The Lakers Add David Fizdale to Frank Vogel's Staff, LeBron Exits Olympic Hoops

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🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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There was a great deal of speculation around how the Lakers would go about filling Jason Kidd's spot on Frank Vogel's coaching staff. Would it be an offense-first mind? A former head coach? A F.O.L. (Friend of LeBron)? Well, LA got a little bit from each of those categories, hiring former Heat assistant/Grizzlies/Knicks head coach David Fizdale. What does it mean for the staff? Is he a good fit? Meanwhile, LeBron James is done with Olympic basketball, says USA Basketball director Jerry Colangelo. No real surprise there, given his age and mileage, but still kind of amazing it could even be a possibility. Lakers fans are probably happy about it (and that Anthony Davis is sitting Tokyo out, too). Do fans of contending teams even want their stars in the Olympics, anymore? Finally, the Blazers had a disastrous press conference this week to introduce new head coach Chauncey Billups. Why were people upset, and why did the Blazers seem so unprepared to meet the moment? HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: The Lakers hire David Fizdale. What does he bring to the staff? How important is his connection to LeBron? SEGMENT 2: More Fiz. Is he the offensive mind the Lakers need? He's certainly not a dinosaur on that end. Plus, the Olympics. No LeBron, no AD... and as a Laker fan, would you even want your stars playing in that tournament? SEGMENT 3: How the hell did the Blazers screw up so badly, and why it matters. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 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.
0:10.0	You are Lockdown Lakers.
0:17.0	Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast.
0:20.0	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:29.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Lockdown Lakers, Brian Keminetsky, Andy Keminetsky rolling butter smooth into Thursday's episode.
0:39.0	A lot of things, Andy, we want to get into, except I want to tell you first that today's episode is brought to you by Michelov Ultra at only 2.6 carbs and 95 calories.
0:48.0	It's only worth it if you enjoy it.
0:50.0	Stay tuned for the Ultra Moment segment coming up later in the episode.
0:54.0	Andy, so there's some Olympics news regarding LeBron that we will be getting into.
1:00.0	We want to take a peek into the just catastrophically bad press conference.
1:06.0	It took place in Portland earlier this week for the announcement of Trancey Phillips' hiring.
1:10.0	To put it in perspective, Brian, just how bad a press conference it was for Portland on Tuesday.
1:17.0	You may recall when the Lakers introduced Frank Vogel, that thing was a farcical train wreck bleep show.
1:26.0	Because everybody was there to ask questions of Rob Blinka, none to Frank Vogel, and comparatively they crushed that thing.
1:34.0	Absolutely.
1:35.0	Absolutely.
1:36.0	What we saw, and we'll get into it before the end of the show, what we saw there, not only was just a bad performance.
1:42.0	It was a real misunderstanding of certain things that are certain realities of today.
1:51.0	That teams have to understand not just about sexual assault allegations or serious things like that, but just about what is and what isn't important anymore.
2:03.0	And the accountability that teams and the standard that they're going to be held to.
2:09.0	So we'll get to that.
2:10.0	But first, Andy, the big news of Wednesday was the Lakers bringing in David Fizzdale.
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