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Lakers Nation Podcast

Lakers Without Anthony Davis, Playoff Race, Westbrook's Role Change Moving Forward

Lakers Nation Podcast

Medium Large LLC

Sports, Basketball

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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We discuss the Lakers' path ahead with Anthony Davis sidelined, the playoff situation, Rusell Westbrook's changing role, and tons more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, Mommy,

0:01.6

Love me, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Love me.

0:16.9

Hello.

0:29.8

Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome into the Lakers Nation.com podcast. I'm Trevor Lane. You can find me on Twitter at Trevor underscore Lane on Instagram at Trevor Lane NBA.

0:37.6

Oh boy, just a few hours ago. We got the Anthony Davis injury news. We have the timeline. We're going to talk a little bit about that. We're going to talk about what it means for the Lakers and where things stand heading

0:41.5

into the All-Star break. Joining me is Ron Gutterman from Lakers Nation.com. Ron, how are you doing,

0:46.6

man? Doing all right, you know, just another Anthony Davis injury. So, you know, this is kind of

0:53.7

where our season is at. We thought last year was the, you know, this is kind of where our season is at.

0:54.9

It's like, we thought last year was the, you know, like the season that just was everything went

1:00.0

wrong. And then this season came and I kind of missed last season. I think that's part of why.

1:06.6

And we've talked about this a bit in the post game show, why we've seen the level of frustration that we have from Lakers fans.

1:12.9

It's because it's not just this season.

1:14.5

It's the cumulative effect of the last two seasons now combined where it's really just felt like one injury after another.

1:20.4

With the caveat that last season, we saw them actually play good basketball.

1:24.4

And for the most part, this season we haven't seen that.

1:27.0

And we've dealt with the injuries that the team has been experiencing.

1:30.9

Now, the second serious injury for Anthony Davis that's going to keep him out for a length of time. In fact, I should mention it here for anybody who hasn't heard the news yet. You've probably heard it by now. but Anthony Davis, midfoot sprain, which can be a little bit vague, but midfoot sprain, according to the

1:45.3

Lakers, will be reevaluated in four weeks. So four weeks till reevaluation, Rod, what's your,

1:53.2

what's your take then on when we actually see Anthony Davis back out on the basketball floor?

1:59.4

Well, I mean, the only silver lining is like at least the first eight days of that.

2:05.2

The Lakers don't play.

2:07.1

So like instead of missing four weeks of games, he's only missing three weeks of games.

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