Questions Are Already Piling Up For The Lakers
The Lead
Wondery
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🗓️ 29 October 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The Lakers made a huge gamble this offseason when they traded for Russell Westbrook, sacrificing a lot in the process. But after a winless preseason and a bad start to the regular season, the questions are now piling up. The Athletic's Bill Oram joins us to explain why the Lakers went all in on Westbrook, the role that LeBron James and Anthony Davis played in courting the former MVP, and why Lakers history suggests that the move could be destined to backfire.
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| 0:46.0 | We're just five games into the LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis era in Los Angeles. |
| 0:59.0 | But so far, things are not going well. |
| 1:04.0 | You heard Kevin go through all the issues that we saw last night with the Lakers and in particular |
| 1:08.0 | with Russell Westbrook where he just never seemed comfortable at all. |
| 1:12.0 | Walking off the 4 Anthony Davis trying to get to White Hour's attention did not and then when he finally does |
| 1:19.0 | it became physical for a moment to kind of grab onto each other and have to be separated. |
| 1:25.0 | Today the Athletics Bill Orham and how things have seemingly gone off the rails for the Lakers early, |
| 1:32.0 | why they put together this roster of aging stars in the first place and whether LA can still turn it around and become a contender. |
| 1:39.0 | So I do think that right now if you were a betting person you would believe in what you've seen so far |
| 1:45.0 | and be highly skeptical of the Lakers ability to be a champion team. |
| 1:48.0 | That said, in FB a fool to bet against LeBron James. |
| 1:52.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:55.0 | It's Friday, October 29th and this is The Lead. |
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