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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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We tier the entire Western Conference, debating if the Lakers did enough this offseason to be considered true contenders. Plus, reports are swirling about a new international basketball league spearheaded by LeBron James—is this a legitimate threat to the NBA?

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0:00.0	Yesterday we did the East. Now it's time to tier the Western Conference, where the Lakers value moves this offseason enough to put them into the contender tier.
0:09.3	Should Russell Westbrook be the latest player to go back to where it all started?
0:13.1	Will Anthony Edwards be a top five player this season?
0:16.4	And is LeBron James creating a live-like rival league to the NBA?
0:21.2	Matt and Hayes have all the answers today on Locked-on NBA.
0:30.6	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:35.6	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:41.9	Welcome to Locked-on NBA.
0:43.9	Thanks so much for making us your first listen of the day.
0:46.8	We are free.
0:47.5	We are available wherever you get your podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network,
0:52.8	your team every day.
0:54.4	I'm Doug Branson, host of Lockdown Hornets, and your Shot Clock Sherpa,
0:58.4	guiding you through the NBA's biggest stories with the help of Lockdown's local experts.
1:02.6	And I have two of the best with me, as always, from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast.
1:06.7	He is a senior NBA writer for the Action Network.
1:09.5	It's Matt Moore.
1:10.3	Matt?
1:12.8	82 days. 82 days until the NBA regular season begins.
1:17.8	82 games in a season, 82 games until that season begins.
1:21.8	I cannot wait.
1:23.1	And until then, we're joined from the Locked-on Bulls podcast.
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