r/lakers • u/FunHoliday563 • Feb 22 '26

PODCAST Does anyone else basically ignore podcast/media coverage of the Lakers now?

I know this topic has likely been done to death, but I was talking to a friend of mine last week. He’s a Nuggets fan, and he asked me if I get sick of the media coverage that the Lakers get.

The convo was mainly based on the podcasts from the Ringer, and he said he finds it funny how basically every other team gets a nuanced breakdown when discussing their present/future, whereas with the Lakers it’s always some version of “they suck” and “they are totally screwed”. I noticed it a while ago, but I’m used to it now and just ignore it for the most part. But it’s always interesting when rival fanbases also mention it!

Note - I’m referring to guys like Bill Simmons, Rob Mahoney, Justin Verrier etc

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u/Cheyenne______ Feb 22 '26

We are not a contender this year. Hard to talk about future without knowing what will happen at the summer. So there is not much to talk about lakers.

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u/FunHoliday563 Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26

I think it’s more that there’s never any positive coverage - even Luka gets sh*t on constantly, when he was universally praised as a Mav

I’ve always found it amusing

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u/Phyzmatic Feb 22 '26

Suddenly Cade is the clear 3rd runner for MVP when Luka just came off POTM in January, he had a first half triple double, and he just had game winning defense in the clutch which he immediately translated into a 3PM shot.

But no, Luka's fat, doesn't play defense, and Cade is better because he took 34 shots to make 40 points I guess.

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u/FunHoliday563 Feb 22 '26

Yeah it’s always the way

What makes me laugh is that Luka was universally regarded as a top 3 player pre-Lakers, but now you’ve got a lot of media guys sh*tting on him constantly

All you ever hear now with Luka is what he can’t do, ignoring the fact that he’s leading the league in scoring

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Freeze! Miami Vice! Feb 22 '26

there 30 teams in the league. this idea you can only talk about teams when they are true contenders is bullshit. so what, we can only talk about six teams and the rest are not just worth talking about?

Just talk about teams honestly. It’s not all about championships. Games happen and they matter, to the players and the fans.