Dan is joined by Jabari Ali Davis (@JabariDavisNBA) from the Never Meet Your Heroes and The Baseline podcasts for a deeeeep dive into the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss the LeBron James-Russell Westbrook fit, Anthony Davis-at-the-5, the potential for a defensive drop-off, rounding out the rest of the rotation, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, DeAndre Jordan, floor spacing, lineup possibilities and much, much, MUCH more. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:33 - Intro 🔘 4:54 - The Russell Westbrook Fit 🔘 9:40 - Predicting the most impactful new additions (non-Westbrook division) 🔘 13:50 - Frank Vogel 🔘 17:08 - Anthony Davis-at-the-5 🔘 18:47 - Is AD a sleeper MVP candidate? 🔘 22:19 - Are floor-spacing concerns overblown? 🔘 25:57 - Who gets squeezed in the rotation? 🔘 30:12 - Carmelo Anthony's fit/value 🔘 34:42 - Talen Horton-Tucker's role/importance 🔘 43:01 - Predicting where LA ranks on defense 🔘 44:46 - LeBron James' playing time 🔘 46:48 - Biggest weakness of the roster 🔘 47:45 - Trade candidates/Trade targets 🔘 51:05 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 53:22 - Quirk lineups we want to see 🔘 55:17 - Win-total prediction 🔘 57:30 - Western Conference landscape Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices