Are the Lakers Overrated or Underrated? Plus, LeBron's Next Milestone (and a crazy Kareem record)!

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Lakers are in an interesting spot. On the one hand, they were dumped rather unceremoniously from the playoffs by the Timberwolves last spring. The perception, at least in some circles, is that they didn't make any big swings in the offseason. Nothing glamorous, managing only to acquire a couple of distressed assets (Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart) while a big piece (Dorian Finney-Smith) went to Houston. On the other hand, while the new guys might not be All Stars, even with some of the shine off their proverbial apples, those two still fill critical holes the Lakers played with in the postseason, and represent significant upgrades. Meanwhile, they have a top five guy in Luka Dončić and a top 10 guy in LeBron James. And they won 50 games last year, finishing as a three-seed in a brutally competitive Western Conference. So are they paying a "Lakers Tax" when it comes to perception? Both of the team's offseason, and its standing in the West? And finally, LeBron is up for (yet another) extremely cool milestone this year. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Are the Lakers being overrated or underrated? SEGMENT 2: Let's be fair to Deandre Ayton SEGMENT 3: LeBron and Kareem records. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Monarch Money Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNBA at monarchmoney.com/lockedonnba for 50% off your first year Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Football season is around the corner, visit the FanDuel App today and start planning your futures bets now. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, welcome to Locked on Lakers.
0:01.6	For Thursday, Brian Kaminetsky, Andy Kemenetsky, are the Lakers being underrated or overrated?
0:07.6	Someone needs to make a decision.
0:09.9	We'll do that next.
0:17.1	You are Locked on Lakers.
0:19.5	Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:28.3	Thanks to everyone for making Locked on Lakers your first listen of every single day, at least all the weekday ones, Monday through Friday, no matter how, where you get your
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0:43.1	going to YouTube, and where 36,000 plus subscribers see the show, they watch us, they see our
0:50.3	smiling faces, Andy, on every show, no matter how or where you're getting the podcast.
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0:57.2	We're never going to make you jump over some sort of paywall to do it.
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1:21.6	It's how the Lakers get covered, Andy, is always a fascinating thing for me because there is both, I think, a perception,
1:35.8	and I think it's probably true, the Lakers get an enormous amount of attention.
1:41.5	When they're good, they get a ton of attention.
1:44.0	When they're bad, they get a ton of attention. They just get a ton of attention when they're good they get a ton of attention when they're bad
1:45.1	they get a ton of attention they just get a ton of attention but i think sometimes that equates to
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