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Aug 21
31m 47s

Are the Lakers Overrated or Underrated? ...

LOCKED ON PODCAST NETWORK, ANDY AND BRIAN KAMENETZKY
About this episode

The Lakers are in an interesting spot. On the one hand, they were dumped rather unceremoniously from the playoffs by the Timberwolves last spring. The perception, at least in some circles, is that they didn't make any big swings in the offseason. Nothing glamorous, managing only to acquire a couple of distressed assets (Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart) while a big piece (Dorian Finney-Smith) went to Houston. 

On the other hand, while the new guys might not be All Stars, even with some of the shine off their proverbial apples, those two still fill critical holes the Lakers played with in the postseason, and represent significant upgrades. 

Meanwhile, they have a top five guy in Luka Dončić and a top 10 guy in LeBron James. 

And they won 50 games last year, finishing as a three-seed in a brutally competitive Western Conference. 

So are they paying a "Lakers Tax" when it comes to perception? Both of the team's offseason, and its standing in the West?  

And finally, LeBron is up for (yet another) extremely cool milestone this year. 

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

 

SEGMENT 1: Are the Lakers being overrated or underrated? 

SEGMENT 2: Let's be fair to Deandre Ayton

SEGMENT 3: LeBron and Kareem records. 

 

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