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Anthony Irwin

Anthony Irwin takes a daily look at the Los Angeles Lakers in his own unique way, with the help of any number of guests from throughout NBA coverage, and beyond.

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  • May 8, 2020 · 58 min

    Can U Dig It?: Comparing Lakers villains to Marvel ones

    Yesterday, as part of SB Nation’s “Marvel Week,” Anthony Irwin and Sabreena Merchant compared various members of the Lakers to their Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) counterparts. On Friday’s episode of “Can U Dig It?”, a podcast by Silver Screen and Roll, Christian Rivas and his normal co-host Jacob Rude continued the fun by finding which Marvel villains best match up with the Lakers’ own extensive rogues gallery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • May 7, 2020 · 41 min

    I Love Basketball: The Lakers Cinematic Universe

    In honor of Marvel Theme Week at SB Nation, Sabreena and Anthony assign Marvel superhero analogs to Lakers on the current roster. They consider personality, character arcs, and physical build, among other factors, to determine which Marvel characters match best with each Laker. Sabreena and Anthony each came at this exercise independently, so they have some varied answers and have to make their case for their picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • May 4, 2020 · 52 min

    The 30: Talking episodes 5 and 6 of ESPN's The Last Dance. Michael Jordan's competitiveness, comparing trash talking from the 90s to today and the MJ/Kobe brotherly love, with Anthony Irwin

    In this episode, Anthony and Jas breakdown ESPN's latest two episodes of The Last Dance. To kick things off, the guys discuss how competitive Michael Jordan was during his NBA days and why that separated him from the crowd. Then, Anthony and Jas compare trash talking and the combativeness of NBA teams from the 90s to today. The guys discuss how it would be if LeBron James and Kevin Durant played with the same edge as the players from 20 years ago. Following that, they talk about how they felt ab

  • May 1, 2020 · 32 min

    Can U Dig It?: What is the status of the NBA season going into May?

    On today's episode of "Can U Dig It?", Christian and Jacob go over the latest rumors surrounding the highly-anticipated return of the NBA season. While there's no set return date yet, the expectation is that the 2019-20 season will end with a champion, and LeBron James is hoping it's the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 30, 2020 · 34 min

    I Love Basketball: How will the coronavirus shutdown affect the NBA moving forward?

    Sabreena and Anthony start by recapping the news of the week, including the opening of practice facilities and the Lakers -- a franchise valued at $4.4 billion -- applying for a small business loan, and they try to make sense of the path the league is taking towards potentially resuming operations for the 2019-20 season. Then, they focus on the larger question of how the NBA will be fundamentally altered moving forward due to the shutdown. Sabreena and Anthony are interested in how the pandemic

  • Apr 28, 2020 · 37 min

    Talk-O Tuesday: NBA opening up team facilities

    Alex Padilla and Alex Regla on the NBA opening up team facilities May 8th. The Lakers working with L.A. County Health Officials to open their facility early. And the guys talk about what games they'd would have love to be at live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 24, 2020 · 50 min

    Can U Dig It?: The inaugural Screenie awards, or "The Screenies"

    With the NBA regular season likely finished, Jacob and Christian handed out the first-ever Screenie Awards, or "The Screenies," to the players on the Lakers' for things both good and bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 23, 2020 · 34 min

    I Love Basketball: Are dynasties doomed to be miserable?

    Anthony and Sabreena are inspired by two recent pieces of pop culture - "The Last Dance" and Ethan Strauss's "The Victory Machine" - to discuss a topic of significant interest to Lakers fans: dynasties. Namely, they are intrigued as to why the dynasties depicted all seem so miserable. If winning is supposed to cure everything, why is it that the teams that win the most have the least fun? The two of them go through the challenges that these successful teams face, and also consider a particular L

  • Apr 21, 2020 · 55 min

    Lakers, Explained: Mailbag -- Could the current Lakers beat the 2010 team?

    Harrison and Christian needed some ideas for things to talk about, and the "Lakers, Explained" listeners delivered. They discussed whether this current Lakers team could beat the Kobe-Pau version, their picks for end of year awards and hatched a plot to cyberbully Harrison's fiancee into letting him name their theoretical child. All that and more on their latest episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 20, 2020 · 41 min

    The 30: Talking the pandemic, the first two episodes of 'The Last Dance,' the Kobe Bryant/Michael Jordan comparisons and who would win between the 1996 Bulls and 2000 Lakers, with Anthony Irwin.

    In this episode, Anthony and Jas kick things off by discussing what coronavirus pandemic and the effect it is having on society as a whole. Next, the guys get into when they're expecting the NBA to be back and how the league should proceed with the scheduling of games. Following that, Anthony and Jas discuss the first two episodes of "The Last Dance' documentary and what memories they have of the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan growing up. The guys then get into their thoughts on how Kobe Bryan

  • Apr 17, 2020 · 1 hr

    Can U Dig It?: A first reaction to the 1987 NBA Finals

    As children of the 90s, Jacob and Christian weren't able to experience the Showtime Lakers, however, through the power of the internet, they did the next best thing and re-watched a game — specifically Game 6 of the 1987 Finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 16, 2020 · 37 min

    I Love Basketball: The best Lakers team to never win a championship

    Sabreena and Anthony discuss three really good Lakers teams that didn’t win a championship: the 1961-62 Elgin Baylor/Jerry West team, the 1997-98 pre-Phil Jackson Shaq Lakers, and the 2012-13 “Now This Is Going To Be Fun” Lakers. The two of them take a deep dive down memory lane to go through what made these teams great, but also the specific challenges they faced in those seasons that prevented them from winning a championship. They also talk about what changes each of those teams made to event

  • Apr 14, 2020 · 49 min

    Lakers, Explained: Remembering Kobe Bryant's final game

    As of Monday night, it’s been four years since Kobe Bryant scored 60 points in an unforgettable performance on his final night as a Laker. That little anniversary seemed like as good of a reason as any for hosts Harrison Faigen and Christian Rivas to rewind and reconsider that game for their latest episode of “Lakers, Explained,” a podcast by Silver Screen and Roll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 9, 2020 · 43 min

    I Love Basketball: Imagining End-Of-Season Scenarios

    It has officially been one month since the NBA began its suspension, and Sabreena and Anthony discuss whether or not they think there will be any more basketball in the 2019-20 season. They go through the factors the league has to consider in terms of resuming play, specifically postseason play, and consider what the ramifications of any decision would be for next year. Then, they focus on how this Lakers season will be viewed historically depending on if the NBA comes back, and how the Lakers s

  • Apr 7, 2020 · 36 min

    Talk-O Tuesday: Comparing Lakers to WWE Wrestlers

    Alex Padilla and Alex Regla talk about the latest with the NBA during the COVD-19 pandemic. Plus this week they compare current Lakers to WWE wrestlers old and new! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 7, 2020 · 46 min

    Lakers, Explained: Building the Perfect Lakers Star

    Have you ever wanted to build the best player possible using attributes from the best Lakers ever? Harrison and Christian have, and on their latest episode of "Lakers, Explained," they try to use skills from legends of the past to create the best Frankenstein'd version of a star player they can. Whose player is better? Listen and decide for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 5, 2020 · 29 min

    The 30: Kobe Bryant will be inducted to the Hall of Fame and what to expect when the NBA season resumes. With Eran Soroka

    In this episode, Jas is joined by Israeli NBA analyst Eran Soroka. To kick things off, they discuss Kobe Bryant's induction into the Hall of Fame and what it means for his legacy. Eran and Jas also talk about not having the opportunity to hear Kobe's acceptance speech and how amazing it would have been. Then, the guys get into what Kobe's impact was on the game from a global perspective and how the second part of his career was his redemption. Following that, Eran and Jas talk about how the Lake