Rob Pelinka Speaks: On LeBron's Health and Fitness, Motivation for Anthony Davis, Talen Horton-Tucker's Defense and More!

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🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On Thursday (kinda unexpectedly), Lakers General Manager/Vice-President of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka addressed the media ahead of the following Tuesday's Media Day, and the officially opening of the season. Over twenty-ish minutes worth of questions, a lot of items were addressed, including skillsets sought during free agency, defense, the team's anticipated vaccination status, the role of Talen Horton-Tucker and much more. There will be more to chop up over the next week or so, but the Kamenetzkys wanted to immediately hit on a few points that jumped out at them. Hosts: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Pelinka says the Lakers heavily prioritized ball-handling, shooting and a return to more traditional options at center while seeking out players during free agency. Or, obviously, while acquiring Russell Westbrook. What does that say about how they plan to play this year? SEGMENT 2: Pelinka says the Lakers should, by opening night, be entirely vaccinated. The Kamenetzkys discuss the implications of this happy development. Plus, the return of fans!!! SEGMENT 3: Both Pelinka and Frank Vogel (in a separate interview) have talked up Talen Horton-Tucker as a potentially big part of next season's defense. Considering he's thus far been a liability, this would be a very important step. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! SweatBlock 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. 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.
0:10.9	A special Thursday evening edition of Locked On Lakers, Brian Kiminetski and Kiminetski
0:16.1	Rob Polinka Lakers GM spoke to the media on Thursday ahead of next week's media day, had
0:22.6	some interesting stuff to say about offseason priorities, about a slim LeBron James and
0:28.0	some big expectations defensively for Taylor and Horton Tucker, we'll talk about all of
0:32.6	it next.
0:36.4	You are Locked On Lakers, your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked On
0:44.4	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:50.6	We're going to let you know the Thursday is on the Locked On NBA podcast, Jackson
0:57.1	Gatlin and Matt Moore telling you whose NBA stock is up and who is down, follow the
1:02.0	Locked On NBA podcast today on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:08.0	So we didn't know he was going to be doing this and Rob was not announced until earlier
1:14.9	today.
1:16.0	Polinka gets in front of the media as guys typically do ahead of media day, the GM
1:23.1	or the coach will speak and took a lot of questions, about 25 minutes worth of questions
1:28.1	and some interesting stuff came out of it.
1:31.5	Let's start with just what he had to say about offseason priorities because that obviously
1:36.8	frames everything that the Lakers ended up doing.
1:40.5	He laid out three of them.
1:42.0	The first one, find another primary ball handler.
1:46.0	That's basically I would say a redo on last year's number one goal, which was find another
1:51.0	primary ball handler and filled that with Russell Westbrook, shooting was number two.
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