The Lakers Legacy Podcast

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Ep. 304: Henny For Your Thoughts (Lakers Final Scrimmage Games Recap + How/Why JR Smith & Dion Waiters Are Proving To Be Difference Makers) Jul 28, 2020

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Soup! There it isss.

The Henny God is back and Bubble Cheese continues to be...Gouda.

We are OFFICIALLY ready for ACTUAL NBA Games that count!

But before we reach that point, here's our final Lakers Scrimmage Recap of an exciting Purple & Gold Primer to the official Reset to the NBA Season.

Let's get #LIT.

Episode Outline:

Breaking The Lakers' Playoff Curse & LeBron's Strange 1st 2 Years
Looking Ahead to the Seeding Games & The Actual Reset Season
How The Chips On JR Smith and Dion Waiters' Shoulders May Push Them To Be The Best Versions of Themselves.
Kuzma Goes Off On His Birthday, JR Swish Channels The Henny God, & Bubble Cheese Continues To Shine
Final Lakers Scrimmage Thoughts
All That & Much More!

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Ep. 303: Social-Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Lakers Gm. 1 Scrimmage Recap + Thoughts On Dion Waiters' Debut & Kuz Trials) Jul 24, 2020

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And just like that...Lakers basketball is back!

Real basketball. Where they wear their Lakers jerseys, yell at the refs, dunk on people, and put the whole Orlando Bubble League on notice once again. Just this time, with no fans. But to hell with it - WE'LL MAKE DUE!

Happy to just do a podcast episode recapping an actual game again.

Let's get it.

Episode Outline:

Thoughts on the Lakers' Mindset Heading Into Scrimmage
Why It's Unlikely the Lakers "Take It Easy" & "Rest" for the 1st 8 Games
Over-arching Observations of the NBA's Reset
Thoughts on the Dion Waiters Experience
Assessing On-Ball Kuzma's Mixed Bag of A 1st Scrimmage Game
All That & Much More!

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[Bonus Episode] Lakers Legacy Animatics: J.R. Smith Deep-Dive (Setting A Realistic Expectation for JR + An Interesting Player Comp) Jul 20, 2020

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This is a special Lakers Legacy bonus audio episode.

It features the audio transcript to a forthcoming J.R. Smith Deep-Dive Video Breakdown which you'll be able to watch in its entirety this week on our YouTube Channel (Search Channel: 'Lakers Legacy').

Enjoy.

Episode Outline:

Context to JR Smith's Last Few Years
J.R. Smith's Cavaliers Playoff Runs With LeBron
Breaking Down J.R. Smith's Game & What Can Still Conceivably Translate to the Present
Using 2012 Mike Miller's Playoff Performance w/ the Heat as a Reasonable Template for JR Moving Forward
All that & More!

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Ep. 302: The Upside In Being Point-less (Lakers Lose Rondo for 6-8 Wks, Intriguing Playoff Narratives, & Playoff Aspects We Hope To See Unleashed) Jul 13, 2020

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Ron-d'oh!

Looks like Playoff Rondo, Lakers Edition, is going to have to wait to be unleashed once again...For at least the next 6-8 weeks.
Well, regardless - it's Bubble Time for the Lakers and there's no time to waste!

Episode Outline:

Implications of Rajon Rondo Going Down for 6-8 Weeks: Is it a loss? Who Steps Up In Rondo's Place?
A J.R. Smith Proxy For This Playoff Run
Interesting Playoff Narratives:

Some Potential Dwight Howard Full-Circle Poetry
Lakers Collection of NBA Finals Participants
& What LeBron James Really Needs to Redeem This Season

What Lakers-centric Playoff Aspects Are We Most Anticipating That May Have Been Withheld in the Regular Season?
All that & More!

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Ep. 301: Bubble-O Wild Wings (Lakers Sign JR Smith, Deep-Dive Into JR & Dion, Who Carves Out A Role, Vogel's Restart Philosophy) Jul 01, 2020

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Consider the Lakers LOCKED and...Covid (well, we hope not on that 2nd part. Stay safe and wear your masks, everybody!).

Buckle-up cus now starts our journey through July to get to actual, tangible NBA Basketball. And with LeBron James and Anthony Davis leading the way - regardless of how wonky the circumstances are, Lakers Nation has to feel optimistic. So...let's get it.

Episode Outline:

Breaking Down the Lakers' 1st 8 Games - Is it good they have so many tough matchups? Does it matter?
The JR Smith Signing. Why was he Avery's Substitution Replacement? What was the purpose of his signing?
Will JR Smith & Dion Waiters Have A Role?
Who WIll Have A Bigger Impact: JR or Dion?
Frank Vogel's Philosophy - Keep The Status Quo or Tinker Innovatively?
All that & More!

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Ep. 300: Wait(ers) Watchers (Replacing Avery Bradley, The Dion Factor, Signing JR Smith, Dwight or DMC, & Best Playoff Matchup) Jun 26, 2020

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Welp. TURN DI-ON FOR WHAT?! *wank woh-wank, woh-wank, woh-wank-woh-wank*

So Avery Bradley won't be rejoining the rest of the Lakers in Orlando (for very understandable and respectable reasons). Where does that leave the Lakers now and how does that affect their Title Chances?

Episode Outline:

How Confident Are We That the NBA Fully Finishes Out the Season Through to October?
Initial Reaction to Avery Bradley Sitting Out & What the Lakers Will Miss In His Absence
Who Steps Up? Internally - KCP, Caruso? The Dion Waiters Wild-Card
Thoughts On Potentially Signing JR Smith
How Important Does Dwight Howard Become Now? How Important is Demarcus if Dwight DOESN'T join the Lakers? Should we also sign Demarcus Cousins in any scenario?
Which Western Conference Bubble Team Would Be the Best Match-Up for the Lakers - Entertainment wise and/or Tactically?
Does "Playoff Experience" This Year Count?

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Ep. 299: Bubble Ball Basics (Thoughts on the NBA's Return, the new Playoff Format, & Our Most Intriguing Lakers Questions) Jun 14, 2020

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WE ARE BACK! ...Somewhat...Maybe? Possibly? We'll see?

All we know is - Goofy and Donald Duck double-teams in the post or not, this is at least the CLOSEST we've gotten in the last 3 months to any sort of signs that basketball, the NBA, and the Lakers may be returning. So..."we", as the Lakers Legacy Podcast, are back (kinda) to talk about it!

Episode Outline:

Quarantine Catch-Up Ice Breaker: The Fellas talk about what they've been up to the last 10 years - I mean, 3 months.
Reactions to the NBA Returning & The Proposed Playoff Format
Potential Questions & Concerns About the Weird, New Basketball
How Do the Lakers Approach "the last 8 games" of their Regular Season, rotation-wise?
Does Home-Court Advantage (or lack thereof) affect the Lakers in any way?
What Quirks Could Arise that Hurt or Help the Lakers In Unexpected ways?
Which Lakers Players & Angles are we most interested in monitoring when/if the NBA returns to play?

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Ep. 298: Minding The Gap (Coping w/ Covid-19 Quarantine Life + Thoughts On the Lakers' Season & The Pros & Cons of a Long Hiatus) Mar 24, 2020

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Welp. The whole gang is here. Because, uh...where else would any one of us be but...at home. With no basketball.

So here's us talking about that.

Episode Outline:

How We've Personally Been Coping w/ Covid19
Netflix Binge Suggestions & Options
Overall Thoughts On A Lakers Season Constantly Interrupted
How to Assess An Asterisk Sort of Year
Will the Long Lay-Off Help Or Hurt the Lakers?
Wha Happens When the NBA Returns
Social Distancing PSA

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Ep. 297: System Of A Crown (Lakers Impressive Battle Royale vs The Clippers & Bucks, LBJ's MVP Tour, AD Coming Into His Own, & More) Mar 10, 2020

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Well, then. LA OUR WAY, indeed.

In just one weekend, the Lakers beat the #1 team in the NBA, the Bucks, and then followed it up by beating the Fake-Woke #1 team in LA, the Clippers - and LeBron James rightly reclaimed the throne to the entire league. Imagine that. Playoffs, here we comeeee!!

Episode Outline:

Battle Royale - How Beating the Bucks & The Clippers Have Changed the Perception & Outlook of the Lakers
LeBron's MVP Tour
Anthony Davis Coming Into His Own
Solid Role Players Galore: Avery Bradley, Kyle Kuzma, & Markieff Morris
Thoughts On The Dion Waiters Signing

& Much More!

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Ep. 296: Where Rubber Meets The Load (Lakers' Upcoming Playoff Tune-Up, Markieff Morris Impressions, JR Smith or Dion Waiters) Mar 05, 2020

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Anthony Davis and LeBron James have turned it up a notch recently. But the Buck stops here (Literally, cus we play the Bucks next). Because the Lakers embark upon their last biggest test before the Playoffs start in their next stretch!

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