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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

Rob Pelinka Raises Expectations for Anthony Davis. Plus, Is the Supporting Cast Ready to Make Sacrifices?

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Lakers are just about ready to open training camp. It's coming on Tuesday! But before it does, we take a look at a couple lingering, and extremely important, questions from last week's press conference with General Manager/VP of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka. (Along with some housekeeping news about that 14th roster spot...) First, Pelinka laid out some lofty goals for Anthony Davis this season. Nothing short of him finishing as the best two way player in the NBA, with a second championship thrown in to boot. Is that a fair expectation? Yes, given his talent and the need for him to elevate his play over last season for the Lakers to get where they want to go. Is Davis up to the task? Second, the Lakers have more players capable of contributing to the rotation than minutes available for them to do it. Pelinka spoke at length Thursday about shared sacrifice and mindset, especially among the role players. Wayne Ellington echoed those comments on a podcast last week. But all of this is easier said than done. How effectively will the group function, if guys aren't playing as much as they'd like? From there, it's a look at the roster. The Lakers, no surprise, are a top heavy group. They've been top heavy for the last couple seasons. But the gap between their best players and the supporting cast does seem wider this year than last, or even the year before. Is that a problem? It's just one question facing one of the most unique rosters the NBA has ever seen. (Something reinforced with a very fun thought experiment involving a time machine before the show is over.) HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Welcome, Austin Reaves! Plus, Rob Pelinka lays out high expectations for Anthony Davis. Is he up for it? SEGMENT 2: More AD, plus are the Lakers actually prepared to make the shared sacrifice everyone is talking about heading into camp? SEGMENT 3: Does the top heavy nature of the roster really matter? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Sweat Block Get it today for 20% off at SweatBlock.com with promo code LockedOn, or at Amazon and CVS. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Indeed Get started RIGHT NOW with a SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at Indeed.com/locked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's the Lockdown podcast network, your team every day.

0:08.3

Hey, everybody, welcome to Lockdown Lakers for Monday, Brian Kiminetski and Andy Kiminetski.

0:15.2

The Lakers have short up that 14th roster spot heading into camp.

0:19.0

This week, we'll talk a little bit more about Anthony Davis and comments Rob Palinka made

0:23.2

about him heading into the weekend.

0:25.6

And finally, ESPN has their NBA rank out.

0:28.4

Are the Lakers a little too top heavy?

0:31.4

We'll talk about it next on Lockdown Lakers.

0:35.8

You are Lockdown Lakers.

0:39.7

You're daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Lockdown podcast network, your team

0:46.0

every day.

0:52.8

Spoiler alert, Andy, when the top is as good as what the Lakers have, the answer is no,

0:56.6

but it does get to a lot of really interesting questions about the way the Lakers are constructed.

1:00.8

We'll get to that in a little bit.

1:02.4

We'll get to AD here in a second.

1:03.7

But let's start with the Lakers and the 14th spot on the roster.

1:07.6

Austin Reeves was signed on Sunday to a non-guaranteed two-year deal with an option for the second

1:14.7

year that basically seals up what Rob Palinka called the last little bit of housekeeping

1:21.2

before camp opens on Tuesday.

1:24.1

And it also means James Ennis will not be a Laker.

1:26.1

I think that's the fundamental thing here.

1:29.4

Is this humiliating for James Ennis?

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