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

we discussed that annoying game 2 collapse and looked ahead

we cover our game 1 observations, questions from the discord, and game 2 adjustments

we previewed the important elements of the Game 1

we talked about the play-in win and previewed some of the Nuggets rematch in the first round

We covered the Bucks and Grizzlies performances and touch on two Laker related topics from Bron and JJ's podcast

We discussed Lakers/Kings postgame and the DLo ESPN article.

Discussing the Lakers strange up and down play since the all-star break

Lakers/Thunder - Postgame

Lakers-Nuggets 3-2-24 Postgame

We caught up on a week's work Laker news and basketball in this post all-star game episode.

We covered the big wins against Boston and NY, LeBron's media responses, and the latest trade intel.

We covered Vando's resurgence, Austin's defense, and the different routes to Dejounte Murray

Lakers knockdown two quality opponents on their way back to .500

We focused on the different layers of issues that are plaguing Lakers basketball this season.

Timestamps: 🏀 9:10 - Locked In LeBron 🏀 21:45 - AD in the 4th 🏀 26:30 - More Max Minutes 🏀 32:30 - High Stakes Moment - Taurean 🏀 37:50 - Balancing Lineups 🏀 1:00:30 - Ham's Comments 🏀 1:07:00 - Laker Politics

Timestamps: 🏀 02:00 - Initial Thoughts 🏀 10:30 - Disengaged or Disconnected? 🏀 22:00 - A Touchy Bron Subject 🏀 38:00 - Minute Distributions 🏀 51:00 - Help Anthony Davis Out Man 🏀 58:00 - Star Competitiveness 🏀 1:05:21 - Last Takes

2:09 - In Season Tourney 6:42 - Cam & Vando 14:23 - Fitting In 28:35 - Team Personality 40:00 - 65-Game Conspiracy 48:15 - Downplaying AD 1:02:00 - Raj's Wifi Dies 1:07:40 - Lakers vs Big Teams 1:14:30 - Draymond

Timestamps: 🏀 3:00 - In-Season Quarter Finals 🏀 7:55 - Anthony Davis 🏀 19:00 - Wood vs Hayes 🏀 35:00 - Taurean 🏀 39:15 - Blame Game 🏀 55:00 - Is It Ham's Fault? 🏀 1:06:00 - Cam Vando Max 🏀 1:17:00 - The Starters

Thank you for your support! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Timestamps 2:15 - LeBron 11:30 - Austin's Big Shot 16:00 - Cam & Rui 26:15 - FEED AD THE BALL 36:10 - Austin vs D'Lo Closing 53:25 - Managing AD's Hip 1:01:00 - Breaking Down A Zach Lavine Trade

Timestamps 3:10 - MEM 12:40 - SAC 21:30 - Lakers Speed 25:20 - AD's Workload 44:40 - AD, Austin, D'Lo Data Deep Dive 1:23:08 - Engagement Farming

Timestamps 2:30 - Lineup Change 20:10 - D'Lo & Austin 32:50 - Complaints About AD in PNR 42:45 - Cam Reddish 54:20 - Rui Hachimura 1:07:00 - In Season Tournament 1:14:00 - Wizards

Timestamps 🏀 2:50 - Rockets Reaction 🏀 15:30 - The Starting Lineup Is Bad 🏀 26:30 - LeBron's Usage Rate 🏀 40:50 - Austin Struggles 🏀 51:30 - The Backcourt 🏀 1:04:00 - Play With Purpose 🏀 1:22:10 - Change Is Coming

Please leave a rating and review! Timestamps 3:00 - Postgame Reactions 14:40 - The Last Play 20:45 - Next Man Up 25:10 - Defensive Rebounding 41:00 - Raj Apologizes 46:00 - Surviving w/o AD 50:30 - D'Lo 1:00:00 - Purposeful Offense

Timestamps: 2:05 - Initial Reaction 10:05 - Narratives on AD 14:25 - Cam Reddish 26:10 - Big Dog Bron 35:15 - Austin in OT 44:30 - Wood's Impact 1:04:00 - Vando Starts? 1:11:20 - A Great LeBron Stat

2:00 - Instant Reactions9:00 - Wood's Impact20:00 - Open Threes?24:50 - Austin31:25 - Missing Vando38:30 - A Crazy AD Stat45:15 - Fitting in Bron56:30 - Live Harden Trade Reaction

Timestamps3:15 - Offensive Confusion8:50 - AD's 4th Quarter13:10 - Ham's Lineups20:00 - Fitting in Rui25:15 - Austin & D'Lo32:15 - Bron Mic'd Up42:00 - AD's Inconsistency & Leadership

Timestamps 🏀3:20 - Bron's 3-ball? 🏀10:05 - AD the Offensive Hub 🏀26:45 - Opposing defenses 🏀30:25 - Chip and urgency 🏀48:30 - Pressure on Ham 🏀52:40 - @OVOLakeShow joins! 🏀1:00:00 - @shel9x joins!

Timestamps: 🏀 2:00 - Beal vs Reaves?!? 🏀 7:00 - Suns Game 🏀 11:30 - Taurean Prince 🏀 17:00 - LeBron's Lineups 🏀 37:15 - D'Lo 🏀 42:30 - Austin's Leap 🏀 51:00 - Main Preseason Takeaway 🏀 57:10 - Is This AD's Team?

8:33 - Lakers Size & Physicality16:00 - D'Lo, Wood, and "Speed Bumps"21:35 - Reddish's Disruption32:00 - Defensive Style Versatility 39:50 - Point Bron Lineups46:30 - Dame & Giannis57:50 - Game of Runs with Raj C

Timestamps 2:05 - Lakers are hunting open threes 6:10 - Off-Ball Bron 8:45 - The Role Players 24:45 - Our Small Concerns 37:30 - AD's Jump Shooting 46:45 - DLo's Fantastic Pre-Season

Timestamps: 01:40: Cam Reddish Lowlights? 10:20: Impression Farmers & Copy Pasters 12:35: Christian Wood 26:50: Gabe Vincent 33:45: Anthony Davis 45:00: Hayes vs Wood 50:00: Max Christie 1:03:00: CP3's Warriors

Timestamps3:10 - D'Lo is the starter10:00 - AD's jumper back?16:50 - The "best" player27:30 - Rui the understudy36:30 - Dame45:15 - Jrue50:00 - Ayton1:00:00 - Dame & Giannis

Timestamps4:50 - Vando Extension22:55 - LeBron's 3-Ball34:20 - PatBev's Terrible Advice44:00 - Buddy Hield AGAIN?!54:45 - Ham's Recruiting1:00:35 - Dame Stuff

Timestamps:02:50 - Reaction to the signing15:10 - Enough shots to go around?21:50 - Fitting Wood into the right lineups37:45 - Ham's "Buy-In" pitch to Wood53:10 - The Full Optimist Scenario

Timestamps: 3:18 - Noah Lyles vs the NBA 12:57 - Who was starting over Antman? 22:21 - Steve Kerr vs Jaren Jackson Jr 29:45 - How good can Austin be for LA? 42:20 - Austin Reaves vs Tyler Herro 1:01:10 - LaMelo Ball and the Hornets 1:13:00 - MJ backs Magic vs Steph 1:28:25 - Austin in a 2021 Re-Draft…

Timestamps:04:00 - Disgruntled NBA Employee09:20 - Iguodala & Turner on Gil's Arena20:00 - Does the NBA diminish its own product?36:33 - What does it take to be a Face Of The League?1:12:30 - FIBA Update

Timestamps6:00 - LeBron James controls narratives?14:30 - Anthony Davis' inconsistency29:00 - Can AD take the torch from LeBron?49:00 - AD has to step up to offset Bron's potential decline58:00 - The lie about NBA Media1:10:00 - The West is LOADED

Back from a long break we covered some of the news around the league, Pau Gasol's well earned retirement, and Austin Reaves' FIBA exploits so far.

In this episode we covered the idea of NBA players leaving to play overseas in Saudi Arabia and debate the importance of adding players that do not upset the balance of the current roster.

We covered some of the stories around the league before diving into the importance of surviving regular season and training camp battles.

We covered our summer league experience from the first weekend and then dove into the players before capping the pod with a conversation about Christian Wood.