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Lakers Lounge

Anthony Irwin
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.
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Episodes

LOWDOWN: Why the Lakers actually can convert both Jemison and Goodwin

LOWDOWN: Anthony rolls through the Lakers' injury situations, then explains (with some help from Eric Pincus) how the Lakers actually can sign Jordan Goodwin and Trey Jemison. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 04, 202525 min

FULL: Latest on Luka, Reaves, Rui injuries; Mailbag

FULL: Anthony offers updates on Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura ahead of the Lakers' matchup Tuesday against the Pelicans. From there, he dives into the various mailbags to answer as many questions as he could. Listeners wanted to know about the ways teams might be able to defend the Lakers, what the Lakers' options are in terms of converting Jordan Goodwin and Trey Jemison and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy...

Mar 04, 20251 hr 7 min

PART ONE: Can the Lakers keep both Jordan Goodwin and Trey Jemison?

PART ONE: Anthony opens with an explainer on the Lakers' injuries, then dives into the mailbag, where listeners are wondering about the team's options with Trey Jemison and Jordan Goodwin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 04, 202536 min

PART TWO: What would be the perfect playoff bracket for the Lakers?

PART TWO: Anthony breaks down the optimal bracket to get the Lakers to the finals. It's starting to feel like the Lakers might have a date with the Celtics in June... To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 04, 202536 min

LOWDOWN: Lakers sink Clippers (again), sit second in west

LOWDOWN: Anthony recaps the Lakers' latest win over the Clippers, discusses a couple individual performances, and marvels at the fact that the Lakers can still clearly get quite a bit better in short order. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 03, 202520 min

FULL: Lakers keep rolling; Luka loves it in L.A.; They're the second seed????

FULL: Anthony rides solo for this one with Raj covering the South Bay Lakers. For the second time in three days, the Lakers beat the Clippers and held them to 102 points. Anthony talks about the game, the defense and all of that stuff but spends some extra time on how happy Luka Doncic is starting to look when asked about being a Laker. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podca...

Mar 03, 20251 hr 2 min

PART ONE: Luka really seems to enjoy being a Lakers; Why that's important

PART ONE: Before analyzing the game, Anthony offers up what he thinks is the biggest story coming out of this game. Luka Doncic appears to love being a Laker. Given everything riding on the rest of this season and this summer, that's a HUGE development. From there, he dives into the Lakers' latest big win. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 03, 202535 min

PART TWO: The Lakers have a real chance against any team in a series

PART TWO: The Lakers picked up another great win, this time shorthanded against a Clippers team that REALLY wanted to win this one and it has Anthony feeling a certain way about their chances in the playoffs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 03, 202533 min

Lakers beat Clippers, lose Austin Reaves

Anthon recaps the Lakers picking up a big win over the Clippers, even if it seems to have cost Austin Reaves. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 01, 202544 min

LOWDOWN: Lakers won ugly, perimeter size continues to pay dividends

LOWDOWN: The Lakers are clearly still figuring things out on offense and, in the meantime, are defending about as well as anyone can hope. Anthony discusses the process of winning ugly and watching LeBron James and Austin Reaves continue to carry things as Luka Doncic gets comfortable. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 202518 min

FULL: Anthony is sick of Anthony (Edwards); Lakers beat Wolves; LeBron James, still good

FULL: Anthony and Raj break down that Lakers win over the Timberwolves. They talk about refereeing, Anthony Edwards' immaturity, and all kinds of stuff adjacent to the game, then dive into the parts of it that they enjoyed. Watching LeBron James, Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic figure this out and win at the same time has been fun. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoic...

Feb 28, 20251 hr 7 min

PART ONE: Anthony Edwards needs to grow up (and other thoughts on refereeing)

PART ONE: The guys dive into a fun conversation about Anthony Edwards' maturity level and how the Wolves need more from him. He also had some interesting comments about being the face of the league that Anthony thinks are disingenuous. The guys talk that, then discuss the Lakers' ugly win over Minnesota. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 202537 min

PART TWO: LeBron James on Anthony Edwards not wanting to be the face of the league

PART TWO: The guys pick back up on what they were talking about with Anthony Edwards not wanting to be the face of the league with the help of LeBron James, who had thoughts about it after the game. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 202535 min

LOWDOWN: The Mavericks just won't shut up and really need to

LOWDOWN: Anthony had to get something off his chest about all these leaks about Luka Doncic after the fact that only make the Mavericks look small and petty on top of already being stupid enough to trade Luka Doncic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 202512 min

FULL: Adam Mares on Lakers-Nuggets, Luka swinging the matchup, stacked west

FULL: Anthony welcomes old friend Adam Mares back into The Lounge to talk about the Lakers-Nuggets rivalry now with Anthony Davis swapped out for Luka Doncic. The Lakers have never looked as confident during the LeBron James era against the Nuggets as they did last Saturday. Was that a one-off, or are people in Denver actually nervous about this matchup moving forward. From there, they dip back into their old national show days to play an old game: "Whoa! or Whoa..." To learn more about listener...

Feb 27, 202555 min

PART ONE: Was that result between Lakers-Nuggets a one-off, or a new norm?

PART ONE: Anthony and Adam discuss that game from last weekend in which the Lakers swarmed the Nuggets defensively and really threw them off their game. Was that the blueprint to change how those games have gone over the last few years, or was that a one-off result the Nuggets can adjust from? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 202530 min

PART TWO: The return of... WHOA! or Whoa...

PART TWO: After wrapping up the Lakers-Nuggets portion of the conversation, Anthony and Adam bring back a game they used to play on their old national show: Whoa! or Whoa... To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 202530 min

FULL: LeBron, Lakers help Luka Doncic get last laugh over Mavericks

FULL: Anthony and Raj break down an ugly win that highlighted some flaws, hammered home some strengths and featured all kinds of storylines as Luka Doncic took on his former team. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 20251 hr 27 min

PART ONE: Dallas sold out to not get beat by Luka; Lakers still have LeBron

PART ONE: Anthony and Raj recap a game that highlighted a little bit of everything for a Lakers team clearly still figuring it out. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 202532 min

PART TWO: Austin Reaves is Manu Ginobili

PART TWO: Anthony and Raj give it up for Austin Reaves, who somehow has figured out how to fit in the offense as either a primary, secondary or tertiary weapon. Anthony makes an insane comp that actually makes a lot of sense if you hear out the take. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 202533 min

PART THREE: How can the Lakers protect against tough shooting stretches from their other guys?

PART THREE: Anthony and Raj wrapped up the show by taking questions from the live audience, who was somewhat rightfully correct in their concern for what happens to the Lakers offense when their role players aren't knocking down shots. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 202534 min

FULL: What swung in Lakers-Nuggets? Can it hold up against other teams?

FULL: Anthony and Raj relive that win from Saturday and start by talking about how much both teams seem to really care about these matchups. From there, they get into the basketball aspects of this matchup to figure out what swung it from an endless string of losses to the blowout win we saw Saturday. Then, they discuss whether that approach can work against other teams as well. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more...

Feb 25, 20251 hr 21 min

PART ONE: It's actually great that the Lakers and Nuggets care

PART ONE: Before getting into the x'o and o's of the matchup, Anthony and Raj discuss both teams clearly caring just a little more about the times they play each other. It's exactly the kind of thing the NBA needs more of. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 25, 202531 min

PART TWO: How many times has Raj rewatched that win?

PART TWO: Raj has gone back and rewatched the win from Saturday at least 63 times and every new rewatch presents some cool new wrinkle to what the Lakers did to beat the Nuggets to the extent they did. The guys talk about how well that game plan and identity extends to the rest of the league given some of the matchups potentially waiting for them in the playoffs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad c...

Feb 25, 202531 min

PART THREE: Oh, poor Ben McLemore

PART THREE: Anthony and Raj continue their conversation about the at-time narrow definition of athleticism and how, as a result, Luka Doncic is a Laker despite everything he's accomplished to this point. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 25, 202532 min

FULL: First mailbag in FOREVER!

FULL: Anthony was finally able to devote an episode to the mailbags after the insanity that has been the last few weeks. The questions were great and he also gave a take that should be fairly popular. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 20251 hr 2 min

PART ONE: Yeah, JJ is a podcast coach, so what?

PART ONE: Anthony explains why JJ Redick being a former podcast has been such a stabilizing force in an organization that's really gone through it over the last couple years. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 202535 min

PART TWO: Is the two-seed really a legit possibility this season?

PART TWO: A listener asked a great question about how confident Anthony would be if the Lakers landed the two seed and would potentially have to face a play-in team. Are there any that make him nervous? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 202532 min

FULL: HOLY S***

FULL: Anthony and Harrison marvel at the game the Lakers just played. They beat the crap out of the Nuggets. Luka Doncic looked like himself. LeBron James and Austin Reaves also dominated while they were out there. This offense is otherworldly and the defense just keeps performing. Even JJ Redick rose to the occasion. What a game. Holy s***. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://...

Feb 22, 202550 min

PART ONE: The Lakers just beat the crap out of the Nuggets

PART ONE: Anthony and Harrison just sit back and enjoy what they just got to watch. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 202527 min
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