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Lakers win big-ish in New Orleans; Will be without AD in Houston -- Lakers Lowdown

The Lakers played a perfect first half and then... uh, were kind of there for the second half. Anthony breaks down the game, then wonders about the way the Lakers are handling Anthony Davis' availability in back-to-backs. Oh, and there's a LeBron update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18m
Mar 15
Lakers lose annoying game to Knicks; Darvin Ham drops ball again -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony recaps a stupid loss to the Knicks on both a macro and micro level. He then looks ahead to the schedule to put everyone in a better mood and updates you as well as he can on what's coming next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18m
Mar 13
D'Angelo Russell set to return; Mo Bamba exits stage left -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony explains why getting D'Angelo Russell is such a big deal for the Lakers, then looks ahead to a weekend that could position the Lakers pretty well in the standings -- if they handle their business, that is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15m
Mar 10
Lakers get ahead of schedule on Pau Gasol's incredible night -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony reacts to a huge win that puts the Lakers ahead of schedule. He then tries to keep it together in summarizing Pau Gasol's jersey retirement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18m
Mar 08
D'Angelo Russell might make his return; LeBron James... well... -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony offers up the latest on the Lakers' litany of injuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16m
Mar 07
Lakers pick up HUGE win behind Anthony Davis' monster effort -- Lakers Lowdown

The Lakers spoiled Steph's comeback as Anthony Davis absolutely torched the Warriors. Anthony praises him, Malik Beasley and Troy Brown, then wonders what's going on with D'Angelo Russell. He finishes by looking ahead to a stretch of a few winnable games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24m
Mar 06
Latest on LeBron James injury; What's at stake over the next 10 games? -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony offers up the latest reports on LeBron James' foot, then explains just how critical these next 10 games or so will be not just for this season, but for the potential future of the franchise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28m
Mar 03
Lakers pick up huge win despite weird approach to back-to-back with Anthony Davis -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony offers up an apology to Dennis Schröder, then wonders what the hell is going on with the Lakers' injuries, as they continue to refuse to be even kind of transparent on the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23m
Mar 02
Lakers compete but fall short; Latest on LeBron, Russell -- Lakers Lowdown

The Lakers competed against a better Grizzlies team, but fell short despite Anthony Davis' efforts. Anthony recaps the game, then looks ahead to a huge one tonight against OKC. Also, the latest on LeBron's foot (which we saw in a boot) and D'Angel Russell's ankle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19m
Mar 01
BREAKING: LeBron James to miss "several" weeks with foot injury -- Lakers Lowdown

The Lakers just can't catch a break. Anthony offers up the latest on LeBron's injury but explains why he's still glad the Lakers committed to competing this season. He then looks ahead to what they'll have to do to stay afloat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16m
Feb 28
Anthony tries and fails to remain calm -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony recaps one of the most spectacular comebacks you're ever going to see. Jarred Vanderbilt is great. LeBron and AD lead the way. Wow. Just wow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16m
Feb 27
Good teams win; Great teams cover -- Lakers Lowdown

The Lakers blew someone out with LeBron and AD not even playing that well. Anthony doesn't know what to do with his hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18m
Feb 24
Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook unintentionally showcase Lakers' old issues -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony reacts to telling quotes from both Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook, then looks ahead to an absolutely critical game later tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14m
Feb 23
Russell Westbrook to the Clippers; Patrick Beverley to the Bulls -- Lakers Lowdown

Russell Westbrook is heading across the hall to the Clippers. Anthony reacts, as he once again doesn't see how this helps the team that is adding Westbrook. Also, Patrick Beverley is going home to Chicago, which is probably a good thing because he could've helped Golden State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13m
Feb 21
All Star Weekend thoughts: Yeesh -- Lakers Lowdown

The NBA's All Star Weekend used to be appointment TV because its stars made it that way. Anthony isn't thrilled with the state of things as stars don't seem to care about growing the pie, just their slices of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25m
Feb 20
The Lakers started their best lineup; THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS STARTED THEIR BEST LINEUP -- Lakers Lowdown

Darvin Ham, to his credit, ripped the bandaid off and moved Dennis Schröder to the bench. The Lakers then won a game against a west playoff team wire to wire. Might be a correlation there. Maybe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15m
Feb 16
The Lakers still have a Darvin Ham problem -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony remains unimpressed by Darvin Ham's approach to games and the Lakers are running out of time to turn things around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22m
Feb 14
After a successful deadline, the focus can finally be the basketball -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony recaps a fun weekend that saw fans return to focusing on the basketball their team played rather than the broken roster they had to watch. What a nice shift that was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23m
Feb 13
Anthony and Aaron react to the Lakers trading Russell Westbrook -- The Hook

The Lakers had a whirlwind of a trade deadline. The guys break it down and look ahead to what might actually be a fruitful buyout season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

56m
Feb 09
BREAKING: Russell Westbrook is no longer a Los Angeles Laker -- Lakers Lowdown

The Lakers have reportedly traded Russell Westbrook, a first round pick and some second-round compensation. In return, they landed D'Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt. Anthony reacts and even offers a conditional apology to Rob Pelinka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15m
Feb 09
LeBron breaks Kareem's record; Lakers Lose -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony explains why last night was a perfect encapsulation of this season and the LeBron era since the Lakers won that championship what feels like 37 whole years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18m
Feb 08
Austin Reaves on the mend; Lakers still working the phones -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony offers up an update on Austin Reaves, then details the latest regarding what the Lakers are considering heading into Thursday's trade deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10m
Feb 07
Lakers don't get Kyrie Irving; Now what? -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony tries to recap one of the crazier weekends in recent memory. The Lakers didn't get Kyrie Irving and don't seem to have ever really had a chance, knowing what we know now. That doesn't change that they still have a ton of work to do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23m
Feb 06
The Lakers are streaking at a critical juncture -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony recaps the game and updates you on where the Lakers stand in the playoff/play-in standings just days from the trade deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15m
Feb 03
One week to go before trade deadline; Lakers still interested in Bojan Bogdanovic -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony tries to prepare you for the insanity that is the week leading up to the NBA trade deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12m
Feb 02
The Lakers are opening their margin for error -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony recaps a huge win in New York against the Knicks. LeBron was as efficient as he's been yet they won anyway. That seems big. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14m
Feb 01
Where we've been; What's the plan? -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony quickly breaks down yet another disappointing game from Darvin Ham. Then, he awkwardly segues to where we've been this last week or so and updates you on what the deal might be moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11m
Jan 31
How to approach the NBA's lying season -- Lakers Lowdown

Anthony updates Austin Reaves and Lonnie Walker's injury situations and then dives headfirst into an explanation on how he approaches the NBA's lying season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11m
Jan 20
Can the Lakers fix their clutch woes? -- Lakers Lounge Live

Aaron and Anthony are joined by listeners to discuss the Lakers' issues in the clutch. Can they be fixed or are the issues too foundational to even be addressed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1h 6m
Jan 20
Darvin Ham has to be better -- Lakers Lowdown

The Lakers keep forcing us to watch the same damn movie over and over again. Maybe try something different. Whether it's personnel, approach, or whatever... this clearly isn't working. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11m
Jan 19