Original analysis on the Los Angeles Lakers from Vinay K. and Raj C.
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raj and vinay go over the recent discourse about Austin Reaves and the idea of trading him and discuss the importance of basketball IQ when it comes to acquiring players
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Hard Decisions & Roster Improvements
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1:16:11vinay and raj discuss a few names that have been mentioned as upgrades for the Lakers and whether they have the qualities needed for the roster
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Offseason Priorities: The Backcourt
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1:12:14raj and vinay discuss rethinking how we analyze the Lakers backcourt and how balancing out the other starting roles in a smarter manner can go a long way
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Offseason Priorities Part 2: Giannis Edition
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53:18raj and vinay discuss the idea of adding giannis to the lakers roster
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raj and vinay comb through the different priorities for the Lakers offseason
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raj and vinay dissect the Game 4 loss and what it would take for the Lakers to force a Game 7 back in LA
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vinay breaks down all the key themes from the Lakers win over the Wolves in Game 2
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raj and vinay discuss what went wrong in G1 and what has to be better in G2
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raj and vinay get TACTICAL and preview some of the core themes in the Lakers first round matchup against the Wolves that the Lakers have to win
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vinay and raj detail the monster win over the thunder and how much of the what we see with the lakers translates to the playoffs
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raj and vinay discuss the results of the Lakers most recent road trip, the third option debate, and more with special guest Eddie Gonzalez
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raj and vinay discuss the results of the perilous 6 games in 8 nights stretch for the Lakers, LeBron & Rui's returns, and the final stretch of regular season basketball
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vinay covers the lakers snapping their losing streak against the Suns, Jaxson' return, and getting back reinforcements
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raj and vinay reflect on the playoff readiness of the Lakers after having their 8 game win streak broken in Boston and what the true issues with the offense are
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vinay and raj discuss lebron and luka alternating stellar performances that led to back to back wins against our local rivals
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vinay and raj discuss the recent injury adversity to hit the lakers and the excellent play from the lakers two stars and two unlikely heroes
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vinay and raj break down the new layers to the offense and the approach to team defense the lakers have been running with
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vinay chats with laker fans about how they feel about their lakers after a huge win in denver
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Hotline Episode 001 - Rome from Coaches Den
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1:40:24vinay and raj riff on different laker topics before Coach Rome from Coaches Den joins us to chat about his thoughts on the team
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vinay and raj discuss the first impressions of luka, adding alex len, the lakers changing defense, and then hit questions from the chat!
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vinay dives into the data during the current 5 game win streak without anthony davis to help figure out what the lakers need to target on the buyout market
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vinay cuts the tape and breaks down mark williams game
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vinay offers 3 trades post Luka Doncic to help round out the edges for this years roster
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vinay speculates how coach jj will re-integrate rui back into the rotation to the benefit of the team
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vinay breaks down how Vando's return positively impacts the Lakers rotation even beyond counting stats
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vinay breaks down how of all the rumored options the Lakers might be targeting, Nikola Vucevic might be the best compliment to Anthony Davis
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we did a quick breakdown of the trey jemison' strengths weaknesses and how he fits with the lakers if deployed
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we discussed the merits of swapping dfs for rui with the starters, transition defense, stupid switching, and whether its worth trading picks for situational use players
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Dorian, Austin, and Everything In Between
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1:03:50we discussed the lakers stretch post dfs trade
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we discussed our observations and the monster defensive improvement from the lakers over their 3-0 week
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we discussed brons return, the memphis game, and other topics
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we follow up on the topics we didnt have enough time for on the last pod including urgency
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we hit on how the lakers have looked since the orlando loss and dove deep into the defense, lebron, AD, and rob pelinka
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we discuss some consistent themes from these ugly laker wins and brandon ingram's fit with the team
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we discuss the lakers defensive issues over these last two games
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5 Game Win Streak and Dalton Knecht
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1:15:08we discussed the trends on this extended win streak then dove deep on max, dalton, and how to handle the starting group
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we caught up on the starting lineup change and the trends we've seen through 10 games of the season so far
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we discussed the lakers recent 1-3 slide and argued the merits of the lakers "developing" players and their most recent rotation change
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we covered all of the different themes and things we saw from the lakers hot start to the season
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Preseason Recap & Regular Season Expectations
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1:09:13we send our congrats to the dodgers, discuss a controversial end to Lynx/Liberty, and dive deep into the Lakers
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we discuss the lakers/bucks game, bringing back dwight, bron and bronny's moment, and then hit a bunch of listener questions
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we talked about the chatter from media
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we covered the wood and vando injury news and speculated on how the front office is thinking right now
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we covered some team usa observations and if its possible to optimize around lebron and AD
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Bronny Bounces Back & Summer League Updates
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1:34:18we broke down the individual performances from our summer league roster
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we discuss losing out on the klay sweepstakes and theorize about what is going on behind the scenes with the lakers inactivity
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Lakers Got Their Coach. What's Next?
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1:42:14we discussed a bunch of different things about JJ and speculated on what the next steps might be
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More JJ, Caitlin, and 3 Trade Ideas
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1:37:01we covered the increasing certainty behind jj's hiring, the firestorm over caitlin clark, and 3 trade ideas
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Trade Targets and Cutting Down Media Rumors
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1:55:09we discussed the latest rounds of laker updates
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we covered the news that jj redick is a leading candidate for the new laker head coach position and the potential of trading for donovan mitchell
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