Lakers Miss Out On Gary Trent Jr, Bronny James Concerns, Dalton Knecht Shines

Lakers Nation Podcast

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4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Frustration continues to grow as the Lakers missed out on Gary Trent Jr, who was the best free agent available on the market and landed with the Bucks on a minimum deal. Is a lack of roster spots the problem? Plus, Bronny James continues to draw too much negative attention, Dalton Knecht impresses and more with Trevor Lane and Daniel Starkand.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.7	Hello, everybody. Welcome and I'm Trevor Lane for LakersNation.com.
0:05.4	Joining me today from Las Vegas out there in Summer League, it's editor extraordinary Daniel Stark.
0:10.3	And Daniel, how are you doing out there in Vegas?
0:14.0	I'm trying to stay cool.
0:16.2	It's really hot out, taking a little break from the pool right now, talk a little Lakers.
0:21.3	You know, obviously they haven't won a game this summer yet.
0:24.0	So that's unfortunate, but still plenty to talk about as always.
0:28.2	And tough life, dealing with the heat and some, well, let's face it, some rough Lakers basketball in terms of the summer league squad.
0:36.7	Anyway, but at least you do get to go hang out at the pool a little bit. We got to start here, though. Lakers fans are not happy. And I don't blame them. The Lakers miss on Gary Trent, Jr., a name that we've been hearing connected to the Lakers, literally for years. I mean, since way back when he was playing for the Portland Trailblazers, and I think the insult to injury here, it goes to the Lakers literally for years. I mean, since way back when he was playing for the Portland Trailblazers,
0:54.5	and I think the insult to injury here,
0:57.1	it goes to the Milwaukee Bucks for a veteran minimum.
1:03.1	Yikes,
1:03.5	I know the Lakers don't have an open roster spot,
1:06.1	but my goodness,
1:07.7	Daniel,
1:08.7	life is not good right now for Rob Polika and the Lakers.
1:14.3	Yeah, I mean, this is obviously a tough one to swallow just because like you said, like the
1:19.1	guy's signing for the minimum. Like it's not like Rob had to necessarily move, you know,
1:23.7	hoops to get this guy, make four different trades, clear all this space, do a sign and trade. Like, that's not what was necessary here. Apparently, all they literally needed to do was clear one roster space and be able to afford a minimum contract. And I don't know. I don't know if that's the reason. I think it's more just that Gary Trent chose Milwaukee, which also comes down to the Lakers' ability to recruit right now.
1:46.1	And that's kind of been a theme of the offseason.
1:48.5	You know, they miss out on Dan Hurley.
1:50.2	They miss out on some of their top assistant coaching targets.
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