Los Angeles Lakers Season Preview: Center Upgrade, Perimeter Shake-Up & Fantasy Fallout

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Josh Lloyd and Andy Kamenetzky break down the Lakers’ offseason—and its fantasy fallout. Key additions like DeAndre Ayton, Marcus Smart, and Jake LaRavia shift rotations alongside returning core members Luka Dončić, LeBron James, and Austin Reaves.

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0:00.0	We're here to talk about the Los Angeles Lakers.
0:05.3	Let's get into their season.
0:06.7	Michael Bolton.
0:09.7	Thanks, Josh.
0:10.9	It's Michael Bolton here.
0:12.3	And it's time for another episode of the Locked-on Fantasy Basketball podcast.
0:17.9	Let's get to it.
0:18.8	Let's get to it.
0:19.6	Indeed.
0:21.7	You are Locked- Fantasy, your daily NBA Fantasy podcast, part of the Locked On
0:27.9	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:33.3	Hello and welcome to the Locked on Fantasy Basketball podcast brought to you by Basketball Monster. My name is Josh Lloyd, and unlike the Lakers, I would never decline having a handy on staff. I'm also the lead fantasy analyst at Basketballmonster.com, and today's episode is brought to you by Game Time. Download the GameTime app, create an account, and use the code Lockedon MBA for $20 off your first purchase. Thank you also for
0:55.5	making Locked on Fantasy Basketball your first list every day. We are free. We're available on all
0:59.3	platforms. So hit the thumb on the double bang. Leave your comments. It's a Lakers time.
1:04.6	News Basketball Monster, I have finished my first round of projections, the first base pass.
1:09.9	There are certain things that haven't resolved, a bunch of restricted free agents, and we'll go through and make edits to all of these things. But we are planning on opening Friday US time. I don't know what time, usually in the morning, but I do not know what time. That is Saturday morning in Australia. I do not know what time. Friday is the expected open date for basketball monster.
1:29.8	All right, here it is. We're talking Lakers. It is one of the hosts of the locked on
1:33.1	Lakers podcast. Andy Kaminetsky is back on the show. Andy, the Lakers are always a topic of
1:40.0	conversation everywhere. Anyone goes talking about the NBA, there's marketable stars there's big
1:45.3	names but we're not going to talk about those guys who cares we don't need to talk about lucca that
1:48.8	much we don't need to talk about lebron that much what i want to talk about is someone who i was
1:53.1	a little bit concerned about last season after after the lucodontitch trade happened i thought okay
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