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PART 2: How the Lakers can show they might be a playoff team Jul 17, 2026

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Anthony and Pete both have concerns about the Lakers in the postseason, as currently constructed. They discuss whether there's anything the Lakers can show during the regular season that would give them more confidence about their chances in the playoffs.

PART 3: Summer league success as a culture setter? Jul 17, 2026

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The Lakers in Vegas have assumed an identity as a scrappy squad, ready to go nose-to-nose with teams that don't like how physically they play. The guys discuss whether this identity might make its way to the Lakers' parent team this season as part of a Q&A with the live audience.

FULL: Lakers interested in Thybulle; Late-offseason plans; Q&A Jul 16, 2026

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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.

PART 1: Matisse Thybulle rumors; Lakers plans to round out summer Jul 16, 2026

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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.

PART 2: The case for keeping (and using) Vando Jul 16, 2026

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

PART 3: No fans *want* to hate the Lakers' offseason Jul 16, 2026

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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.

FULL: Summer Lakers standouts can make their impact; Kuminga lying szn; Q&A Jul 16, 2026

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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.

PART 1: How the Lakers are using Vegas Summer League Jul 16, 2026

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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.

PART 2: The Kuminga situation is peak lying szn Jul 16, 2026

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

FULL: Andy Kamenetzky on Rob Pelinka's grand plan; Roster if no Kuminga; Q&A Jul 15, 2026

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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.

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