How Can LeBron and the Lakers Rebound?

ESPN Daily

ESPN

Sports

4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The reigning champion Lakers currently sit way down at seventh in the Western Conference, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis having been out for long stretches due to injury. With both stars returning, the Lake Show is pushing for a postseason berth. Brian Windhorst explains LeBron and company’s chances. And he breaks down what the play-in games mean, love them or hate them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You know, getting back to 100%, it's impossible.
0:07.1	I don't think I'll ever get back to 100% of my career.
0:10.3	But, you know, I felt comfortable where I knew I could get on the floor and help my team win.
0:18.0	That is a banged-up, LeBron James, doing the math on his mortality after spending more time and money on physical conditioning than pretty much anyone, and now trying desperately to make another Lakers' title run.
0:35.0	Today, we add up what is really at stake in these playoffs, and we explain why the
0:41.4	king is looking and sounding like he never has before.
0:46.8	I'm Pablo Torre.
0:48.2	It's Tuesday, May 11th.
0:50.5	This is ESPN Daily, presented by UKG, our purpose is people.
0:57.0	Brian, thanks for doing this, man. I appreciate it.
1:01.0	No problem.
1:02.0	So, okay, Brian sounds good to me, by the way.
1:05.0	Yeah, it depends on how close I am to this mic.
1:07.0	Oh, Pablo, you are one son of a gun. Michael.
1:14.3	Oh, Pablo, you are one son of a gun.
1:16.7	We are absolutely using that.
1:21.6	Brian Windhorst is a senior writer for ESPN, the host of the Hoop Collective podcast, and a native of Akron, Ohio, who's covered LeBron James since high school.
1:27.7	And he gives a good sound check.
1:30.8	So, Brian, when you watch LeBron and the Lakers right now, or rather you watch LeBron watch
1:36.6	the Lakers since he's been on the bench for like all but two of the last 25 games, I believe,
1:43.0	is he feeling and sounding a little existential to you?
1:48.9	He's like, you know, a CPU that's constantly processing.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.