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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

How Mark Walter Plans to Modernize the Lakers, and How Rob Pelinka Might React

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps the most significant difference between this offseason and the last half-decade of offseason isn't the pressure to improve -- although that's a pretty big factor -- it's the change in ownership. It's the first where a member of the Buss family isn't a primary owner of the team. And under Mark Walter, there is an expectation that the way the team operates is going to change significantly. In a story for Yahoo on Wednesday, voices around the baseball and hoops worlds commented on the antiquated nature of the Lakers, and what it'll take to move them into the present day. Interestingly, while Rob Pelinka has certainly benefitted from the old-fashionedness of the purple and gold, he at least outwardly appears to be the type of guy who appreciates how modern organizations -- not just a sports franchise -- run successfully. So what changes? Will expectations for Pelinka be different? Will there be more voices available to him? And meanwhile, as Walter imports more experts from the Dodgers, the goal is to change how the Lakers operate. Is the mantra we hear every year of "the goal is to win a title" the right way to approach the challenge? Is there a better mindset to have, where winning becomes a byproduct? HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Is Rob a modern GM? SEGMENT 2: A new approach for LA? SEGMENT 3: What does change look like? Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGYThe funfetti flavor is BACK on https://5hourEnergy.com or Amazon, crack open Confetti Craze 5-hour ENERGY®️ shot today! KALSHIFor a limited time, download the Kalshi app and use code LOCKEDON to get ten dollars when you trade ten. Kalshi. Trade on anything.  RedditReddit is where the real fans hang out. Download the Reddit app and dive into your favorite team for hot takes, fresh memes, and the group chat that never sleeps. QuoMake this the year where no opportunity - and no cutsomer - slips away.Try Quo for free plus get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to http://Quo.com/lockedonnba. DoorDashFrom tipoff to overtime, stay in your bag and order on DoorDash.Get snacks, drinks, gear — whatever gets you through the season — delivered right to your door.DoorDash. In your bag all season long. PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use codeLOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNBA IndeedListeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuelToday's episode is brought to you by FanDuel.Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get one-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins.Visit https://FANDUEL.COMto get started — Play Your Game. 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

The Lakers have been an antiquated franchise for years, but that's going to change going forward.

0:05.7

We'll tell you how Rob Polinka fits into a modern vision of the team.

0:10.1

That's next.

0:16.1

You are Locked on Lakers.

0:18.4

Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team

0:24.8

every day.

0:27.8

Thanks to everybody for stopping by Lockdown Lakers, Brian Komenetsky, Andy Kaminetsky,

0:31.8

plenty to uncover.

0:34.4

I was going to say, unpack from a story that came out on Wednesday from Yahoo talking

0:42.3

a lot about Andy the modernization process that the Dodgers are going through under new owner

0:49.2

Mark.

0:49.7

The Lakers are going through.

0:51.1

The Dodgers are already under Dodgers owner, now Lakers owner, Mark Walter, the Dodger for dodgerification of the Lakers,

1:01.0

if you will.

1:02.0

So we're going to break down a lot of that.

1:04.0

One of the more interesting things I think about this story is the sort of the yearly mantra,

1:09.0

Andy, of the Lakers. Every year, it's we're going to, the goal this year is to win a title.

1:15.7

I'll tell you why I think that's actually the wrong way for the Lakers to approach it

1:19.8

and why they might want to change the language.

1:21.7

But first, let's start with just this notion and the basic premise of Y whitesman's piece for Yahoo that the Lakers are essentially

1:34.6

an antiquated franchise by league standards. Doesn't mean they haven't been successful, just means

1:40.5

how they've been doing it is a little old-fashioned and it's certainly hard to argue.

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