The Lakers are in a Bad Mental State. Is Drama Coming? Plus, Previewing Hornets-Lakers!

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🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Saturday's 105-90 loss to the Trail Blazers felt, frankly, like a danger point for the Lakers. The result itself was fairly predictable. The Lakers haven't been playing well, and that's before you factor the difficulty to win in Portland under the best of circumstances, much less a scenario where you're missing LeBron James, Anthony Davis (who bowed out early with a stomach ailment), plus the other absent supporting cast folks. Throw in Damian Lillard itching to bust out of a slump and the L felt inevitable. However, what makes this night potentially worrisome was the Lakers' body language during and after the game. For the most part, they played like a team that quickly assessed itself as dead men walking, so why bother competing? Players castigated themselves for a lack of effort, and it's very early in the season to see a team this dispirited, which makes it easy to wonder about what comes next. Whispers of Frank Vogel's job in jeopardy? Internal finger pointing? The inevitable media noise? And of course, a lot of attention directed at Russell Westbrook, who had one of his worst games as a pro, much less a Laker, and expressed frustration at his struggles to fit in. (Struggles the whole world predicted, by the way.) But could a game against a scuffling Charlotte Hornets on the second end of a road back-to-back be the ticket for what ails them? We preview the game with Walker Mehl from Locked on Hornets and ESPN Charlotte. Hosts; Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Reaction to the game, and players heavily criticizing their effort. SEGMENT 2: Are we about to hear a lot of noise surrounding the Lakers? SEGMENT 3: Hornets-Lakers preview with Walker Mehl. 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 been said that you should never say never, but of course, people say it all the time.
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0:27.3	Hey, everyone. Welcome to Locked On Lakers for Monday. Is it time to hit the panic button, Andy,
0:33.3	or at the very least, locate the panic button if you haven't already. The Lakers are banged up.
0:39.2	They're looking bad. It's not going to get better anytime soon. Enjoy your Monday.
0:47.7	You are Locked On Lakers.
0:49.6	You're daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast. Part of the Locked On podcast network.
0:57.1	Your team every day.
1:04.8	Want to thank everybody for making Locked On Lakers your first listen of every day.
1:09.0	And in this case, the first listen of your new work week Monday through Friday. We get new
1:13.2	shows up for you bright and early. And a lot to do today talking about the game over the weekend
1:19.7	with the Blazers, the LeBron James injury and the pile up of bad news that seems to be just
1:26.2	stacking and stacking and stacking will also preview Monday nights game with the Hornets with
1:31.8	Walker Mail of Locked On Hornets and ESPN Charlotte. They've quickly become one of the more
1:38.0	exciting and fun and intriguing teams in the NBA and one that is a great threat to be
1:42.8	the Lakers on Monday. Well, I will say, though, and this is something that I got into with Walker.
1:50.3	The Hornets are on a bit of a skid themselves. They're having some issues right now.
1:56.2	And the Lakers will be taking them on on the second end of a road back to back.
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