Lakers radio voice Spero Dedes joined us to talk about in-air debates with Lakers.com, L.A.’s 2-2 series with the Houston Rockets and the Cleveland and Denver hype.
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Spero Dedes Podcast [13:26m]:
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Generally you’re privy only to the basketball (and pop culture) musings of Ty Nowell and Mike Trudell, but this time they brought in an actual expert to talk about L.A.’s suddenly hot matchup with Houston: Mychal Thompson.
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Mychal Thompson Podcast [16:12m]:
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We spent nearly a half hour with Rockets.com’s Jason Friedman to discuss how and why things happened as they did in Game 1, went over how both teams are approaching Game 2, looked at specific matchups on the court and more in our ongoing Playoff Podcast series.
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Jason Friedman Podcast [27:42m]:
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Second round talk on the Playoff Podcast today. We go over the Lakers matchup with the Rockets that kicks off tonight at STAPLES Center, check in with the other three series and get to some TV talk.
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Lakers.com Playoff Podcast [14:22m]:
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Rockets.com’s Jason Friedman joined us to break down the second round matchup between the Lakers and Rockets, covering Houston’s first round triumph over Portland, how Yao and Co. must deal with L.A.’s length and depth, Houston’s mental state heading into L.A. and why he’s being forced to shave his head Von Wafer style.
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Jason Friedman Podcast [26:51m]:
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The Lakers finally have a second round opponent and we’ve got another podcast. Today we knock out some Houston talk, go into great detail about the Bulls/Celtics game and get some quotes of the day taken care of.
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Lakers.com Playoff Podcast [25:33m]:
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As the Lakers wait on the conclusion of the Rockets & Blazers series we wondered what things Lakers fans should be looking for in tonight’s Game 6. So we went to the man that’s seen them more than anyone, Lakers’ advance scout Rasheed Hazzard.
Hazzard has seen every game of the series live and gave us some interesting insights into what he’s seen so far.
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Rasheed Hazzard [10:10m]:
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More playoff talk on the podcast. Today we focus on the Lakers finishing off the Jazz, talk about the other series, Trudell gives out some awards and as always, finish it off with some talk that has nothing to do with basketball.
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Lakers.com Playoff Podcast [23:47m]:
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Lakers Reporter Mike Trudell and I knocked out a quick podcast before checking out of our hotel and heading to the arena for game four of the Lakers series against the Jazz. We talk Lakers, the rest of the NBA and more pop culture happenings.
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Lakers.com Playoff Podcast [15:35m]:
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Upon arriving at their (our) Utah hotel, Ty and Mike (we) talked about getting shocked by metal keys, mused about the Lakers-Jazz series, reflected on how good Lamar Odom’s been (3rd in the entire NBA in adjusted plus/minus) and hit on another random pop culture update.
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Lakers.com Playoff Podcast [32:25m]:
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