Lakers Avoided Kawhi Leonard Scandal, Luka Doncic CRUSHING EuroBasket, Start Marcus Smart?

Lakers Nation Podcast

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Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In hindsight, the Lakers were fortunate NOT to sign Kawhi Leonard in 2019 in light of the current scandal rocking the NBA. Why playing by the rules worked out for LA, plus Luka Doncic looks GREAT in EuroBasket, and a rotation build to start Marcus Smart with Trevor Lane and Daniel Starkand..Get 50% off your first box of freshly made, healthy dog food by heading to https://thefarmersdog.yt.link/OyxWWZf or scanning the QR code on screen. Plus, get FREE shipping and 24/7 customer support! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome into the Lakers Nation.com podcast.
0:05.0	I'm Trevor Lane. Happy September.
0:07.3	Hope you all are having a fantastic day, hopefully a better day than certain other L.A. team is having today.
0:15.8	We'll talk a little bit about the Clippers and the Kauai Leonard scandal that rocked the NBA.
0:20.9	What does it mean for the Lakers in their situation here?
0:23.9	Do they dodge a bullet in not signing Kauai Leonard back in the day?
0:27.9	We'll talk a little bit about that.
0:28.8	Plus, Luca Dachic, an update on him in Eurobasket.
0:32.5	How has Luca looked and is the weight loss paying off?
0:36.3	And finally, should the Lakers just go ahead and start a new Laker?
0:41.0	Marcus Smart does he need to be in the starting five?
0:43.7	We'll take a look at a rotation build that features a whole lot of Marcus Smart on the court.
0:48.8	Make sure you do subscribe to the Lakers Nation.com YouTube channel.
0:52.2	Follow us all over on Apple Podcast, Spotify,
0:54.7	wherever you list of podcasts as well.
0:56.2	Join to me.
0:56.9	Editor extraordinaire, Daniel Stark, Daniel, you know what?
1:00.3	For a fairly quiet time around the NBA,
1:03.2	you know, it was nice getting the Clippers news just for a little injection of energy
1:08.7	into the league.
1:10.5	I do, to a degree, feel bad for the clippers.
1:14.1	But but not that bad.
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