Andy and Brian Kamenetzky on the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA, pop culture, and anything else coming to mind. The Kamenetzky's have covered the Lakers for over a decade, for ESPN.com, ESPN Radio and the L.A. Times. They are frequent contributors to Lakers coverage on Spectrum Sportsnet, as well as The Athletic.
The Athletic's Los Angeles Lakers podcast channel brings you Lakers' beat reporters Bill Oram and Jovan Buha along with Anthony Slater discussing the biggest Lakers games of the season and postgame coverage.
Every weeknight, Andy and Brian Kamenetzky welcome personalities from sports and pop culture to their Late Night Happy Hour. Great guests, great conversation. Miss the broadcast? Catch the podcast, here.
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Lakers Postgame: Lakers Rally Too Late In A Close Loss To The Celtics
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Jovan Buha and Celtics reporter Jared Weiss discuss the Lakers' loss to Celtics, the near-comeback, fans back at Staples Center and LA's center rotation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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Banged-Up And On The Road, The Lakers End Their Roadtrip 4-3
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Bill Oram and Jovan Buha discuss the Lakers successful road trip. How they're maintaining without Anthony Davis and LeBron. How the West has changed. The Lakers will be in an interesting spot at center upon AD's return. And do the Lakers have enough personnel to compete with the Brooklyn Nets? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad…
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Lakers Postgame: Recapping The Lakers Successful Seven-Game Road Trip
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' win over the Hornets, their seven-game road trip, all of their recent injuries and what this means for the rest of their season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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Lakers Postgame: Short-handed Lakers Show Grit In Close Loss To The Heat
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' loss to the Heat and answers subscribers' questions off of Twitter. How can Andre Drummond improve upon his solid start with LA? Will we see Marc Gasol and Montrezl Harrell play together? Do the Lakers need to change their starters? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Bill Oram, Jovan Buha and Anthony Slater discuss the addition of Ben Mclemore to the roster. When will LeBron James return? Where will Marc Gasol be left upon Andre Drummond’s return? And what will be considered a success for the Lakers in their next four games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' loss to the Clippers and answers subscribers' questions off of Twitter. How long will it take LeBron and AD to re-acclimate when they return? Is 3-point shooting the Lakers' biggest concern? What's a realistic road trip record? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Andre Drummond loses a toe nail, Marc Gasol loses his starting gig, Kevin Durant loses 50K
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The Lakers had a busy week, and lost two of the three games they played. So why do we declare it a success? And what exactly does success look like on the upcoming road trip? We explain. Because while LeBron and Anthony Davis are still out, Andre Drummond is nursing his nail-less big toe and so on, success is a relative term, with a very specific m…
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Andre Drummond Starting At Center And A Tough Seven Game Road Trip
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Jovan Buha and Anthony discuss early thoughts on Andre Drummond joining the Lakers. The announcement of Drummond getting the start at center. Do the Lakers plan to resign Dennis Schroder? And a look at their seven game road trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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Lakers Postgame: How Andre Drummond Fits In LA
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Jovan Buha discusses LA's win over Orlando, Andre Drummond's fit with the Lakers and how Marc Gasol and Montrezl Harrell will likely be affected by the signing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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How Andre Drummond impacts the Lakers, more names for the buyout market, and Harden as MVP?
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The Lakers played, and won, two games this weekend, one against a conventionally bad team (Cleveland), and the other against a catastrophically awful group (Orlando). Even shorthanded, they might not seem like much, but it can be argued these were the most important wins of the season. Without LeBron James and Anthony Davis in the lineup, the team …
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Lakers Postgame: Why LA Stood Pat At The Trade Deadline
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' loss to the 76ers, the Kyle Lowry negotiation, Dennis Schroder's contract extension and how the trade deadline affects the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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The Effect Of No LeBron Or Anthony Davis For The Lakers
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Bill Oram, Jovan Buha and Anthony Slater discuss the Lakers without their two star players. A look at the trade and buyout market. Will the Lakers be involved in a trade? And how the Lakers have important decisions to make in the offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' loss to the Pelicans and answers subscribers' questions off of Twitter. Are these types of losses the new normal? Are the Lakers going to make a move at the deadline? What will LA's record be through their upcoming seven-game road trip? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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First Thoughts On How LeBron's Injury Affects LA
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Jovan Buha discusses LeBron James' high right ankle sprain and the short- and long-term implications for the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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LeBron James joins Anthony Davis on the injury list... How can the Lakers hang on?
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The news is big, and it ain't good. Saturday against the Hawks, LeBron James suffered a very nasty looking high ankle sprain, and has been declared "out indefinitely" by the Lakers. Whether that means seven, 10, 15 or more games remains to be seen, but with only 29 remaining following Sunday's loss to the Suns in Phoenix, the Lakers don't have much…
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Lakers Postgame: LeBron, Lakers Make His MVP Case
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' win over the Hornets, LeBron James' growing MVP case with Joel Embiid injured and LaMelo Ball's Los Angeles debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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NBA Trade Deadline, Lakers Winning Streak And Awaiting Anthony Davis
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Bill Oram, Jovan Buha and Anthony Slater discuss whether or not the Lakers will pull the trigger by the trade deadline? Looking at free agents that will fit on the Lakers roster. When will we see Anthony Davis back? And how the Lakers have enough on the roster to contend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Lakers Postgame: Lakers dominate Warriors again
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Jovan Buha and Anthony Slater discuss the Lakers' win over the Warriors, the Lakers’ passing and record shooting, Talen Horton-Tucker’s best game of the season, the upcoming schedule and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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How the Lakers keep going without Anthony Davis. (Also, the first "Space Jam" is a bad movie.)
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The Lakers announced this week that Anthony Davis is healing, but it'll be at least two more weeks until he's cleared to play. At the least, Davis won't see game action before the end of March, and more likely it'll be a week or two into April. So what does that mean for Davis? For the Lakers? We break it down in the newest edition of the Land O'La…
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Lakers Postgame: LA Rallies Late Against Indiana
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' win over the Pacers and answers subscribers' questions off of Twitter. What does Anthony Davis' additional two-week absence mean for LA? What's a realistic record during that stretch? Is Damian Jones a long-term fit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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March 13, 2021 - Jordan Ligons and Haley O'Shaugnessy (The Spinsters Podcast)
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They're the hosts of a new hoops pod, and one well worth finding in a crowded basketball podcast space. They're Jordan Ligons and Haley O'Shaughnessy, of the Spinsters. We welcome them on, talking... -How Jordan's great aunt went from a Lakers fan to a Celtics fan... in the 80's! Like, really, how does that happen? -Jordan is a die hard Lakers fan,…
Michael Lee of the Washington Post is one of the best sportswriters in the business. He joins the Happy Hour (after Andy and Brian spend some time on LeBron James, the Brooklyn Nets and Meyers Leonard) and goes deep down memory lane for some great stories around his childhood fandom, what came later with supporting Eddie Jones, sharing a great stor…
It's among the most unique podcasts out there. Lour After Hours, a gathering of huge Dan LeBatard Show fans, has grown organically into a huge community of podcasters and guests, with all kinds of interesting characters. So how did this all happen? What brought the crew together, and how has it grown into something with this big a life? That's wher…
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March 9, 2021 - Artist/Muralist Robert Vargas
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One of the things making LA special is its extensive mural culture. Across every neighborhood in the city, people can find a variety of public art chronicling the LA's history, culture, citizenry and more. Robert Vargas is a big part of that, responsible for a diverse group of murals across Los Angeles. We start on his upbringing in Boyle Heights, …
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March 8, 2021 - Mike Mulloy of FadedComedyLA
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So what's it like to be permanently banned from Twitter? How do you get yourself back on? And what does a person have to do to get kicked off in the first place? Comedian Mike Mulloy of FadedComedy.com joins, and that's where we start. Good news, it wasn't for leading an insurrection! After, we talk about the challenge of comedy in the pandemic, wh…
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The Lakers are halfway home -- On surprises and what's to come with guest Harrison Faigan
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He's the big cheese over at Silver Screen and Roll, and one of our favorite people out in the NBA universe. Harrison Faigen of SilverScreenandRoll.com joins the show to review what we've seen to this point in the Lakers season, and preview what's to come. Plus... we dive into some of the more controversial aspects of the All Star Weekend! No shorta…
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March 5, 2021 - Steve Mason on the Dodgers, Rams, painting and candlemaking
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Steve Mason has been a mainstay of LA radio for multiple decades. We've known him for almost two... and on Friday's Late Night Happy Hour learned all kinds of new stuff about the guy. We start on vaccinations. He got one, hanging out at the local Rite-Aid. Turns out, they had some spares. So what's he going to do with his newfound freedom, once he …
He's all sorts of busy, doing NBA coverage for The Athletic, hosting shows (Like BOMM) for the Count the Dings Network, and a regular job at Wieden/Kennedy. Tavonne Edwards joins the Happy Hour. After breaking down his extremely judgmental mattress, we stumble into a Knicks conversation. They're as good as they've been in years, but does that actua…
Bill Oram, Jovan Buha and Anthony Slater discuss concerns with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. How Anthony Davis health is vital to the Lakers. Looking at Dennis Schroder. The positives and negatives with Talen Horton Tucker game. And will there be fans in the stadium during the second half of the season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone…
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March 3, 2021 - Zach Kram of The Ringer
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If you frequent The Ringer, you know his work, either written for their NBA and MLB departments or as part of the production team on the popular "Binge Mode" podcast Zach Kram joins the Late Night Happy Hour, and we start with the NBA game of the night, with Utah and Philly, two teams vying for seeding and respect. Philly wins, behind a monster gam…
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Lakers Postgame: Lakers Suffer Another Shorthanded Loss In Sacramento
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' loss to the Kings and answers subscribers' questions off of Twitter. Who should the Lakers target on the trade market? How should we evaluate Frank Vogel over the first half of the season? Could Alfonzo McKinnie earn minutes in the second half of the season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho…
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Lakers Postgame: Shorthanded Lakers Lose To Suns
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' loss to the Suns. Why is Montrezl Harrell playing fewer minutes without Anthony Davis? Is there a counterpoint? What's up with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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March 2, 2021 - Anthony Slater on the Suns, Steph Curry and James Wiseman vs. LaMelo Ball
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Anthony Slater, who covers the Warriors and the NBA for The Athletic, joins to talk Western Conference contenders, refereeing, the state of Golden State and more. We start by maybe, just maybe, encouraging Lakers fans to slow their roll on Damian Jones. He's looked good in his first two games in purple and gold - hasn't missed a shot! - but there's…
He's the host of Food Network's "Spring Baking Championships," and five seasons of "Cheap Eats" on Discovery+. He's been featured on "The Best Thing I Ever Ate," and more. He joins the Late Night Happy Hour. -We start on the mechanics of shooting food TV shows in the midst of a pandemic. What changes? How much does he actually get to each? Does Duf…
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Lakers Postgame: Lakers Gain Momentum As They Crush The Warriors
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Jovan Buha and Anthony Slater discuss the Lakers' win over the Warriors. Are the Lakers gaining momentum heading into the All-Star break? How did Damian Jones look in his debut? What are the West tiers right now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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Dennis Schröder's return, LeBron James, age and the MVP award... plus Kobe Bryant as The Logo?
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As the Lakers endured a four-game losing streak, we said on this show the losses, while frustrating, revealed little about the makeup of the team, short of the obvious: When the Lakers don't have Anthony Davis and Dennis Schröder, they're too short on talent to win a lot of games. Particularly on the offensive end. If the losing continues after the…
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Lakers Postgame: Dennis Schröder's Return Snaps LA's Losing Streak
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Jovan Buha discusses the Lakers' win over the Trail Blazers and answers subscribers' questions off of Twitter. Was this LA's best win without Anthony Davis? Can the Lakers enter the All-Star break with some momentum now? Will we see the LeBron-AD-Trezz trio more later in the season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Friend of the show Dave Schilling, who writes about sports, culture and style joins, talking about his work on "Black Renaissance: The Art and Soul of Our Stories," which premiered on YouTube, Friday. What makes the celebration of the arts and Black culture so critical? He talks about the genesis of the idea, and what it was like working with so ma…