A Look Inside the Lakers Sale and the Buss Family Dysfunction

The Zach Lowe Show

The Ringer

Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Zach is joined by Michael Pina to once again cover more of Giannis’s strange postgame comments and to break down the weirdest team in the league: the Houston Rockets. Then, Baxter Holmes takes us inside the sale of the Lakers and the family drama that went along with it before Sean Fennessey comes on to recap a wild week on Mets Corner. (0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show! (1:34) Michael Pina joins the show! (4:31) Did the Wolves win the KAT trade? (6:55) Giannis once again makes strange comments (19:46) The Warriors' hopes were over long before the Jimmy Butler injury (26:35) The Rockets are the weirdest team in the NBA (36:27) The Rockets are good but would need luck to win a title (47:53) Kevin Durant’s legacy (54:17) Mid-season Sixth Man of the Year pick (57:48) Zach welcomes in Baxter Holmes! (1:02:16) Does the Buss family's sale of the Lakers mean that the team is past the dysfunction? (1:08:53) The family drama here is just sad (1:15:22) How does LeBron factor into this? (1:21:27) Mets Corner with Sean Fennessey! Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Michael Pina, Baxter Holmes, and Sean Fennessey Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.4	Coming up on the Zach Lowe show, we got Michael Pina from the ringer to go around the NBA.
1:11.9	The Knicks rebound from their rock bottom against Dallas the other day by wamping the sad sack Brooklyn Nets, who it feels like haven't beaten the Knicks almost since they moved to Brooklyn.
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1:26.4	Janus, more troubling comments after yet another
1:28.9	bucks loss. They're just six and six with Janus back from injury, and the trade deadline is
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1:40.0	into the weirdest team in the NBA, the Houston Rockets, now dealing with a bad Stephen
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