Damian Lillard on the Lakers' 2020 NBA Bubble Championship I think it counts to me You gotta look at it like this Why don't it count Nobody else won it Everybody else had the same opportunity to win it

The 2023 Lakers were only the 7 seed but closed the season 9-2 then crushed the No 2 Grizzlies and defending champion Warriors LeBron was All-NBA and AD was as healthy as he had been in years But at their peak Denver swept them without a single win

Damian Lillard sends the Thunder home

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships

Bill Simmons on the Lakers It couldn't be Luka's team if LeBron was there A lot of white guys They fit right in in Slovenia

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Zach Lowe Joe House Chris Ryan draft their 15 favorite NBA Champs since 2000 Lowe asks why there was no love for the Kobe-Pau teams who went undrafted Ryan says You probably should have had a Californian on this podcast to balance the east coast lean of the panel Lowe responds Like Bill