Playing with just one eye open and one hand behind their back - the Lakers are still somehow the #1 team in the West. Turns out, when he's awake - they still also have the best, most versatile big man in the league over Christian Wood in Mr. Anthony Davis. That and...Talen Horton-Tucker's rise and talent is undeniable and inevitable. Outline: General Thoughts On the Lakers vs Rockets Game + Our Favorite Highlight Plays Assessing Anthony Davis' "Ramp-Up" Plan & Whether His Inconsistency Has B...
Jan 12, 2021•46 min
New Year, Same Champion Lakers! But they're doing some New Things this season; and we get into some trends - both big and small - that we've observed from the Repeat Team through 2 weeks! Outline: General Thoughts & Assessment of the Lakers Through the First 2 Weeks Kuzma as Permanent Starter? THT's Training Wheels Development Plan Team Stats, Trends, What We Like / What We Don't Like, What We Want to See More of / What We Can Do Without ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Fore...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Well, that was fun. Let's do more of THAT. We liked that a lot. Kuzmania returns, Marc Gasol Does Marcy Marc Things, & The Lakers Rout the Timberwolves. Outline: This is our Lakers vs Timberwolves Game 3 Instant Reaction Recap ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Share and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Patreon: Patreon.com/TheLakersLegacyPodcast Follow Us On ...
Dec 28, 2020•37 min
Now THAT'S how you RING in the Holiday season. With some literal Lakers Championship rings! Ok, so the Lakers didn't actually win Game 1 vs the Clippers, but...what's new? Outline: General Game 1 Thoughts Spotlight On: Schroder & Harrell Some Positive Developments with Kuzma More Talen Horton-Tucker Talk Updated Thoughts on Kyle Kuzma's New Extension & Much More! ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please...
Dec 23, 2020•47 min
The 2020-21 NBA / Lakers season is upon us! It feels ike Christmas morning! ...like, quite literally. Double Christmas morning this year! As we usually do every year - time for out annual 2020-21 Lakers Season Preview & Statistical Prediction! Special Guest: Long-time friend of the podcast, 30+yr Lakers Season Ticket Holder, McDonald's Mogul, Jonathan's BFF - Andy Chang. Outline: Quick Thoughts on Kyle Kuzma's New Extension Preseason Impressions of the Revamped Lakers Which "New Guy" Has Imp...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min
THT. SO Hot right now. And we're here to talk a whole lot more about New Hotness. This is literally an entire episode solely devoted to Mr. Talen Horton-Tucker. Special Guest Ricky Barnes (@MrRickySpanish) of the Late Night Lake Show podcast (@LateNightLakers) hops on to help us spill allll the TH-Tea. Outline: Everything Talen Horton Tucker: His Upside, His Skills, His Measurements, & What's Impressed Us Most This Preseason Where THT Ranks Amongst the Lakers Best Draft Picks In the Last Dec...
Dec 17, 2020•49 min
LeBron James and Anthony Davis "over-staying" their welcome here in Los Angeles as East Coast transplants? YES, PLEASE. 3 more years of LBJ + AD and potentially 5 more years of AD in his prime? Couldn't ask for anything more. Outline: Quick Thoughts On the 1st Half of the Lakers Schedule Does Re-signing Quinn Cook Make Sense? Pelinka's Magnificent Summer & What Securing LeBron James & Anthony Davis Long-Term Means for the Franchise The Lakers' Main Avenues of Improvement Moving Forward w...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 9 min
New Faces, Same Goal. Now that we've broken down our exciting new pieces independently, it's time to zoom-out and take a look at what THIS year's Lakers will look like. It's definitely different, but...it may be more similar to last year's team than we think - just AMPLIFIED. Outline: How Does This Roster Compare to Past Lakers' Championship Rosters Is This the Deepest Roster LeBron Has Ever Had? What Was the Logic Behind This Team's Construction? What's This Team's Identity This Year? Devil's A...
Nov 26, 2020•46 min
Rob Pelinka, Lord have mercy. Way to Flex your Championship muscle. What a Free Agency Offseason to remember from the Purple & Gold. My god, let's freakin' get into it!! Outline: Rob Pelinka's Free Agency Master Class Initial Reactions As Lakers Signings Unfolded Deep-Dives On Each FA Signing: Wesley Matthews Montrezl Harrell Marc Gasol & Much More! ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to S...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr
So that was long. And a bit anti-climactic. So no 2nd Rounder after all for the Lakers for the long time in awhile... But you know what? We've STILL got Dennis the Menace. Officially now! And we're here to talk more about him! Plus a little Penultimate Free Agency Send-off to Boot! Outline: 2020 NBA Draft Reactions Updated Dennis Schröder Deal Analysis Final Lakers Free Agency Predictions & Much More! ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundClou...
Nov 19, 2020•58 min
Geez, Rob. It's barely been a month. Way to show-off. Goodbye #28 pick. Goodbye Danny Green. HELLO, Dennis Schröder. Outline: #28 Pick, Danny Green for Dennis Schröder Instant Reaction Getting Into the Cap Implications of this Trade + What the Lakers Have to Do if They Want to Use the $9.3 MLE 2020 NBA Draft Talk & Potential 2nd Round Targets w/ Sports Illustrated's Jeremy Woo NBA Draft Night Predictions & Who the Lakers Will Draft in the 2nd Round / or Sign as UDFA ... Intro/Outro Music...
Nov 15, 2020•57 min
Basketball Never Sleeps - nor does it ever take an actual vacation apparently because... The NBA is BACK back. Like...yesterday. With the official start of the 2021 Season set for Dec. 22 & Free Agency starting Nov. 20th - we've got a TON to talk about. So...let's get started. Outline: • Ranking Our Top 4 Roster Returnees • Assessing Big Swing Trades • Lower-Tier $5.7 MLE Free Agents • Serge Ibaka Rumors, Cap Maneuvers, Draft Night Predictions • Darkhorse, AWOL Free Agents ... Intro/Outro Mu...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 1 min
NBA Draft, Free Agency, & Training Camp - all in a 3 week span during the Holidays! Buckle. Up. But first! Let’s start with some 2020 NBA Draft Cram-Studying, shall we? Derek Murray, Director of Scouting for Babcock Hoops joins us to dissect the prospects at #28 or later that the Lakers could be targeting. Outline: • Assessing the Later Depth of this Draft In the Late First Into the 2nd Round • Should the Lakers Trade Out of the 1st & Into the 2nd Round? • Who’s The Most “Trade Versatile...
Nov 10, 2020•34 min
Hope you voted. If you did - here's your "reward". A LAKERS PODCAST CHAMPIONSHIP CONVERGENCE! LLP X LFR = MAGICALLY DELICIOUS. You already know what lit is... Outline: • Full 2019-20 Season Retrospective & Appreciating This One-of-A-Kind Team • Reframing Rob Pelinka & the FO’s Tenure • Proving Everyone Wrong & All of Lakers Nation Right: A Team Made For The Glass Half-Full Fan • Framing this Lakers Team To Past Lakers' Championship Teams • LeBron James & Anthony Davis: A Dynastic...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 23 min
So much for long, drawn-out celebrations! The 2021 NBA Season's back in like...2 weeks...or something crazy like that... Well - there's no time to waste! So back at it again we go! Join us for this COMPREHENSIVE 2020 Lakers Free Agency + Salary Cap for Dummies Episode. Understanding the Lakers Salary Cap Books & The NBA - Potential Raises LAL Will Have To Give To Returning Players - Which Mid-Level Exceptions LAL Has At Its Disposal - Understanding the Luxury Tax, Tax Apron, & Hard-Cappi...
Oct 27, 2020•58 min
Lakers still Champions? Cool. And...we're still podcastin' about it. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Follow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - Lakers Legacy (Subscribe & watch our "live stream" of the show!) Twitter - @LakersLegacyPod Instagram: @lakerslegacypod Listen & Subscribe to us on: Apple, Spotify,...
Oct 20, 2020•34 min
IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE LIT. THE 2019-20 LOS ANGELES LAKERS ARE YOUR NBA CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!! #MAMBAFOREVER #WEBELIEVED This is our best podcast episode ever. Bar none. Thanks for being on this 5-yr long ride with us. Enjoy. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Follow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - Lakers Legac...
Oct 12, 2020•57 min
Uh...ok. Let's...try that again? One more to go. Still. Phew. What a game and what a roller coaster of frenzied, frantic emotions. Let me help you try and make sense of it all before the pivotal Game 6. This is a war. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Follow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - Lakers Legacy (Subscrib...
Oct 11, 2020•20 min
And then there was one. Just one more to go to 17. This is our Game 4 NBA Finals Recap. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Follow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - Lakers Legacy (Subscribe & watch our "live stream" of the show!) Twitter - @LakersLegacyPod Instagram: @lakerslegacypod Listen & Subscribe to us ...
Oct 07, 2020•41 min
Lakers In Four...No more. The sky is far from falling, but the Lakers annoyingly lost a game in the NBA Finals and lost the chance to finally Sweep a team. Here is my stream-of-consciousness thoughts on that loss. This is our Game 3 Recap. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Follow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - L...
Oct 05, 2020•26 min
Damn...A Lakers NBA Finals win. In 2020. And we're podcasting about it. 3 More Wins to go. Speaking of 3...What was that about the Heat having the better Players #3 - 9 again? OH. It didn't matter at all cus the Lakers had the better #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 Players all night? Well, damn. Sorry Hipster NBA Twitter & Media. Reality must be disappointing cus... THE LUH-AYE-KERSSSS WON. AND WILL KEEP ON WINNING. Get used to it. Welcome to our NBA Finals Game 1 Recap. Damn. Let's Get #...
Oct 01, 2020•41 min
#WEBELIEVE #WEVEALWAYSBELIEVED And now...#WEOUTHEA BACK TO THE NBA FINALS WE GO!! Our Lakers x Denver Nuggets Game 5 Series Closer Recap is here. Let's Get #LIT. On Making It Back to the NBA Finals After A Decade All The Lakers' Finals Narratives At Play LeBron James Reclaiming His Throne A Discussion On Where LeBron & Anthony Davis Stand As A Historic NBA Duo Who Anthony Davis Reminds Us Most Of, Player-Comp Wise A Game 5 Nuggets Recap: Favorite Play(s) & More Looking Ahead to A Potenti...
Sep 27, 2020•35 min
Whoosh. So we're up 3-1, but...why are my palms still sweaty, mom's spaghetti?! Props to Denver, this has been our toughest 3-1 Series Lead yet. We'll get into all of it in our Game 4 Recap; so come along for the Rondo Roller Coaster Ride! ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Follow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - L...
Sep 25, 2020•52 min
Anthony. Mf. Davis. In the Black Mamba Lore Jerseys, no less. KO-BE! What a game. Let's get it. **Disclaimer**: So...we fumbled the bag in the section where we run through past Lakers' buzzer beaters in the Playoffs and forgot...0.4, Fisher. We goofed. We know. It was an unplanned segment and we were just goin' off the top of the dome and probably just suppressed that terrible Payton/Malone year. But yes. Apologies, Fish. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Pag...
Sep 21, 2020•44 min
Huh...The Clippers look a bit...different? Just kiddinggg, Denver. Y'all are great. But after Game 1, the Lakers showed just how much greater they are in comparison. Friend of the Podcast, Andy Chang, hops on to talk about the Lakers' dominant Game 1 Win over the Denver Nuggets. LAKERS FINALLY WON A GAME 1!! Let's get it. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please al...
Sep 19, 2020•48 min
Welp. So much for those streetlights, when you couldn't handle the spotlights - right, CLIP CITY?! On to the Denver Nuggets we go. This is the episode where we slander the Clippers & then look ahead to a series match-up vs the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. F...
Sep 16, 2020•39 min
Wow. And just like that - we're back in the Western Conference Finals. Good riddance and a hearty micro-Wave goodbye, Micro-Maniacs. Join us as we revel in the Lakers closing out yet another Series in Gentlemen's Sweep fashion + throw out some early thoughts on a potential Clippers matchup. Now THIS is going to be lit. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also ...
Sep 13, 2020•22 min
A House Ain't A Home. And the Rockets and HouAnon, RoxNation had to find that out the hard way tonight, as the Lakers took a commanding 3-1 lead on the Series. YO! FAM! WE LITTTTTTTTTTT!! Episode Outline: • YOU DON'T NEED AN OUTLINE. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. Follow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - Lakers ...
Sep 11, 2020•34 min
We playin' Connect 4, not Checkers out here, fam. RONDOOOOOOO!!! SMALL BALL, LAKERS STYLE BABY. In honor of the Mamba Black Jerseys, the Lakers got their 1st win in Round 2 and have tied the series up vs the Rockets 1-1. Here's my solo recap micro-pod of the game! Episode Outline: • I had many thoughts. Please listen. ... Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) ... Please remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe. Please also R...
Sep 07, 2020•26 min
The Lakers winning a Game 1 of a Playoff Bubble Series and looking locked-in right out of the gate? Yeah, that's gonna be a TALL order this season. And on this night, Small Beat Tall cus Tall wasn't lookin' so hot. We'll get into it... Episode Outline: • Why This Game 1 Loss to the Rockets Is Different Than the Game 1 Loss to the Blazers • Assessing The Lakers Aimless Lack of Identity & Perplexing Tendency To Fall Right Into Every Cliche Rockets' Trap • The Rondo Thing • Questioning Frank Vo...
Sep 05, 2020•41 min
