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The Lead

Can The Lakers Ride Out This Adversity?

The Lead

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3.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

On Thursday, a couple of the Lakers’ top rivals made notable moves at the NBA trade deadline, with the Nuggets picking up Aaron Gordon, and the Clippers adding former Lakers point guard Rajon Rondo. Meanwhile, the defending champs — who are currently without LeBron James and Anthony Davis — did nothing. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Bill Oram to look at why the Lakers didn’t make changes, how they’re trying to stay afloat without their two top stars, and why they could still be poised for another championship run.

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0:46.0

On Thursday, a couple of the Lakers top rivals made moves at the NBA trade deadline.

0:57.0

Denver's sitting fifth in the West right now and they are getting the athletic and still only 25 year old Aaron Gordon.

1:05.0

Rajyan Rondo headed back to LA. He's going to play for the Clippers.

1:10.0

But the defending champs who are currently without LeBron James and Anthony Davis did nothing.

1:16.0

Today, the athletics bill orm on why the Lakers have stayed put for now,

1:21.0

how they're trying to stay afloat with their two biggest stars out injured,

1:24.0

and why this team will still be poised for another championship run.

1:29.0

Really at the core of this roster, there is sort of a bit of scar tissue to adversity.

1:34.0

This team, I think, is probably built as well as any to overcome adversity. They just can't run out of gas in the end.

1:41.0

From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Andres Kelto. It's Friday, March 26th, and this is the lead.

1:48.0

So Bill, the Lakers have been playing without Anthony Davis for over a month now.

1:54.0

And this past weekend, they also lost LeBron James to a high ankle sprain.

1:58.0

LeBron, ooh, down he goes and he grabs his ankle.

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