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.
1 hr 14 min
Anthony makes a big announcement about Hook episodes from now on and offers up the latest about the Lakers' injuries. Then, he and Aaron dive into a few fun topics given the basketball they've watched so far this season. Is this start sustainable? Who has impressed the guys the most? Boy, aren't we glad the Lakers didn't trade Austin Reaves for Dejounte Murray? Plus a little Q&A.
25 min
The guys wrap up their conversation about why the Lakers offense is so overwhelming, then dive into the players they've been most impressed by so far.
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1 hr 14 min
Anthony makes a big announcement about Hook episodes from now on and offers up the latest about the Lakers' injuries. Then, he and Aaron dive into a few fun topics given the basketball they've watched so far this season. Is this start sustainable? Who has impressed the guys the most? Boy, aren't we glad the Lakers didn't trade Austin Reaves for Dejounte Murray? Plus a little Q&A.
25 min
The guys wrap up their conversation about why the Lakers offense is so overwhelming, then dive into the players they've been most impressed by so far.
26 min
Anthony nervously throws out a take he's shared privately about how LeBron would impact this Lakers team. Aaron (also somewhat nervously) agrees. The guys wrap with a little Q&A.
56 min
Anthony offers up the latest reporting on Luka Doncic's ankle as well as what he'd heard to that point about Austin Reaves. He also explained what the team will need to do with either/both miss time. From there, the show was the audience's.
28 min
Word is Luka shouldn't miss much (if any) time, but Austin Reaves' injury situation is a little more complicated.
29 min
Anthony explains how backup centers used to work, compared to where the position is now -- all in an effort to explain why it's still important the Lakers figure that spot out.
36 min
The Lakers took care of business against the Bucks to keep the incredible pace they've set so far this season, but it came at a cost.
19 min
Anthony breaks down a ho-hum blowout and the reacts to Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves' injuries.
17 min
Luka and Austin both went down with injuries and, while neither looked too alarming, the Lakers' upcoming schedule actually might lend itself to getting them some rest. Anthony takes a look at their upcoming slate to explain why.
1 hr 4 min
The Lakers are playing extremely well. Their record is undeniable. The offense seems unstoppable. So... Anthony asks Harrison if now is the time to feel real optimism, even given the long-standing risks involved in doing so.
21 min
The Lakers are playing really, really well. The last time Anthony felt like this about a team, everything went to shit. Does he risk the optimism this team calls for, even given the potential downside?
21 min
The Lakers are winning because their stars have been incredible AND their role players have relished doing the little things at high levels.
22 min
Much is frequently (and often correctly) made about Luka Doncic on the defensive end. Those same critiques hold much less water so far this season.
55 min
The Lakers are shooting at an astonishing rate right now. Yes, some of those numbers may or even will come back down to earth. Anthony and Pete discuss what that would look like and explain the ways the Lakers would be able to withstand regression. They also discuss why the Lakers should go for it this year and what that would potentially involve.
27 min
The Lakers had a clear picture in mind while they built out this team. So far, that picture has made more than enough sense, even as wrinkles are ironed out.
29 min
Pete and Anthony discuss the notion of really taking advantage of the moment, even if it means the Lakers may have to part ways with a coveted younger player. The reason being: They have one of the top two or three players in the league entering his prime. It's time to do some real winning.
1 hr 3 min
Anthony and Harrison get together for a rare postgame episode in which they get to make a little fun of the Kings. They recap the game, break down Walker Kessler and Austin Reaves' performances, marvel at Luka Doncic and wrap with a Q&A.
21 min
The Lakers are wrapping up a stretch of five games in seven nights. They won... ugly? With defense? Really?
20 min
Anthony noticed something from the Kings all over the court last night: Walker Kessler wore them down. He and Harrison discuss that, Austin's under-the-radar production and more.
23 min
Bill Simmons called Luka Doncic insufferable. Anthony and Harrison greatly appreciate Simmons for making their points for them.
1 hr 11 min
Anthony has noticed a weird silence on Luka Doncic so far that he runs by Harrison to see if he's noticed the same. The guys talk about how an MVP run would change how last offseason and the rest of this season is viewed, a couple tweaks to the rotation and playbook that made immediate impacts and enjoy a little Q&A with the live audience.
23 min
Anthony has noticed an interesting way Luka Doncic's incredible start to the season is being covered... in that it ISN'T being covered. He talks to Harrison about the insane expectations Doncic deals with compared to his peers.
24 min
Anthony has noticed a pretty collective decision by several larger national platforms to essentially ignore what Luka Doncic has done to start this season on both sides of the ball. He and Harrison discuss the lack of coverage and one theory Anthony has for what else might be going on.
24 min
After wrapping up the conversation of what going all in on this season could potentially look like, Anthony and Harrison discuss some rotation and usage tweaks JJ Redick has made that paid immediate dividends, specifically with Sandro Mamusdlkfjsdfkjskgjdsgeli.
46 min
Luka Doncic is off to one of the best starts in NBA history. Anthony marvels at it, enjoys that win over Miami, offers up what he saw that helped Austin Reaves turn things back around and just generally wonders what the hope is for Miami. He wraps with a Q&A with the live audience.
23 min
Anthony starts by breaking down the Lakers' win over Miami, segues to Luka Doncic's early-season MVP campaign and wraps this part by talking about what helped Austi Reaves bounce back.
22 min
Anthony explains why the Heat seem like a fairly miserable experience right now and compare them to one of his least favorite Lakers seasons ever. He wraps with a Q&A session with the live audience.
47 min
The Lakers beat the Raptors behind Luka Doncic's historically impressive stat line and Walker Kessler bouncing back. The bench made the game a lot closer than it needed to be, though, so Anthony tries to figure out what can be done to fix it. He also discusses Quentin Grimes looking rather pedestrian, national media biases and wraps with Q&A.
22 min
Anthony marvels at what Luka Doncic is doing on a night by night basis. Against the Raptors, he finished with a stat line literally no one else has ever had. He compares the Lakers' bench to the Vikings run game, which says a lot.
25 min
Anthony is getting increasingly worried about Quentin Grimes, so he offers up a couple potential solutions to what has made Grimes so ineffective this year. From there, he wraps up with a little Q&A with the live audience.
1 hr 13 min
The Lakers haven't opened strong. Things are rolling in the right direction. Injuries just keep stacking up for other teams. So long as those things continue? The guys talk about the early returns one week or so in, Jarred Vanderbilt finally getting a shot, and plenty more -- plus why both the guys think Rob Pelinka should cash in every asset he can this season.
24 min
Anthony steps aside and lets Raj get as nerdy as he wants about the early returns on this Lakers group.
24 min
Anthony and Raj both hope Jarred Vanderbilt is now a cemented part of the Lakers' rotation. How does that change the rest of the pieces around him?
26 min
The west is now wide open with a few tough injuries to key figures. The Lakers look good. There's a clear hole in the roster they NEED to address. They only have so much at hand to do so. So... Once again, Anthony is asking the front office to go all in. Raj agrees.
47 min
Luka Doncic and Ziaire Williams got the night off. Austin Reaves didn't really have it. The Clippers sold out to stop Walker Kessler. This means other guys would have to step up if the Lakers wanted to win this one. Well, they sure did. This was a fun, albeit ugly win. Anthony breaks it down.
23 min
Collin Sexton and Quentin Grimes caught plenty of criticism from the loss to Portland only a day ago. Well, they responded with two very solid performances when the Lakers needed them. Anthony breaks down the win over the Clippers zoomed out, then celebrates Grimes and Sexton's success.
24 min
JJ Redick is almost famously online, which means he hears or sees all the criticism of his coaching. Sometimes (as we saw with Darvin Ham), coaches will stick by their instincts out of spite because of that criticism. Anthony was happy to see Redick not do that with Jarred Vanderbilt.
45 min
Anthony breaks down the game from a macro point-of-view, then zooms in on some of the individual performances than led to the outcome. Luka and Austin did more than enough to earn a win. Teams have adjusted to Kessler on both ends. Can the Lakers counterpunch?
24 min
Sometimes in a loss like that, it's easy to focus too much on the negative. What we can't lose sight of is how ridiculous Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves has been. Anthony discusses that, then wraps with a little live chat Q&A.
22 min
Utah sold completely out to make sure Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves couldn't just keep lobbing the alley-oop over the top to Walker Kessler. This put the impetus on shooters to open that lane back up. Portland went with a similar strategy that likely isn't going anywhere.
53 min
Anthony runs through all the ways OKC's injuries (and the salary dumps this summer) impact this season and how the Lakers approach it. He then opens the mailbag where everyone is preeeeetty worries about the Lakers' backup center disaster. He laughs at the Celtics a bit to wrap things up.
25 min
OKC suffered two brutal injuries Sunday that completely alter what the entire Western Conference might look like. Anthony explains everything going on there and the impact that should have on how the Lakers approach this season.
29 min
Rob Pelinka has either had an elite center with no backup or a meh center with an ok backup ever since the Lakers won a ring with an elite center and depth behind him. Anthony explains how not learning from the mistakes made since that championship led directly to Kevon Looney being on this roster right now. He wraps with a couple more questions and a few minutes laughing at the Celtics/Jaylen Brown situations.
49 min
Anthony breaks down the Lakers' third win of the season against a Jazz team that presented some unique challenges. He marvel's at Luka's incredible production and Austin being a chameleon depending on what the Lakers need from possession to possession. Walker Kessler had his first bad game as a Laker and, in the process, highlighted just how thin the Lakers are behind him. Anthony wraps with a few questions from the live audience.
24 min
Maybe the craziest part of Luka's performance as how poorly it started. He and the Lakers dug themselves a hole in that first quarter that Austin Reaves helped chip away at until Luka brought some dynamite. Anthony discusses the game zoomed out, Doncic's performance, Austin's incredible efficiency to start the season and the impact habits had on this game's outcome.
25 min
We got a look at what the Lakers' ceiling lowers to if Walker Kessler doesn't have it and, well, it wasn't pretty. Anthony discusses that, then answers a few questions from the live audience.
1 hr 8 min
Anthony and Pete discuss what they saw from the Lakers in that first game and look ahead to what they think they'll see from the team moving forward this season. What do they think will be this team's strengths? Weaknesses? Can anything be done about the backup center issues? Could this issue have been avoided?
22 min
Anthony and Pete really enjoyed that opening night game and think there's a ton to build on. They discuss what they saw from the team in an actual game and try to outline what they think will be strengths this season.
22 min
Anthony is worried about perimeter defense. Pete is a little less worried about that, but does have some concern about the rebounding. The guys discuss whether or how the Lakers can fix these issues internally or will eventually need to make a change.
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