Lakers Lounge

Poor Raj has had to talk about all kinds of things over the course of this summer that don't feature x's and o's, so Anthony, out of the goodness of his heart, gets out of the way and lets Raj run through all his nerdiest talking points about this Lakers team.

Anthony tells a story about music for him growing up. Then, he and Raj disagree about who they think should be the Lakers' fifth starter when training camp opens in a couple weeks.

Anthony has put Raj through the ringer this summer with all the sale drama, so as a reward, Raj got to just straight up nerd out. Anthony followed suit, then the guys wrapped with a couple questions from the live audience.

You've asked. Anthony bugged Aaron a bunch about it. So it finally happened. Aaron Larsuel made his triumphant return into The Lounge and this episode was an immediate return to how they used to go. The guys put the west into contender tiers and figure out where the Lakers fit into that equation. Also covered: The Warriors wasting Steph, what the guys would've done different this summer and more.

Anthony outlines his tier system for the western conference and places the Lakers in the second grouping. Aaron gives his thoughts on Anthony's tiers as the two guys catch up for the first time on the pod in way too long.