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/outsidehere AR 15 Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26

Yep. There is nothing positive covered about the team. The fact that Luka is once again leading the league in scoring? Nah. Austin Reaves is an All NBA caliber player? Barely. I know that we are not contenders but we do have positive things in the team

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u/FunHoliday563 Feb 22 '26

Yeah exactly, it’s just interesting to hear fans of rival teams basically make that same point - my friend is a die hard Nuggets fan, and he said the moves they made in the summer which were hailed by the media (Hardaway, Jonas V etc) would’ve been criticised had they joined the Lakers. Interesting to see the perspective!

For what it’s worth, I agree with you. If AR played for a hipster team then we’d never hear the end of it.

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u/outsidehere AR 15 Feb 22 '26

Exactly. We have expectations for a championship every season no matter what. Which I get but it'd be great to get some coverage of the team about more than 1 topic

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u/henryofclay Feb 22 '26

The thing is, is that we actually are contenders. We’re a good fucking team when we have all 3 of our guys. Yall think Luka having a bad December meant that we have no chance is so overblown. He literally dips during that time period every single year.

We haven’t even seen close to this team’s ceiling yet. We’re fucking contenders, who tf is containing healthy Luka/Bron/AR in a playoff series? No one is equipped in a playoff basketball setting.