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Ep. 498: Forward Progress (Jarred Vanderbilt Extended, Forward Versatility, Wing Rui? + The Austin Reaves Reckoning) Sep 19 2023
Ep. 497: Into the Woods (Deeper Dive into Christian Wood's Game, Overblown Narratives, & How Wood Fits On The Roster) Sep 12 2023
Ep. 496: Wood You Rather... (EMERGENCY PODCAST: Lakers Sign Christian Wood!) Sep 6 2023
Ep. 495: Returning Cohort (Spotlight On: D'angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, & Jarred Vanderbilt) Aug 30 2023
Ep. 494: Murder, She...ROTATIONS! (Positional Battles, Starting & Closing Lineups + Christian Wood Thoughts + ALEX FUDGE?! Alex Fudge) Aug 24 2023
Ep. 493: Hill-Billy Brow (AD's Extension Repercussions, The Lakers' Post-LeBron Future Outlook, Austin Reaves 3rd Year: Can He Make Another Leap?) Aug 14 2023
Ep. 492: Vet Bets (Taurean Prince & Gabe Vincent: A Focus On the New "Adults In The Room") Jul 21 2023
Ep. 491: Max Profits (Young Upside: Cam Reddish + Jaxson Hayes, Summer Leaguers: Max Christie, Jalen Hood-Schifino, Maxwell Lewis, Colin Castleton) Jul 12 2023
Ep. 490: Once More, with FEELING (In-Depth 2023 Lakers Free Agency Recap: Reaves & DLO Return, Jaxson Hayes Signs, + Taurean Prince, Gabe Vincent, Cam Reddish) Jul 3 2023
Ep. 489: Prince-ipals To Live By (NBA Free Agency Day 1 Recap: Taurean Prince, Gabe Vincent, Cam Reddish, Rui Hachimura ft. Yossi Gozlan Jul 1 2023
Ep. 488: Eyes On The Price (2023 NBA Free Agency: Digging Deeper Into Specific Candidates + Out of The Box TMLE Targets) Jun 28 2023
Ep. 487: Market Watch (2023 Free Agency Primer: Updated TMLE, NTMLE & BAE, Split NTMLE, Vet Min Targets) Jun 26 2023
Ep. 486: Good In The Hood (Lakers Draft #17 Jalen Hood-Schifino & #40 Maxwell Lewis - 2023 NBA Draft Recap) Jun 23 2023
Ep. 485: Edge of #17 (Final 2023 NBA Draft Debrief: Centers, Guards, The Most Laker-iest Prospects + Final #17 Pick Predictions) Jun 18 2023
Ep. 484: Shoot(ers) For The Stars (2023 NBA Draft: Analyzing The Best Shooters - Jordan Hawkins, Jett Howard, Dariq Whitehead + Quick-Hits On The Guards) Jun 16 2023
Ep. 483: Fast-Forwards (2023 NBA Draft Wings/Forward Prospect Evaluations: GG Jackson, Leonard Miller, Olivier Maxence-Prosper, & Recently Withdrawn Bobi Klintman) Jun 13 2023
Ep. 482: First Trade Kit (2023 Ultimate Draft-Day Trade Scenarios w/ LAL's #17 Pick) Jun 8 2023
Ep. 481: Picks, Or It Didn't Happen (2023 NBA Draft Deep-Dive w/ No Ceilings' Albert Ghim) Jun 5 2023
Ep. 480: To Be...Continued? (Lakers 2023 Offseason Deep-Dive, A Call for Continuity, DLO Perspective & Sign & Trade Options, Keep/Stay Cap Scenarios + Early MLE Free Agency Rankings) Jun 1 2023
Ep. 479: Pick-Pockets (Intro to the 2023 NBA Draft, Lakers at #17, Trade-Down Theory? Bilal Coulibaly, Derek Lively, Nick Smith Jr.) May 28 2023
Ep. 478: Mining for (Purple &) Gold (WCF Gm. 4 Recap + Reflecting Back On An Ultimately Rewarding, Roller Coaster Season) May 24 2023
Ep. 477: Altitude Sickness (WCF Gm. 2 vs Denver Nuggets Recap, The Superstars Buckle, DLO Remains MIA, & Adjustments Left To Turn To) May 19 2023
Ep. 476: Small Or Nothing (WCF Gm. 1 Nuggets Loss Recap, Ham's "Small" Miscalculation, DLO Benching + Deep-Dive Into Austin Reaves' Next Contract) May 17 2023
Ep. 475: A Warrior's Cry (Lakers Defeat the Golden State Warriors 4-2, Gm. 6 Recap + Denver Nuggets WCF Series Primer) May 13 2023
Ep. 474: The IV Awakens (Rd. 2, Gm. 4 Recap: Lakers up 3-1 vs Warriors, THE LONNIE WALKER IV Game) May 10 2023
Ep. 473: Everything, Everywhere, AD At Once (Lakers Gm. 1 Win vs The Warriors, AD Is An Atomic Bomb) May 4 2023
Ep. 472: Over-Bearing (Lakers Beat the Grizzlies 4-2, Advance to 2nd Rd., Gm. 6 Recap + Round 2 Kings/Warriors Preview Apr 29 2023
Ep. 471: The HAMburglar (Lakers Gm. 5 Recap: LAL loses to MEM, Series Now 3-2; On Darvin Ham's Continued Self-Sabotage) Apr 27 2023
Ep. 470: "Old" Faithful (Gm. 4 Recap: Lakers Up 3-1 vs Memphis Grizzlies, LeBron James 20/20 Masterpiece, DLO Heroics, & Much More!) Apr 26 2023
Ep. 469: Instant RUI-play (Lakers 1-0 vs Mempis Grizzlies, Gm. 1 Recap: Reaves, Rui, AD, Oh-my!) Apr 18 2023
Ep. 468: A Bear-able Challenge (Lakers x Memphis Grizzlies Playoffs Rd. 1 Series Preview) Apr 14 2023
Ep. 467: Wear-Wolves (Lakers Grueling Play-In Win vs Timberwolves Recap) Apr 13 2023
Ep. 466: The Get-Back Kids (Lakers Play-In/Playoffs Bound, Play-In Scenarios, Opponent Preference, & Concerns + Post-ASB Intriguing Team & Player Stats + How Austin Reaves Compares To The Rest of His Draft Class) Apr 8 2023
Ep. 465: The King's Screech (How The Front Office & Darvin Ham Have Stunted the Lakers Play-In Push + Anticipating The Next Superstar Trade LAL Could Look At) Mar 29 2023
Ep. 464: Reaves of Absence (The Austin Reaves Show, Last 10 Games, A Team Trying To Re-Find Itself, Rui's Silent Progress) Mar 22 2023
Ep. 463: Un-Even, Even Still (Lakers Fail to Reach .500, FO Mismanagement, The Last 12 Gms, A Team Worth Fighting For) Mar 16 2023
Ep. 462: King of the (Up)Hill (LeBron's Injury, Rest of Season Outlook, A Gritty New Lakers Team That Can Stem The Tide) Mar 4 2023
Ep. 461: 23 Jump Street (First On-Court Impressions of "The New Look" Lakers + The Last 23 Games) Feb 22 2023
Ep. 460: Like He Never Left (Assessing D'angelo Russell's Return + What His Contractual Future w/ the Lakers Could Look Like) Feb 18 2023
Ep. 459: The Russ Is History (Lakers NBA Trade Deadline Recap: Pelinka Goes To Work - DLO, Beasley, Vanderbilt, Reed, Bamba) Feb 10 2023
Ep. 458: Cap'd Upside (NBA x Lakers 2023 Trade Deadline Preview w/ HoopsHype's Yossi Gozlan) Feb 2 2023
Ep. 457: Rui'd Awakening (AD & Rui Hachimura Are Here, Further Breaking Down the Rui Trade & Acquisition & How He Fits On A BIGGER Lakers Team) Jan 26 2023
Ep. 456: Rui-demption (RUI HACHIMURA IS A LAKER First Reactions) Jan 25 2023
Ep. 455: Brokers (The Multi-verse of Lakers Trade Options: 2 1sts, 1 1st, w/ & w/o Westbrook, No 1sts/Just 2nds ft. Omar Siddiqi of the Late Night Lake Show Podcast) Jan 17 2023
Ep. 454: Fortune .500 (LeBron Speaking Out, Lakers Win Streak Momentum, Westbrook Temperature Check, 10-Day Options ft. Omar Siddiqi of the Late Night Lake Show Podcast) Jan 10 2023
Ep. 453: Margin Calls (Finding The Next Yuta Watanabe + Finding The Next Stanley Johnson/Troy Brown Jr.) Jan 4 2023
Ep. 452: That's Coal, Folks! (The Hypothetical 'Trade Anthony Davis' Nuclear Option + A Christmas Day Debacle & The Never-ending Front Office Delusion) Dec 27 2022
Ep. 451: Two In the Bush (Which Superstar Trades Are Worth 2 1st Rd. Picks In The Front Office's Eyes?) Dec 21 2022
Ep. 450: Tinsel & Trade (December 15th D-Day Updated Trade Hypotheticals) Dec 13 2022
Ep. 449: The Beast Is Yet To Come (Anthony Davis: Best Basketball Player On the Planet, Lakers Hitting A Stride, The Newest Russell Westbrook Dilemma & Debate) Dec 5 2022
Ep. 448: "Mid"-Terms (Anthony Davis' MVP Stretch, LeBron James' Return, LAL's Recent 'Fool's Gold' Stretch & The Front Office's Commitment To Being Mid) Dec 1 2022
Ep. 447: Space Force (An Early Look at the 2023 Free Agent Market, Lakers' Cap Space Plans + New Hypothetical Westbrook/Non-Westbrook Trades) Nov 23 2022
Ep. 446: Paint Guard Problems (Trade Hypotheticals: Bargain Bin Big Man Options) Nov 16 2022
Ep. 445: Tax Frauds (The Lakers Spiral & The Front Office Incompetence Behind It All) Nov 11 2022
Ep. 444: A Bench-Mark Case (Matt Ryan's Heroics, The Rise of Bench Brook, Darvin Ham's Coaching Fingerprints + Is 'Keep Westbrook' A Thing Now?) Nov 4 2022
Ep. 443: Ham-Strings Attached (The 0-4 Lakers, A Muddled, Vision-Less Front Office, & A Fork In The Road Moment) Oct 28 2022
Ep. 442: Dub-Stepped (Lakers x Warriors Gm. 1 Recap + The Soiled Bed the FO Made to Start the 2022-23 Season) Oct 19 2022
Ep. 441: Glimmers of Scope (Pelinka's Extension, AD's Return to Form, 1st Look at Lonnie Walker, Nunn's Continued Dominance, MATT RYAN, & Revisiting The Indiana Trade?) Oct 10 2022
Ep. 440: Hello, Good Buy-In (The Start of Lakers Preseason Basketball) Oct 7 2022
Ep. 439: Let the Chips Fall...(Lakers Media Day 2022 + Making Russ Work...The Sequel) Sep 27 2022
Ep. 438: Fantom Menace (Lakers Sign Dennis Schröder [Again], Guard-Glut Problems Or Trade Precursors, Front Office Rants, & The Westbrook Wait-&-See Approach) Sep 20 2022
Ep. 437: Center Stage (Damian Jones' Offseason Work & Career Growth ft. Spencer Richardson of AAG Basketball Lab Work) Sep 9 2022
Ep. 436: Between A Russ & A Hard Place (Pacers, Jazz, Westbrook, & The Lakers Dwindling Options As Time Is Running Out) Sep 3 2022
Ep. 435: Standing PAT (Instant Trade Reaction: Patrick Beverley Is A Laker, THT & Stanley Johnson Thoughts, Next Moves, & More) Aug 26 2022
Ep. 434: Tandemonium (Ranking Our Most Intriguing 2-Man/3-Man Tandems ft. Lakers New Signings For the Upcoming Season) Aug 24 2022
Ep. 433: Re-(King)dled (LeBron James Signs 2yr Lakers Max Extension, Updated Kyrie Irving, Indiana Pacers Trade News, Thoughts on LAL's "Other" Trade Options) Aug 18 2022
Ep. 432: We Know What They Did Last Summer [League] (Evaluating the Lakers' Young Prospects: Huff, Pippen, Swider, Christie) Aug 10 2022
Ep. 431: Tail-End Trials (Final Roster Spot & Training Camp Invite Musings, A Missed Signing Opportunity, Fringe Buy-Out Candidates To Monitor, Wing Options For Camp, & More) Aug 3 2022
Ep. 430: Myles to Destination (Updated Kyrie Irving Trade Landscape, Assessing the Indiana Pacers Deal, Are Myles Turner & Buddy Hield Worth 2 1sts? Kyrie Or Indy Package?) Jul 28 2022
Ep. 429: Wonder-Vision (The Philosophy Behind the Lakers Roster Construction, An Anthony Davis x Thomas Bryant Reference Point, Updated Observations on the Newest Free Agents) Jul 18 2022
Ep. 428: 'Minor' Developments (Kyrie Irving Updates + Breaking Down Max Christie & Cole Swider's Summer League Play) Jul 15 2022
Ep. 427: Weighting Game (Kyrie Irving Leverage Plays, Our Preferred Kyrie Trade Scenarios, Thomas Bryant Official Lakers Thoughts + Updated Analysis on LAL's Newest Free Agent Signings) Jul 9 2022
Ep. 426: A Ky For Help (Lakers / NBA Free Agency Day 2 Recap: New Monk/Lonnie Walker Tidbits, Thomas Bryant Potential Signing + A Kyrie Irving Trade Saga Deep-Dive) Jul 2 2022
Ep. 425: SkyWalker (Lakers / NBA Free Agency Day 1 Recap: Lonnie Walker IV, Damian Jones, Troy Brown Jr., Juan Toscano Anderson, & More!) Jul 1 2022
Ep. 424: In the Ky Of the Storm (Kyrie Irving Shenanigans + Final NBA Free Agency Precursor Thoughts) Jun 27 2022
Ep. 423: [Front] Office Max (Lakers Draft Max Christie w/ the #35th Pick + Cole Swider, Scotty Pippen Jr, & More NBA Draft Musings) Jun 24 2022
Ep. 422: Fantastic Beasts & Where To Sign Them (Fantasy GM-ing the Lakers Free Agency Offseason w/ the Mid-Level & Veteran Minimums) Jun 21 2022
Ep. 421: [Draft] Capital Punishment (2022 NBA / Lakers Draft Primer: Vince Williams, Keon Ellis, Justin Lewis, Jabari Walker, Kai Sotto, & More) Jun 18 2022
Ep. 420: Lowering The Bar[gain] (The Ultimate Lakers / NBA Free Agency Guide w/ Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype) Jun 15 2022
Ep. 419: Ham Improvement (Darvin Ham's Introductory Presser Recap, The Russell Westbrook Conundrum, Ham's Potential X's & O's Schematics) Jun 11 2022
Ep. 418: Stranger Wings (Evaluating The Best, Under-the-Radar, Darkhorse Free Agent Wing Targets) Jun 6 2022
Ep. 417: Maximize The Minimum (A Lakers Look at the Veteran Minimum Market of 2022 NBA Free Agency) May 31 2022
Ep. 416: Un-HAM-pered (Lakers Hire Darvin Ham As Their New Head Coach) May 30 2022
Ep. 415: “Mid” Market (Ranking Our Top Mid-Level Free Agent Targets By Position) May 23 2022
Ep. 414: Wing-Lose Situation (Evaluating Cheaper-End Wings On the Free Agency Market + Revisiting THT Trades for Wings/Size) May 17 2022
Ep. 413: Market Canvassing (What the Lakers' 2022 Free Agency Philosophy Should Look Like, Who Stays From Last Year + Outlining All the TBD Free Agents - PO, TO, RFA, Non-Gtds, etc.) May 9 2022
Ep. 412: TH-T Time's Up? (Assessing Talen Horton-Tucker's Bipolar Season & Whether He’s Long For A Contending Lakers Team) May 2 2022
Ep. 411: Running A-Monk (Keeping Malik Monk & Where To Draw the Line On His Retention + An Early Look At NBA Free Agency) Apr 25 2022
Ep. 410: Seeking Russ-titution (The Ultimate Russell Westbrook Trade/Offseason Offloading Guide) Apr 18 2022
Ep. 409: Early BeReavesment (Frank Vogel Out as Lakers Head Coach, Austin Reaves Is Untouchable, & The Young Core Silver Lining to Close the Season) Apr 11 2022
Ep. 408: The Eulogy Spot (An Airing Out Of Grievances For A Lost Season Unlike Any Other, Biggest Disappointments, AD & LeBron Sending A Final Message, Confidence In Pelinka's Ability to Course Correct) Apr 8 2022
Ep. 407: Final Last Straw (Can the Lakers Make the Play-In? Should the Lakers Make the Play-In? Pros, Cons, & Everything Inbetween) Apr 1 2022
Ep. 406: A Win Is A Wen(yen) (How Much Do We Buy the Lakers Recent Surge, Marveling Over LeBron James, An Ode to the Young Guns: Wenyen Gabriel, Austin Reaves, Stanley Johnson) Mar 23 2022
Ep. 405: Purgatory & Gold (Finding Meaning In the "Mean-Time", LeBron James' Historic Accolades, Young Gun's Positive Split Stats) Mar 18 2022
Ep. 404: Futility Players (Lakers Waive Deandre Jordan, Sign DJ Augustin & Wenyen Gabriel + Our End of Season Outlook) Mar 1 2022
Ep. 403: Pushin' P (LeBron's Future As A Laker, Klutch vs Pelinka, Jeanie & The Rambii, & The Entanglement Up Top) Feb 22 2022
Ep. 402: Going Against The Sprain (Anthony Davis Injures Ankle, Lakers Find Some Resolve, Buy-Out Market Big Man Replacements) Feb 17 2022
Ep. 401: No Man's Land (NBA Trade Deadline Recap: Lakers Do Nothing) Feb 10 2022
Ep. 400: Moneyball The Margins (Penultimate NBA Trade Deadline Musings: Finding Creative Ways for the Lakers To Upgrade w/ Limited Resources) Feb 7 2022
Ep. 399: Former's Market (NBA/Lakers Trade Deadline Primer ft. HoopsHype's Michael A. Scotto) Feb 4 2022