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Lakers/Thunder Series: Austin Bounces Back!

09 May 2026

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vinay and raj discuss Austin Reaves bouncing back in Game 2 and the inconsistency with how both teams are allowed to play Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...

Lakers - Thunder Series Preview

05 May 2026

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vinay and raj discuss what key themes and elements the lakers will have to win in order to play an extended series against the thunder Hosted by Simpl...

Game 6: The Stars Have To Win It

01 May 2026

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vinay and raj discuss the game 5 let down and what its going to take for the lakers to win this series Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...

Game 3 Preview: Rockets Red Button

24 Apr 2026

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Raj and Vinay discuss what a very desperate Rockets team will do to get their first win of the series along with recapping the Game 2 heroics Hosted b...

Game 2: Countering Adjustments

21 Apr 2026

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vinay and raj cover what worked for the Lakers in Game 1 and predict what the Rockets adjustments will be in Game 2 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz c...

Lakers-Rockets Tactical Series Preview

16 Apr 2026

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vinay and raj breakdown the Lakers/Rockets series and what different tactical elements the Lakers need to be prepared for Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...

Can LeBron James Take Down The Rockets?

13 Apr 2026

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vinay covers the recent stretch of basketball from LeBron James without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves and takes an early look at what would be needed ...

Line In The Sand & Life After Luka

04 Apr 2026

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vinay reflects on the narrative on Luka Doncic season and what the non-Luka lineup data tells us about the team Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...

Luka MVP Consideration and Scaling Lebron

30 Mar 2026

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raj and vinay discuss luka doncic' mvp consideration and scaling lebron and the rest of the team going into the playoffs Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsW...

Stop Lyin On Luka Doncic

21 Mar 2026

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Austin Reaves & Rhythm Building

10 Mar 2026

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vinay and raj discuss austin reaves performance post break, rhythm building, and the fit with the starting unit Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...

Can The Lakers Trend The Right Way?

24 Feb 2026

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vinay and raj discuss what trends the Lakers have to break in order for us to believe the team can go farther than they did last postseason Hosted by ...

Luka Trending Up and The Starters - RadioKBE

22 Feb 2026

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in this broadcast vinay highlights luka doncic trending up since january and how important it is for the starters to find their balance for a playoff ...

What Are We Looking For From The Lakers?

20 Feb 2026

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what should you expect from the lakers moving forward? the most important thing i am looking for is on the behavioral side Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...

Deadline Luke, Austin Returns, and Kobe!

09 Feb 2026

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vinay and raj catch up on a relatively quiet trade deadline for the Lakers and Austin Reaves' return to the team Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz comp...

The Gamble for Giannis Antetokounmpo

01 Feb 2026

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vinay and raj discuss the Lakers performance in January with the road trip coming to conclusion, trade deadline targets, and gambling on Giannis this ...

Evaluating Hunter vs Hachimura - RadioKBE

30 Jan 2026

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in this broadcast vinay evaluates swapping deandre hunter vs rui hachimura Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informati...

Star Led Bench Units - RadioKBE

23 Jan 2026

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vinay covers how the performance of the bench units is essentially deciding the end game result Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://...

The Trade Deadline & Rui Hachimura

20 Jan 2026

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Learnings From Luka and LeBron

12 Jan 2026

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raj and vinay discuss this recent stretch of Lakers basketball with Luka and LeBron leading the way

Lakers Civil War

28 Dec 2025

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vinay and raj discuss the ongoing civil war between luka and lebron fans, why the integration hasnt been as seamless as we expected, and what happens ...

Dwindling Defense, Lineup Balance, and Too Much Rich

14 Dec 2025

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raj and vinay discuss the Lakers slipping defense, a conversation about lineup balancing, and is rich paul talking too much?

Austin Reaves Is a Monster

06 Dec 2025

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raj and vinay discuss austin reaves meteoric rise, lebrons up and down return, luka and giannis

Buss Bros Out and LeBrons Return

21 Nov 2025

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vinay and raj discuss the buss brothers departure and lebrons return to the lakers

Lakers Finding Balance and LeBrons Return

18 Nov 2025

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raj and vinay discuss the conclusion of the road trip, DeAndre Ayton, and what LeBron will look like

Up Down and LeBrons Imminent Return

14 Nov 2025

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we discuss the lakers performance on their current road trip, lebrons impending return, and other news around the league

Rising Reaves and Luka Returns

01 Nov 2025

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raj and vinay cover Austin Reaves recent explosion, Luka Doncic MVP caliber season start, and other Laker trends

It's Money Time For Austin Reaves

27 Oct 2025

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vinay recaps a monster Austin Reaves performance against the Kings and outlook what they need to do until Luka returns

The First Look

05 Oct 2025

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raj and vinay offer their first impressions of the newest lakers to the roster

Lineup Combinations, Kuminga, and Kawhi

22 Sep 2025

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raj and vinay cover the lineup combinations theyd like to see the lakers test out in the regular season

Eurobasket Luka, Wiggins, and Kawhi

12 Sep 2025

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vinay and raj discuss how good luka has looked and a curious story about the lakers being interested in wiggins after watching luka perform there befo...

Schedule Release, Smart for Rui, and Mailbag!

17 Aug 2025

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vinay and raj discuss the lakers schedule, starting smart over rui, and hit up listener questions

Luka Extends! - Lakers Detailed Livestream

04 Aug 2025

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raj and vinay discuss luka doncic extending with the lakers and other news around the league

The Lakers Are Having A Solid Off-Season

21 Jul 2025

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vinay and raj discuss the las vegas summer league experience for the Lakers, adding Marcus Smart, and balancing the roster

Lakers Land DeAndre Ayton

03 Jul 2025

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vinay and raj discuss the lakers landing DeAndre Ayton and other Lakers news

Is It Over For LeBron James In LA?

30 Jun 2025

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vinay and raj discuss all the transactional news of the day around the Lakers

Post Draft Opportunities and Trade SZN

26 Jun 2025

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vinay and raj discuss the recent trades and what sort of opportunities might be available post NBA draft

New Ownership!

19 Jun 2025

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raj and vinay discuss the news on the Buss family selling their majority stake in the Lakers

Bane Trade and Adams Signing

16 Jun 2025

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raj and vinay discuss the Bane to Magic trade and Steven Adams re-signing with the Rockets along with a bunch of other topics

Your Austin Reaves Trades Stink

10 Jun 2025

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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 t...

Hard Decisions & Roster Improvements

02 Jun 2025

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vinay 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

Offseason Priorities: The Backcourt

20 May 2025

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raj 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 ...

Offseason Priorities Part 2: Giannis Edition

13 May 2025

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raj and vinay discuss the idea of adding giannis to the lakers roster

Offseason Priorities Part 1

05 May 2025

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raj and vinay comb through the different priorities for the Lakers offseason

Forcing A Game 7

29 Apr 2025

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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

Game 2 Breakdown

23 Apr 2025

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vinay breaks down all the key themes from the Lakers win over the Wolves in Game 2

Game 2 Adjustments

22 Apr 2025

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raj and vinay discuss what went wrong in G1 and what has to be better in G2

Lakers-Wolves Series Preview

14 Apr 2025

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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

Whats Real Whats Fake

07 Apr 2025

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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

Should LeBron Take A Backseat?

31 Mar 2025

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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

Reinforcements & The Final Stretch

24 Mar 2025

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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...

Back on Track

17 Mar 2025

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vinay covers the lakers snapping their losing streak against the Suns, Jaxson' return, and getting back reinforcements

Being Playoff Tested

10 Mar 2025

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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 o...

Do We Have 2 Batmans?

04 Mar 2025

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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

Weathering The Storm

02 Mar 2025

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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

How Far Can This Team Go?

25 Feb 2025

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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

How Do You Feel About The Lakers

24 Feb 2025

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vinay chats with laker fans about how they feel about their lakers after a huge win in denver

Hotline Episode 001 - Rome from Coaches Den

22 Feb 2025

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vinay and raj riff on different laker topics before Coach Rome from Coaches Den joins us to chat about his thoughts on the team

Breaks Over, Looking Ahead

17 Feb 2025

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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!

No Mark, Now What?

09 Feb 2025

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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 m...

Mark Williams Breakdown

07 Feb 2025

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vinay cuts the tape and breaks down mark williams game

Luka Here and 3 Trades

04 Feb 2025

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vinay offers 3 trades post Luka Doncic to help round out the edges for this years roster

Balancing The Wings

28 Jan 2025

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vinay speculates how coach jj will re-integrate rui back into the rotation to the benefit of the team

Vando's Instant Impact

28 Jan 2025

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vinay breaks down how Vando's return positively impacts the Lakers rotation even beyond counting stats

Finding The Right Big Man

24 Jan 2025

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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

Lakers Sign Trey Jemison

16 Jan 2025

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we did a quick breakdown of the trey jemison' strengths weaknesses and how he fits with the lakers if deployed

Small Moves Big Returns

13 Jan 2025

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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 situa...

Dorian, Austin, and Everything In Between

04 Jan 2025

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we discussed the lakers stretch post dfs trade

Defensive Wrecking Machine

23 Dec 2024

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we discussed our observations and the monster defensive improvement from the lakers over their 3-0 week

Brons Back, Max Starts, DLo Data

17 Dec 2024

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we discussed brons return, the memphis game, and other topics

Lakers Need To Make A Move Soon

14 Dec 2024

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we follow up on the topics we didnt have enough time for on the last pod including urgency

What We've Learned & What We Need

10 Dec 2024

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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

Ugly Wins & Brandon Ingram

02 Dec 2024

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we discuss some consistent themes from these ugly laker wins and brandon ingram's fit with the team

What Happened To Our Defense

26 Nov 2024

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we discuss the lakers defensive issues over these last two games

5 Game Win Streak and Dalton Knecht

19 Nov 2024

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we discussed the trends on this extended win streak then dove deep on max, dalton, and how to handle the starting group

The Lineup Change

11 Nov 2024

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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

Lakers Slipping On The Road

05 Nov 2024

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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

Lakers Come Out Guns Blazing

28 Oct 2024

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we covered all of the different themes and things we saw from the lakers hot start to the season

Preseason Recap & Regular Season Expectations

21 Oct 2024

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we send our congrats to the dodgers, discuss a controversial end to Lynx/Liberty, and dive deep into the Lakers

Preseason Updates & Backup Centers

15 Oct 2024

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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

Lakers Media Day & Expectations

02 Oct 2024

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we talked about the chatter from media

Chop Wood Carry Vando

11 Sep 2024

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we covered the wood and vando injury news and speculated on how the front office is thinking right now

Can We Optimize LeBron & AD?

06 Aug 2024

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we covered some team usa observations and if its possible to optimize around lebron and AD

Bronny Bounces Back & Summer League Updates

19 Jul 2024

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we broke down the individual performances from our summer league roster

How Come Nobody Want Us Man

03 Jul 2024

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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

Lakers Got Their Coach. What's Next?

21 Jun 2024

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we discussed a bunch of different things about JJ and speculated on what the next steps might be

More JJ, Caitlin, and 3 Trade Ideas

05 Jun 2024

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we covered the increasing certainty behind jj's hiring, the firestorm over caitlin clark, and 3 trade ideas

Trade Targets and Cutting Down Media Rumors

31 May 2024

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we discussed the latest rounds of laker updates

JJ Redick & Donovan Mitchell Trade

16 May 2024

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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

So About Those Coaches

13 May 2024

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we talked about the recent laker transactions, JJ Redick, and how Atlanta winning the draft might affect LA revisiting a deadline trade

Asking The Tough Questions

03 May 2024

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we talked about the different themes as we wait on the first step

Can We Do It Again?

29 Apr 2024

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we talked about the slate of games today and the dove into the game 4 wrinkles that led to us finally winning

Can We Lock In For 48?!?

24 Apr 2024

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we discussed that annoying game 2 collapse and looked ahead

Lakers-Nuggets Game 2 Adjustments

22 Apr 2024

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we cover our game 1 observations, questions from the discord, and game 2 adjustments

Lakers Nuggets Game 1 Preview

20 Apr 2024

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we previewed the important elements of the Game 1

Play In Thriller & The Nuggets Rematch

17 Apr 2024

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we talked about the play-in win and previewed some of the Nuggets rematch in the first round

Losing The High Ground

11 Apr 2024

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5 In A Row! Bucks/Grizzlies & LeKasparov

28 Mar 2024

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We covered the Bucks and Grizzlies performances and touch on two Laker related topics from Bron and JJ's podcast

Lets Play The Blame Game

14 Mar 2024

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We discussed Lakers/Kings postgame and the DLo ESPN article.

Frustrations and Annoyance

08 Mar 2024

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Discussing the Lakers strange up and down play since the all-star break