waiting, holding the picks and combining that with some cap sp by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Are the Lakers Running out of Trade Options for Russell Westbrook?: So much of the summer has been a waiting game, with the league and the Lakers (and Russell Westbrook) in a holding pattern until the situations around Kevin Durant in Brooklyn and Donovan Mitchell in Utah. Well, both have been resolved, and Russell Westbrook is still in Los Angeles. So what happens now? What options are realistically remaining on the Russell Westbrook Trade Option Tree? There's Indiana, Utah's skeletal remains, and whatever's behind Door #3 - basically some future option we just don't know about yet.. (And, of course, you could hold on to him... but that's not something people like to talk about.) So how good do these deals need to be to make them "worth it?" Is a trade pointless if it doesn't vault the Lakers into high end contention? Is there even a deal out there that could do that? Probably not. So what about legit top 6? A real, live playoff team (something, thanks to the depth of the Western Conf by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Locked on Bucks, 10/16/17: Bucks-Pistons and RJ rumor reactions (Ep #253): With the regular season slated to tip off on Wednesday, we review Friday's Bucks win over Detroit and what we learned in the preseason. Are the Bucks ready to embrace their destiny as a "four shooters around Giannis" offense? Who impressed and disappointed in the exhibition season? PLUS we discuss the latest turn(s) in the race for the Bucks' final roster spot, a possible reunion with Richard Jefferson, and whether anyone should care if the end of the bench is comprised of "Kidd guys." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Bucks – Daily Podcast On The Milwaukee Bucks

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