LeBron James Extends Contract; What do Lakers do now with Russell Westbrook, roster?

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

Sports, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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The Athletic's Jovan Buha joins the show and we break down where the Lakers stand now in the offseason. LeBron James has signed his extension. Russell Westbrook is still on the roster. Where does the team go from here? What does the team's current closing lineup look like? Where do they sit in the Western Conference hierarchy? All that and more for one of the most fascinating, active teams in the league with one of the people who knows the Lakers best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast.
0:08.9	I'm your host Sam Vassini.
0:10.0	We are presented by The Athletic.
0:12.1	Today on the show, one of my favorite guests, Yovonne Bua, is in the building.
0:17.0	And we wanted to talk about actual, actual like sort of basketball things that could
0:22.1	maybe happen uh i know that the offseason is time for weird speculation about who the goat
0:29.1	is who's better than some ex player who is uh historically better than bob coosie right but
0:36.3	i don't know what plumber is better than bob Coosie, right? But I don't know. Yeah, what plumber is better than Bob Coozy?
0:41.7	So I wanted to talk about something that could affect this upcoming season.
0:47.8	And it feels like the Lakers to me are kind of the livest ammo team right now. They have the most going on.
0:57.5	LeBron James just signed his two-year extension, which is really a one plus one.
1:03.1	They have the Russell Westbrook situation hanging over their heads a little bit.
1:08.5	They've kind of even said it feels like that they're a little bit active right now,
1:14.2	unlike most teams.
1:16.5	So I wanted to talk to Yovon just about what is happening with the Los Angeles Lakers
1:21.6	and where they sit in the Western Conference hierarchy,
1:26.6	because this is a weird situation where they have
1:30.7	LeBron James, they have Anthony Davis, they have this strange situation that is Russell Westbrook
1:35.5	kind of hanging over their head. They were very active in free agency, although I don't know how
1:40.2	much their moves like actually change the direction for them and move the needle.
1:46.0	So there's just a lot going on with the Lakers. And I wanted to talk to Yovon. So what's going on,
1:51.1	man? How's it going, man? It's, yeah, it's been a fun, fun, but busy, but kind of not busy
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