Lakers Lounge

Anthony dives into Matisse Thybulle with Marc Stein reporting the Lakers are interested in him. Between yesterday's episode and now this interest, we have a pretty clear understanding of what the Lakers are attempting to do to round out their offseason, so he offers up that plan. He examines their hypothetical depth chart, then wraps with a Q&A with the live audience.

Anthony discusses Matisse Thybulle as a free agent target and then offers the steps the Lakers seem to be hoping to take to round out their offseason.

Anthony stans Jarred Vanderbilt. We're just as shocked as you.

Anthony has noticed a trend in some of his interactions, where the sense is he and everyone covering the team would criticize anything the Lakers do. He pushes back on that and explains where his concerns come from. He just doesn't see eye-to-eye with how Rob Pelinka views basketball as a sport. Still, even while he and others who cover the team may not love everything the Lakers have done, no one is rooting for them to fail, locally.

Anthony got some info recently about how the Lakers are using their summer league team that he thinks presents these games through a very different prism. He offers up that intel, gives his thoughts on the approach, then dives into a lengthy Q&A with the live audience that (of course) hit on the Jonathan Kuminga situation.

Anthony offers up some info on how the Lakers are using their summer league team to hopefully plug some hole on their actual roster this season.

Anthony breaks down this whole Jonathan Kuminga by outlining which lies various parties are telling, as part of a lengthier Q&A session.

Anthony and Andy hold the second part of their home-and-home conversation (part 1 is on the Locked on Lakers feed). In part one, the guys had discussed Rob Pelinka finally committing to his own basketball ideologies. In this part, they discuss the ways they agree or disagree with that basketball vision.

Anthony and Andy pick up on their conversation (part 1 was on Locked On Lakers) about Rob Pelinka executing a plan he devised years ago. The guys agree this is clearly lined up with Pelinka's basketball vision. They agree this is definitely a plan carried out. What Anthony can't decide is whether he agrees with some key points of the plan.

Anthony and Andy run through the scenario where the Lakers don't wind up with Jonathan Kuminga, then answer a few questions from the live audience.

Anthony reacts to the news that LeBron James will continue his playing career, just not with the Lakers. He offers up the timeline as he knows it, gets you ready for the leak-off between the Lakers and Klutch that's already started, and outlines the Lakers' options from here. Pressure's on, Rob.

The reports and whispers about the Lakers' offseason so far aren't what Anthony would like them to be and he's getting nervous. Real nervous.

Anthony isn't exactly over the moon about the stuff he's hearing about the Lakers' offseason so far. He offers up what he knows about the LeBron-Warriors noise, then echoes the reports of Marcus Smart heading to Houston.

During a Q&A with the live audience, Anthony explains how the Lakers' pursuit of the A-list center Luka Doncic wants is affecting their level of communication with LeBron James.

Anthony is right there with you in wondering what the Lakers might be up to, following a quiet first week of the offsseason. He starts the show with a fun James Worthy story then dives into how the summer has kicked off.

The Lakers had a quiet weekend so Anthony starts with a story, then he dives into a rumor he doesn't quite buy into.

Look across the league at the real contenders. A commonality: Clean books. Anthony discusses why a top priority for this summer is cleaning up the books with more productivity than the Lakers are getting from Vando, Knecht and others.

Anthony said he was going to record a nice, quick chat seeing as it's a Saturday but the live audience wasn't having it. Between today's topics and the Q&A, it was an absolutely packed episode.

As Anthony has mentioned over the course of the summer so far, Deandre Ayton is going to opt in, and Marcus Smart is going to opt out. He explains what both decisions mean for the Lakers, then dives into an interesting situation with Nikola Jokic.

Anthony explains the recent noise about LeBron still waiting for the Lakers' first offer as he prepares for free agency. In Anthony's eyes, the situation hasn't changed. He wraps with a lengthy Q&A with the live audience.

Austin got PAID. Cam Carr is legit. The Lakers still need a center. Can they find one in the second round, if they get there?

The Lakers and Austin Reaves are in agreement on a four-year max. Anthony breaks it down, as well as the differing information he has on the timeline compared to what's out there nationally. Everything happened so fast last night that Anthony hadn't given a full Cam Carr scouting report, so he does that.

The Lakers are still canvassing the league for the starting center upgrade they know they need. Anthony discusses that, then takes questions from the live audience.

Anthony gives a behind-the-scenes look at how information spread about Giannis maybe getting traded, then definitely not getting traded and where everyone goes from here. The Lakers checked in on Isaiah Stewart and Kel'el Ware, so Anthony details that info and the more important thing to take from that situation. Another beat reporter wrote about the pressure the Lakers are feeling from Luka Doncic and his camp, so Anthony discusses why this news cycle is a good thing. He wraps with a nice, lengthy Q&A with the live audience and Twitter commenters.

For a good little minute Saturday, word in league circles was that a Giannis trade was imminent. Anthony explains what he thinks was going on there, then dives into his reporting on Isaiah Stewart and Kel'el Ware as potential targets.

Anthony and Harrison discuss Austin Reaves' season, the consistent progress he's made as a pro and the impossible decision the Lakers have ahead of them this summer.

Whatever number the Lakers re-sign Austin Reaves to is going to tell us a lot about the kind of roster Luka Doncic is going to have for at least the next year or so. Anthony and Harrison debate whether this is the biggest decision the Lakers have facing them this offseason, then look back on the season Reaves just had.

Listeners keep commenting as if those of us who cover the team aren't aware of Austin (and Luka's) weaknesses, especially defensively. The guys discuss those concerns and what needs to be done to supplement them. And if it does become clear the ceiling on this roster is too low, what can be done to maintain flexibility after Austin's big raise this summer.