Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

Hey Anthony, thank you for all the content during COVID - it’s really made the time easier I’ll often listen while I go for walks throughout the day to keep moving. My question is, what is your ideal format to return? I would love to see the NBA try 1-16 seeding (not just for the Lakers seeding being great, but also because I think it’s a great way to structure moving forward). Then I’d want to see a 6-team play-in tourney for the 15th and 16th spots. (17v20, winner plays 15, 18v19, winner plays 16). What are your thoughts? What would you change to make it better or more fair? Thank you and keep producing great content please!! We all need it right now.

I don’t mean this as a shot against the hosts (brothers) but personally I don’t enjoy their commentary and constant negativity. I listen to a lot of locked on podcasts and this is easily one of the worst. This is reflected in the listener numbers, and engagement online. Should be replaced with new hosts.

The Lakers need to make the following moves in the steps outlined below: 1. Hire Darvin Ham 2: Trade the aging and contentious Lebron James insisting that he goes with Russel as a package deal. 3: Allow Ham to provide input in the selection of players who would result in the trade. It is clear that Lebron is not going to help the Lakers win another ring, assuming that he can even stay off the injury list , or even gi deep in the playoffs next season. Both the Lakers and Lebron himself are racing against time. With Lebron its age; with the Lakers it's Bron's exponentially decreasing ability to impose his will on the outcome of a game. Fortunately, while his talents have been on a steady decline, his cache hasn't yet taken similar path. But it's coming soon. Follow the advice of any good gambler: "know when to fold em/ know when to run...."

Hey guys, something I’ve been noticing in spite of all the success the lakers have had this season(which I think is worrying when we match up against the best of the best) is the decline in Lebrons ability to score the basketball. Don’t get me wrong he’s still a top 5-7 player in the NBA at an age where most guys with the amount of mileage he has would probably be retired but it’s late enough in the season now where I can firmly say that Lebron scoring efficiency has noticeably declined from even where he was 2 years ago. His ability to take guys off the dribble and finish around the rim has declined to a point where he is just bothered by shot contests that simply haven’t bothered him all that much before. Do you guys share this observation?and if so would it worry you in a series vs the clippers where you might have to look to Lebron to drop 28PPG with good efficiency? I know AD is there but AD isn’t the kind of guy you can throw the ball to regardless of where he is on the floor and say “make something happen” like you could with 2018 Lebron or Kawhi Leonard. Lebron has to be dominant offensively.