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**Lakers Lounge**

Anthony Irwin takes a daily look at the Los Angeles Lakers in his own unique way, with the help of any number of guests from throughout NBA coverage, and beyond.

Latest Episodes:

PART 1: What is Lakers culture? Oct 09, 2025

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Anthony asks a question we might not like the answer to.

PART 2: What Dalton has to do to turn things around Oct 09, 2025

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Dalton Knecht's trade value is in the dumps. It could get a little lower but not by much without injury. Anthony offers up what he's heard about how the league feels about Knecht and where things will have to go from here if he's going to reclaim some of that stature he had coming out of college.

LOWDOWN: Giannis rumors clear up offseason; Lakers continue meh training camp Oct 08, 2025

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With reports out that the Knicks and Bucks held trade talks for Giannis, Anthony explains how this makes the Lakers offseason make a little more sense and also blurs this upcoming season. He also discusses the Lakers' training camp approach and how it might be setting them up for failure.

FULL: Giannis reports make Lakers summer make sense; Lakers continue laid-back camp Oct 08, 2025

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Giannis Antetokounmpo is apparently looking outside Brooklyn but never really set his sights on the Lakers. Anthony connects the dots to make the Lakers' offseason make a little more sense. The Lakers continued their lackadaisical approach to training camp and Anthony is starting to get worried.

PART 1: How the Giannis-Knicks rumors clear up this Lakers offseason Oct 08, 2025

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Anthony uses the Giannis reports from ESPN to connect the dots on this Lakers offseason, then explains the balance the Lakers will need to strike as they weigh remaining flexible for him but also try to maximize their opportunity this season.

PART 2: So... when do we start worrying about this training camp? Oct 08, 2025

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The good news from practice was that Marcus Smart is practicing. Then, we got the bad news, and Anthony is starting to worry that the Lakers are missing an opportunity this training camp.

LOWDOWN: LeBron's Prime teaser; Lakers take a day offf Oct 07, 2025

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Anthony breaks down LeBron's "decision" tweet, then dives into his annoyance at the way the Lakers have approached training camp and the preseason to this point.

FULL: LeBron teases "second Decision;" MAILBAG Oct 07, 2025

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Anthony reacts to LeBron James' tweet teasing... something (we're pretty sure it's Prime Day). But just in case... we do have to go through scenarios. Then, he dives into the mailbags to talk about the Lakers' unimpressive training camp to this point.

PART 1: LeBron almost definitely isn't retiring, but...... Oct 07, 2025

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Anthony reacts to LeBron's cryptic tweet that was almost assuredly about Amazon Prime Day. Still, we do have to talk about the if here.

PART 2: The Lakers need to start building better habits Oct 07, 2025

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It's going to take a real culture and identity of winning habits for the Lakers to take their next step. So far this training camp and preseason, that identity and habits have been difficult to identify.

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