Nick Wright asks Chris Mannix to compare the Lakers and Celtics young core stats and their value if situations were reversed.

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals

Brian Windhorst When LeBron doesnt play and Austin Reaves and Luka do the Lakers are a better team

Jason Timpf on the Colin Cowherd Podcast Against the Top 10 teams in point differential in the NBA the Lakers are getting outscored by 13 points per game which is good for 28th in the league behind only the Wizards and the Nets

Chipalu Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Chris Finch on facing the Lakers without LeBron James in the lineup Seems to activate Luka amp Reavesseem to share the shots They become exponentially more dangerousbeen pretty good when 2 of those 3 been out because of just a usage puzzle

Bill Simmons Pod Max Kellerman compares himself to Sir Isaac Newton when saying Jaylen Brown is better than Luka Doni he's a better player

Nick Wright on fixing the All Star game if your guy Kon Knueppel continues on this trajectory PC headlines be damned White guys vs black guys LukaJokerFlaggReavesKnueppel against Wembywhomever I'm telling you right now guys would play fcking hard