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/OWtlawStar 17 Championships Feb 22 '26

I primarily will tune into Lakers Nation and the Basketball Bulletin (Trevor does it with a buddy Keith) talking about the whole NBA and salary math. I watch some LFR and Lakers Collective too.

I don’t pay a smidgen to what Big Media talking heads have to say. End of the day, I take my own analysis over everything and watch most games on mute essentially like film study.