Are LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook Ready for the Regular Season?

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🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Lakers' preseason is officially in the books after a 116-112 loss to the Sacramento Kings, the sixth loss in as many tries before the real games begin. (ALL HAIL 0-6!!!) But that last go-around wasn't entirely negative. To begin, this was arguably the best individual game each for LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook, and without question their best as a trio. For that matter, DeAndre Jordan (in by far his best showing as a Laker), Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, and Austin Reaves all enjoyed some nice moments. On balance, it was the best the Lakers have looked, period. That said, as one might expect after a loss, it also wasn't all peaches and cream, especially on the defensive end, where the Lakers remain somewhere between "inconsistent" and "a flat out mess." Plus, the health of several important players is still unknown, and the already low continuity from last year has been exacerbated. So what are the Kamenetzkys' big takeaways from the preseason, and how ready do they think the team is for the regular season to kick off next week? They discuss. Plus, praise for Reaves, and a PSA of sorts about Jordan. Hosts: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: A recap of the final preseason game, and in particular, Westbrook's night and progress with the Lakers. SEGMENT 2: How ready do the Lakers seem for the season to begin? SEGMENT 3: A plea to stop complaining about Jordan every second he's on the court. Plus, can Reaves actually hang in an NBA rotation? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! SweatBlock Get it today for 20% off at SweatBlock.com with promo code LockedOn, or at Amazon and CVS. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Lockdown Lakers for Friday, Brian Kiminetski, Andy Kiminetski,
0:04.6	the Lakers have capped off a winless preseason, but Russell Westbrook played his best game.
0:10.6	LeBron looked totally dominant. So what do we know about the Lakers now that we didn't
0:15.2	know when this all started? We'll talk about that next.
0:21.3	You are Lockdown Lakers. You're daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast. Part of the Lockdown
0:29.2	Lakers podcast network, your team every day.
0:37.6	Want to thank everybody for making Lockdown Lakers your first listen of every day. Monday
0:42.2	through Friday, we get this thing up in the wee hours of the morning. So it's there
0:45.9	for you whenever you might need it. And of course, Lockdown Lakers on YouTube where you
0:51.2	can get all the breaking news, stuff that can't quite wait for a podcast. And of course,
0:55.1	especially on non-game nights, the podcast a little bit early. So thank you everybody for
1:00.8	helping us out with that. We really appreciate all the support and it's been great and
1:04.3	we're having a great time. Speaking of great times, Andy.
1:08.4	You said on Tuesday show that you much preferred an 0-6 preseason than some sort of wimpy
1:16.2	you know, limp one in five kind of thing. And the Lakers and Frank Vogel apparently agree
1:23.8	with you. Yeah. Frank Vogel, like in the last four or five minutes of the game, he actually
1:29.0	in this, this game was tight. He had absolutely had a chance to at the very least play
1:35.1	LeBron, play Davis and Westberg. I think LeBron had taken his shoes off at that point. But
1:39.8	like you could have played some starters down the stretch of this game. No, no, no, no,
1:45.9	no, no. That point it was Austin Reeves, you know, obviously one of the core members of
1:50.0	this team, but then like traveling queen and a bunch of guys that may or may not end up
1:55.3	on the roster or who knows what their G league futures are going to be. But Frank Vogel
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