Lakers Have Unlocked 2-Way Luka Doncic, Wemby's Next Steps & Fake Ja Morant Trades

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The Los Angeles Lakers are soaring to the top of the Western Conference behind -- wait for it -- the two-way play of Luka Doncic. Wes Goldberg is joined by Dave DuFour (Athletic NBA Daily) to break down what's going on in Los Angeles, JJ Redick's coaching and how LeBron James will fit in when he returns. They also talk about the latest in the Ja Morant situation in Memphis before building some fake trades. Finally, the teams moving up their watchability rankings, including the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons. #victorwembanyama #lukadoncic #lakers 0:00 Intro 0:57 Lakers-Spurs Epic Game Breakdown 10:29 Luka's Defensive Transformation and Effort 18:29 Luka and Austin Reaves Partnership 21:26 Victor Wembanyama's Defensive Challenges 29:35 Ja Morant's Struggles and Memphis Issues 39:20 Fake Trades: Ja Morant Edition 49:21 Bulls Surprising League Pass Watchability 53:09 Pistons Jazz and Cade Cunningham's Leap RealGM Radio is powered in part by North Station Media (CLNS). For advertising or media inquiries, contact info@clnsmedia.com 🔔 Like, comment, and subscribe for more NBA insights and analysis! Follow RealGM Twitter: https://x.com/RealGM Follow Wes Goldberg Twitter: https://x.com/wcgoldberg PrizePicks: PrizePicks is the best place to get real money sports action. With over 10 million members and billions of dollars in awarded winnings, PrizePicks has made daily fantasy sports accessible to all. You just pick MORE or LESS on at least two players for a shot to win up to 1000x your cash! Run Your Game all season long on PrizePicks. Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! Gametime: Take the guesswork out of buying tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code CLNS for $20 off your first purchase.

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0:30.7	gm radio joining me today it's dave defour from the athletic NBA daily podcast one of our
0:35.8	favorites around here uh we get into a bunch of different
0:38.4	topics. We're going to start with that epic Lakers Spurs game from last night. We're going to get
0:43.7	into what we're seeing from Luca Donchich early. What we're seeing from this Lakers defense
0:47.2	and the Lakers overall, second place right now in the Western Conference. We get all into that.
0:51.7	Plus, how teams are defending Victor Wembe Niyama, some good X's and O's conversation there, and how Wembe can counter that, and how we expect them to grow from that. Then we're going to get into some Jha Morant talk. We'll talk about where Memphis goes from here with Jha, getting to some of the latest reporting, and then get into some fake trades. Then finally, we'll talk about a bunch of teams that have impressed us on
1:11.4	League Pass and have moved up in our watchability rankings.
1:14.7	This is a fun one.
1:15.4	And always, Dave, enjoy.
1:20.7	I got rid of the intros because I just want to see really conversation.
1:27.4	Read the descriptions.
1:29.3	Right.
1:29.5	Yeah.
1:29.8	Who's in in 2025, Wes, who is downloading a podcast and not reading who the guest is?
1:37.0	Exactly.
1:37.9	And it's in the headline.
1:39.4	So I don't need to do that.
1:41.9	I do want to start with Lakers Spurs from last night.
1:45.4	Fun fact, could not watch the game because of this whole YouTube TV ESPN thing.
1:51.0	So I had to go back and watch it this morning.
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