HR 1: Luka Out Tonight vs The Raptors

Mason & Ireland

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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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It's Ireland and Andy Kamenetzky with you this hour. Mason is out soaking somewhere with Juan. John is in Toronto as the Lakers take on the Raptors today without Luka Doncic. What will the Lakers look like with LeBron and no Luka? Should Rui play as the 6th man? And what is the latest with the Clippers and Chris Paul situation? It's clear that the Clippers are a disaster. What was a worse trade? the Clippers trading Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to OKC or the Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers. And what does Dave Roberts think about a Salary Caps in MLB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Gordon Smart here from whistleblowers football's most original new podcast.
0:04.2	Each week, I'm joined by Ian Laderman and Mark Clattenberg.
0:07.3	If Artetta doesn't win the league this year, what will you be saying on Troops TV?
0:11.5	I'm not Artetta in.
0:12.8	Like, I'm still Artetta out, because the job's not done.
0:15.3	I am fed up at they are talking about this high level of intervention.
0:20.4	If somebody told me that's a penalty last night, then I'm, thank God, I'm not refereeing anymore.
0:24.4	Because the game has gone.
0:26.4	Whistleblowers, available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:32.6	Good afternoon.
0:33.9	Good afternoon.
0:34.6	Good afternoon.
0:37.2	Andy Kim Minetsky in for Mace. Mace is, uh, where is Mace these days now? He doesn't work in December. You know that. I believe he's doing a soak somewhere. He is definitely soaking. He is doing a super soak in some type of, uh, very, very hot water somewhere. He and Juan, they are off super soaking, so I'm in for Mace.
0:57.7	John is joining us from Toronto ahead of today's Lakers, Raptors,
1:02.6	three-game East Coast road trip.
1:04.2	But John, this road trip looks like it could be much harder than it appeared it would be
1:09.5	before the season began.
1:11.9	Right. I thought we were going to go two and one on this trip, but now I'd be happy if we
1:16.5	just get one win. And here's why. Luca is out tonight for personal reasons. Marcus Smart is out.
1:24.4	He's still got a bum foot. No, that's the back spasms. Back spousins.
1:28.2	Oh, is it?
1:29.0	Yeah.
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