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FULL: Peyton Watson trade fallout; MEGA mailbag session; Q&A Aug 20, 2026

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The Peyton Watson trade helps the Lakers in more ways than one, even if they would've loved to land him. Anthony discusses that situation, then dives into an iTunes mailbag that he desperately needed to address. He wraps with a Q&A that touches on some really fun topics, including his stupid Vikings.

PART 1: Peyton Watson trade was actually very good for the Lakers Aug 20, 2026

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Anthony sifts through the dust settling after the Nuggets salary dumped Peyton Watson and discusses the Lakers' impact on Denver's approach to that situation as well as some of the downstream effects of their decision to trade Watson when they did.

PART 2: iTunes mailbag helps explain how fans typically process the offseason Aug 20, 2026

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Anthony missed a few questions in the iTunes mailbag and, in reading back, noticed a trend in how fans felt about the offseason initially and how they've bought into the moves over the course of the last couple months. From there, he actually answers all the questions he missed.

PART 3: Why fans shouldn't quit on the Lakers because of their new owners Aug 20, 2026

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No one considered quitting the Lakers when Mark Walter bought the Lakers, and his investment portfolio has a few things in common with the new owners some fans say they can't support. Anthony explains why he personally is going to continue rooting for the Lakers and why he honestly won't feel that conflicted doing so.

FULL: Raj gives more of the fan angle of these ownership squabbles Aug 20, 2026

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Anthony looks at things through his prism. Harrison and he see things pretty similarly. So, Anthony brings in Raj to get a better sense of what a Lakers fan might feel about these billionaires fighting over a team people genuinely care about, generationally.

PART 1: How does Raj, the Lakers fan, feel about all *this* Aug 20, 2026

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The Lakers have changed ownership three times in the last year or so. This time has come with an extra side of billionaire drama. You know how Anthony feels about this, but how about Raj, who looks at things through a very different prism?

PART 2: Jeanie turned the Lakers into Anthony's old Saturn Aug 20, 2026

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The Lakers have changed hands frequently enough that even die-hard fans like Raj are looking at the team like a distressed asset.

PART 3: Owners are convincing fans to care about luxury taxes again and it's driving Anthony crazy Aug 20, 2026

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"That is NOT YOUR GIRL."

FULL: At what point will anyone focus on what is best for the LAKERS? Aug 18, 2026

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Jeanie Buss is fighting back against her siblings over their decision to sell the remaining stake in the Lakers and arguing that only she understands what is best for the Lakers. Anthony... doesn't quite see it that way. He explains how we got here, where he'd like to go and the question that he keeps running into.

PART 1: How we got here tells us something about where we might be going Aug 18, 2026

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Anthony lays out the painstaking steps taken by all involved to eventually arrive at this clusterbleep in an effort to explain why he doesn't think any of this has ever been about what is best for the Lakers.

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