Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

Pablo Torre broke a crazy potential scandal involving Kawhi Leonard, the Los Angeles Clippers, Steve Ballmer and some suspicious money. NBA Squad breaks down all that we know, what this could mean fo…

Luka Dončić is rounding into form at exactly the right time for Slovenia at Eurobasket. He put up 37 points and was a dime away from a triple-double as the Slovenias won 106-96. They'd already advanc…

How transformational has the Summer of Luka Dončić been? Not just for Luka himself, but for for the Lakers? And how they plan to approach the future? 

It's hard to argue that the Lakers haven't watche…

Slovenia is 1-2 in Eurobasket play, but Luka Dončić is 3-3. Meaning he's had three games, and all of them have been outstanding. 

That trend continued over the weekend, as Slovenia lost against tourne…

Slovenia kicked off its Eurobasket competition against Poland—one of the host nations—Thursday. A tough draw for sure against a fired up local crowd. Many Lakers fans are undoubtedly pulling for Slov…

He's signed the contract. He's not going anywhere anytime soon. But the Lakers certainly aren't resting on their laurels. 

As Slovenia prepares to start Eurobasket play Thursday afternoon against Pola…

One good way to measure how confident the NBA pundit class is in the Lakers is to look at offseason predictions around things like awards. 

And by that standard, the Lakers are doing ok. Luka Dončić f…

For gamers, at least, it's a big day -- when the NBA 2K rankings start leaking out. (Big day for content creators, too, since it comes in the dog days of August.) 

So were the Game Gods appropriately …

Apparently, the Golden State Warriors are not entirely out of the LeBron James business. 

Jake Fischer, who works for the outstanding Stein Line Substack, noted over the weekend how the interest in Le…

The Lakers are, barring something unexpected, considered to be set for training camp, in terms of the roster. 

But that said, is there the potential for anything unexpected? 

Sacramento is trying despe…

The Lakers are in an interesting spot. On the one hand, they were dumped rather unceremoniously from the playoffs by the Timberwolves last spring. The perception, at least in some circles, is that th…

Everyone can exhale. 

After last weekend's injury scare for Luka Donćić, he was indeed back in action on Tuesday in Slovenia's Eurobasket prep exhibition against Great Britain. Just being healthy enou…

As promising as the pairing of Luka Dončić with LeBron James and Austin Reaves seemed following last winter's trade, the Lakers never really managed to find a great rhythm, or post the type of produc…

The Lakers got their first big scare of the offseason, when Luka Dončić had to leave this weekend's game for Slovenia against Latvia (after lighting up the Latvians in the first half). It made for so…

It's not exactly the summer equivalent of Christmas Day -- that's the start of free agency -- but without question Schedule Drop Day is always a big one in NBA circles. Who's on TV the most? Where ar…

The Lakers made some news this week, hiring Jeremy Holsopple to be their next strength and conditioning guru. Holsopple, who worked in Dallas for a long time (stretching across the Dirk Nowitzki and …

The Lakers have had a tremendous amount of turnover in their strength/training/sports medicine departments over the last decade. And once again, they have a new man in charge. 

This time, though, it's…

Monday, we talked about the challenges Dalton Knecht faced in his rookie season with the Lakers. How much were those challenges responsible for the inconsistencies in his play? How much of it is rela…

We're still weeks away from the start of the 2025-2026 NBA season, but at least now we know when it starts, and how it will begin for the Lakers. 

No surprise, the purple and gold are on for the leagu…