Lakers Lounge
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.
Episodes
July 20, 2025 • 16 mins
Anthony starts by narrating a piece about the league preparing itself for the seasons of Jokic/Luka/Giannis and offering some additional context seeing as he wrote that piece a few days ago. Then, right as we were ready to post this episode, word dropped the Lakers are waiving Jordan Goodwin. Anthony gives his thoughts on that too.
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July 20, 2025 • 60 mins
Anthony breaks down the decision to Waive Shake Milton and what has to come next to open up the room to officially sign Marcus Smart. The next 24 hours are going to be interesting. From there, he talks about the kind of trade the Lakers need to make in order to avoid waiving Jordan Goodwin. Then, dives into the mailbags to answer your questions.
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July 20, 2025 • 32 mins
Ah, yesterday. When we had hope that maybe, just maybe, Rob Pelinka would execute a trade in the offseason that would allow the Lakers to keep a useful, cheap player. Those were the days.
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July 20, 2025 • 32 mins
Anthony opens up the ol' Twitter mailbag, where listeners are apparently really excited about the Marcus Smart addition.So excited that they're wondering if he might play award-winning defense. Anthony discusses that and plenty more.
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July 19, 2025 • 29 mins
Anthony stepped away from the family barbecue to break down the Lakers' newest addition. This has been in the works for a little.
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July 17, 2025 • 93 mins
Anthony and Raj talk about what this team is capable of with the summer the Lakers have had so far. Then, they talk about a realistic remainder of the offseason and their hopes and dreams moving forward.
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July 17, 2025 • 35 mins
We've obviously spent a ton of time talking about hypotheticals, additions and subtractions. This is now a 15-man roster. Let's analyze it.
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July 17, 2025 • 35 mins
A commenter just wouldn't drop how much they thought Austin sucks. Anthony had enough and unleashed a rant directed at everyone who are acting like Austin is the entire problem with this team.
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July 17, 2025 • 35 mins
The Lakers still have Luka and LeBron. They got here in a weird way but they've improved so far this offseason. Let's take a second to hope. Hoping is fun. The guys wrap with a couple questions from the live audience, too.
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July 17, 2025 • 12 mins
Anthony jotted down some thoughts about LeBron James while he was flying home that combined the things he was hearing in Las Vegas with the options if you zoom out at the NBA landscape. He narrates that piece and also offers some context to the reaction to the parts of this that were aggregated yesterday.
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July 16, 2025 • 49 mins
The Lakers were in on Bradley Beal. They didn't wind up getting him. Anthony explains why, then gets into why it matters and doesn't that he won't be a Laker. He then offers a little more context on the LeBron-Lakers situation and then dives into a few questions from the live audience.
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July 16, 2025 • 28 mins
Anthony reacts to the news of Bradley Beal finally taking his buyout and going to the Clippers.
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July 16, 2025 • 26 mins
The Lakers were in on Beal as it looked like he was going to be bought out. They missed out. Well, now, what comes next? Anthony talks about that and the initial response to his piece on the state of the LeBron-Lakers relationship.
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July 16, 2025 • 84 mins
This is one of the better solo episodes Anthony has recorded, and we grade him pretty harshly. First, he opens with some thoughts on the impending Shake Milton deadline. Then, he dives into the mailbag, which was filled with some incredible questions about everything from how he does his reporting to the Lakers' intentions and how the league may be watching this Luka-Lakers situation.
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July 16, 2025 • 32 mins
Anthony explains how the rest of the offseason might kind of come down to how the Lakers handle this Shake Milton situation, then dives into the mailbags.
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July 16, 2025 • 33 mins
The whole league seems to be waiting on a couple dominos. Anthony explains what they are (or might be) and then answers a question from a listener about Bradley Beal. That whole situation is weird.
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July 16, 2025 • 32 mins
So, this subject was supposed to be hit on earlier in the episode, but because we got so many great questions, we had to wait a little while. Still, it's something fans are really curious about, so Anthony gives his thoughts.
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July 15, 2025 • 67 mins
Anthony's trip to Las Vegas for summer league was a good one. He comes back to talk about what everyone there is talking about.
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July 15, 2025 • 34 mins
Anthony went to Vegas and anticipated a lot more interest in what happens between the Lakers and LeBron James. What he found was a league that has mostly moved on and is now focused on a few superstars in their prime heading into some big decisions.
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July 15, 2025 • 38 mins
Anthony had one of those moments in Vegas where you ask yourself about the choices you've made that led you to that moment and, as a result of several conversations with people about LeBron's relationship with the Lakers, he found himself wondering whether any of that stuff matters.
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